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WTF Ghana? Just why?

Ooh that would have a been a great idea. You should work in PR, you can’t be much worse than Meghan at it 🤣

Thats an interesting theory about the single palm tree though

I think that's a publicist's PDA playbook. If she's going to be selling the perfect family to get interest in Love, Meghan the show and the product line, then she doesn't want divorce rumours hanging over the thing, curdling the cake mixture and leaving a bitter aftertaste. So, imo, she's gone completely over the top in the other direction to portray the perfect, loving family, the show's aspirational message. Even if their marriage is in difficulty, I doubt Harry would want to sabotage her success through non cooperation.

There were rumours in the early days that eyebrows had been raised at the Duchy ( who funded W and H) about the extravagant clothes Meghan was buying and her reluctance to wear British clothes . Apparently Charles tried to speak to Harry who immediately ( as always) defended Meghan .

She loves to portray herself as a Trad Wife.
I find it very regressive.

Confirming that ARO was a terrible name and she couldn’t get a trademark. That the launch was an embarrassment and is now abandoned. Which everybody said it would be

Now it's been confirmed as true - though I can still hardly believe it - this was the first thought which occurred to me, @Atlusvue
You have to wonder just how many more "relaunches" there'll be, be it of companies or themselves personally, and whether they'll ever stop to wonder just how ridiculous it now looks

I think everyone posting on this board would do a better PR job than MM!!!

This is why I find it quite extraordinary that she's making such a mess of it all. Anyone with any self awareness or critical thinking would not have made such awful blunders.

https://www.trademarkia.com/as-ever-97631821

So she’s covering lots of areas. Doesn’t mean she will do all but it goes much further than ARO.

So she’s selling custom invitations, printable (in megsys handwriting of course). Her calligraphy is repeatly mentioned.

A retail store and online selling her products and the products of other people

Selling flowers and plants (I’m guessing in the retail store).

Also selling books.

Talks about a magazine. So could be like what Martha and Oprah does. Workshops, podcast and education classes.

Says something about hospitality services but I’m not sure what that means exactly.

All the usual stuff like last time- jams, gardening stuff. Yoga mats etc

I don't know why but everything with these two always seems be quite chaotic with little evidence of any planning or research

It does yes, but then it would explain why if ARO was indeed "limiting" this hadn't been realised before. After all it's her own company and why launch something that clearly isn't going to work, even if the trademark could have been secured?

I fully expect Netflix can see it all for the thrashing around it is, but on the subject of sales are many still going to realise who the latest name's attached to after all these changes?

Where does this leave all the friends who promoted the special numbered jars of aro jam?

And according to Ashley they had a War Room where all the social media, press etc were scrutinised so they definitely would know any public reaction very early on.

Unless the minions are too afraid to tell her of course. No-one would want that job.

She wants to be Martha Stewart. She clearly is honing in on the calligraphy side- as if that’s her expertise, to lead you into the event planning side and the lifestyle business.

Marthas side was the cooking first and how she would display the food in a beautiful fashion and because she renovated her farm, she had other amazing skills to share.

Meghan thinks her ‘expertise’ in this area, is how to get people drawn in and her USP.

Is it her calligraphy on the top she was wearing with her kids' names on it? I am pretty sure that top was being merched in the Billy Eilish video.

The only thing she has to sell is her connection to the RF and her tales of victimhood. It's not a long term plan. She's no Nigella or Martha Stewart.

#shitshops

Hygge Tygge 😂

It's a store not a shop!

Sever. Whatever.

But that was exactly what M said she was going to change.

Quite. It hasn't happened so far, though!

I agree there won't be much interest in the children. They're just kids.

My guess is that she'll do the usual pictures of back of the head and assorted limbs kind of thing. That way she can try to generate interest through the children but also claim that she's not 'showing' them.

I think people are wise to these sorts of games these days though. Show your kids or don't. Nobody really cares but don't try to 'tease' people with a shot of some random arm or shoulder.

Tygge would be a good name👍

Mygge Tygge, from The Duchess of Sygge

Well they went all Icelandic with the “Harrison” thing so that wound be quite appropriate 😆

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