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Questioning the timing of Meghan Markle's product advert?

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OpalAmber · 27/08/2026 22:55

We’ve literally just lost Dolly Parton - an actual icon, a legend, and a woman who did more for children's literacy and charity than most governments.

And what does Meghan Markle do exactly FOUR HOURS after the news breaks? She drops an ad for her new "spiced apple butter." under her As Ever brand

AIBU to think there is zero chance this was an accident? She just couldn't stand the global news cycle not being about her for five minutes. Any normal, decent PR team would immediately pull a condiment launch out of respect. Instead, she deliberately pushed it through to piggyback on the trending algorithms and steal the limelight.

It is absolutely vile. Dolly was a total class act, and Meghan is literally trying to sell overpriced jam over her grave. I am just so sickened by the sheer, unadulterated narcissism of it. Tell me I'm not the only one seeing exactly what she's doing here?

Questioning the timing of Meghan Markle's product advert?
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OliveMyLove · 29/08/2026 20:08

CurlewKate · 29/08/2026 19:21

Tell me where to find proof of what you’ve said.

I’ll PM you the article. It includes both full and side face photos that were released by them over years.

OliveMyLove · 29/08/2026 20:17

Watch this.

KeyboardMonkey · 30/08/2026 00:25

x2boys · 29/08/2026 15:35

Is it?
Have you ever been on the RF board ?
Some of the posters are unhigned
They must spend their lives scouring the internet looking for things MM has done that they can be outraged about.

Well yes. I think that's what the thread is a parody of.

cattywhaup · 30/08/2026 13:50

Quite.

It absolutely must be a parody. I can’t understand why they are being mentioned in the same breath.

Dolly was clearly an angel on earth and her stuff sells.

T’other is not, her stuff doesn’t and she doesn’t need money to look that cheap.

OliveMyLove · 30/08/2026 14:03

KeyboardMonkey · 30/08/2026 00:25

Well yes. I think that's what the thread is a parody of.

It’s a little unusual for someone who doesn’t post on RFF to be so interested, isn’t it?

Anyway, even this silly thread could not distract the world from Dolly. Pure class.

chaosmaker · 31/08/2026 08:59

BelleEpoque27 · 28/08/2026 06:47

This is how propaganda spreads, people. This thread is, obviously, completely batshit and probably just someone taking the piss. But this type of faux outrage is used against marginalised groups all the time, just completely made up bullshit, which ends up on people's algorithms and infiltrates a tiny part of their brain. And they start to have negative feelings about these people, because of the insidious drip drip of negativity.

I couldn't give two shits about MM, or the entire Royal family, but this is an excellent example of how social media influences people's thinking.

How thick do you have to be to be 'influenced'?

OliveMyLove · 31/08/2026 11:36

TooBigForMyBoots · 28/08/2026 23:36

You can't/won't provide a link to photos of the Sussex children's faces, because there aren't any. Not even in People Magazine.🤷‍♀️

Just seeing this. Sorry!

I pm’d it to Curlew a few days ago. She is around so you ask her for the link if you want it.

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