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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 · 28/08/2026 16:58

MellowSubmarine · 27/08/2026 23:00

Is this a serious thread?

🤔

CurlewKate · 28/08/2026 17:30

OnwardsAndUpwardsToCairParavel · 28/08/2026 16:46

I'm not on Instagram. Meghan's photographs of her children appear very regularly on the websites of many newspapers that I look at, from the broadsheets through to the tabloids and other independent media outlets.

You can open, say, the Telegraph website and bam, there's a Meghan photograph of her children. I know they're from Instagram because the captions credit Meghan and her Instagram account.

Not faces, surely?

OliveMyLove · 28/08/2026 17:45

OnwardsAndUpwardsToCairParavel · 28/08/2026 16:46

I'm not on Instagram. Meghan's photographs of her children appear very regularly on the websites of many newspapers that I look at, from the broadsheets through to the tabloids and other independent media outlets.

You can open, say, the Telegraph website and bam, there's a Meghan photograph of her children. I know they're from Instagram because the captions credit Meghan and her Instagram account.

This is true. Also, a Daily Mail reporter recently wrote that Harry and Meghan regularly brief the media and at least once did so and then complained that palace staff have done so.

So the call is coming from inside the house, apparently.

OliveMyLove · 28/08/2026 17:49

CurlewKate · 28/08/2026 17:30

Not faces, surely?

There have been photos distributed by Harry and Meghan showing quite enough of their faces. You can check People Magazine for an article showing all the times they did. I am not going to link it. People often shares info that was provided by them directly.

CurlewKate · 28/08/2026 18:03

Oh well, I’ve just heard that she split up the Spice Girls. Unforgivable!

CurlewKate · 28/08/2026 18:05

OliveMyLove · 28/08/2026 17:49

There have been photos distributed by Harry and Meghan showing quite enough of their faces. You can check People Magazine for an article showing all the times they did. I am not going to link it. People often shares info that was provided by them directly.

People magazine? That well known paper of record!!

OliveMyLove · 28/08/2026 18:24

CurlewKate · 28/08/2026 18:05

People magazine? That well known paper of record!!

Take it up with Sussex PR. They often give People exclusives. The photos are all ones released by H&M. Are you suggesting they are not legit?

OliveMyLove · 28/08/2026 18:26

CurlewKate · 28/08/2026 18:03

Oh well, I’ve just heard that she split up the Spice Girls. Unforgivable!

Ensuring the public knew that they did not have lunch with Horner and Halliwell seems to have been extremely important!

TooBigForMyBoots · 28/08/2026 23:16

OliveMyLove · 28/08/2026 17:45

This is true. Also, a Daily Mail reporter recently wrote that Harry and Meghan regularly brief the media and at least once did so and then complained that palace staff have done so.

So the call is coming from inside the house, apparently.

A Daily Mail reporter recently wrote...🤣🤣🤣🤣 Did they now? And you believed them?😬🙈

Away on with with your Sussex Derangement Syndrome and stop pretending the DM and other "news" sources aren't feeding your hate hungry algorithms.

TooBigForMyBoots · 28/08/2026 23:36

OliveMyLove · 28/08/2026 17:49

There have been photos distributed by Harry and Meghan showing quite enough of their faces. You can check People Magazine for an article showing all the times they did. I am not going to link it. People often shares info that was provided by them directly.

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.🤷‍♀️

Namechangerage · 28/08/2026 23:42

OpalAmber · 27/08/2026 23:25

We are discussing the incredibly distasteful PR hijacking of a beloved global icon's death, and people on here are literally typing out emojis about how lovely the apple butter tastes on fresh bread. It is genuinely dystopian. You are exactly the target audience her marketing team was banking on when they refused to pause the launch today. As long as you get your aesthetic toast, who cares about the utter lack of respect, right?

U ok, hun?

I can guarantee that the product launch was planned way in advance and they either were too late to reschedule it or decided to run it anyway. There’s absolutely nothing about Dolly in the ad, are you seriously suggesting that nobody could post any other topics that day? I saw lots of posts that weren’t about Dolly, and lots that were. What’s the time limit here of someone passing away and not being able to post? People die all the time so what’s the criteria?

I love Dolly btw but you are being cuckoo.

OliveMyLove · 29/08/2026 05:09

TooBigForMyBoots · 28/08/2026 23:16

A Daily Mail reporter recently wrote...🤣🤣🤣🤣 Did they now? And you believed them?😬🙈

Away on with with your Sussex Derangement Syndrome and stop pretending the DM and other "news" sources aren't feeding your hate hungry algorithms.

Edited

Charlotte Griffiths wrote a compelling article about her direct experiences with Harry. If you are interested in the Sussex story you’ll have already read it.

https://fromberkshiretobuckingham.substack.com/p/charlotte-griffiths-bombshell-story

OliveMyLove · 29/08/2026 05:11

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.🤷‍♀️

You can search and find the People magazine article I mean. No, I’m not gong to help you with finding photos of these children even though their parents are the source.

Aintgointogoa · 29/08/2026 05:46

@OpalAmber this is the first time I have ever said this but - are you on glue ?
🤣🤣🤣

Dollymylove · 29/08/2026 08:19

What a bizarre post. Sad as Dolly death was, the world carried on around it.
Seems like a troll post to me

Cloverroll · 29/08/2026 08:27

I don't think MM timed it to coincide. I also was totally unaware of the spiced apple butter launch until I saw this thread (and in fact can't say as I'd ever buy from As Ever - I'm more Tesco's to be honest). I also don't think the OP's complaint about the timing is racist.

There is zero link between DP and MM.

Laundrybasketfull · 29/08/2026 08:31

FFS - OP this is bloody ridiculous.

x2boys · 29/08/2026 09:08

Well this is some stretch
Cant you keep this ridiculous nonsense to the royal family board where you and your fellow obsessives can discuss it to your hearts content ?

CurlewKate · 29/08/2026 13:10

OliveMyLove · 29/08/2026 05:11

You can search and find the People magazine article I mean. No, I’m not gong to help you with finding photos of these children even though their parents are the source.

Had a quick search. Found no full face images. Got bored.

OliveMyLove · 29/08/2026 13:28

CurlewKate · 29/08/2026 13:10

Had a quick search. Found no full face images. Got bored.

Don’t know what to tell you, girlfriend.

MamaToABeautifulBoy · 29/08/2026 13:55

You are stone cold 🦇 💩

KeyboardMonkey · 29/08/2026 14:53

Why are people responding seriously to an obvious parody thread?

PantsinRiceKrispies · 29/08/2026 15:17

KeyboardMonkey · 29/08/2026 14:53

Why are people responding seriously to an obvious parody thread?

What is it a parody of? It's not obvious to me - just bonkers.

x2boys · 29/08/2026 15:35

KeyboardMonkey · 29/08/2026 14:53

Why are people responding seriously to an obvious parody thread?

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.

CurlewKate · 29/08/2026 19:21

OliveMyLove · 29/08/2026 13:28

Don’t know what to tell you, girlfriend.

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

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