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As Ever

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Chuchoter · 18/02/2025 08:07

Meghan has renamed her luxury lifestyle brand 'As Ever'.

'As Ever essentially means as it's always been, and if you've followed me since 2014 with The Tig, you know I've always loved cooking and crafting and gardening — this is what I do,' she said. '

As Ever
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jeffgoldblum · 19/02/2025 14:27

Mightymoog · 19/02/2025 14:18

What exactly was/is Archewell for and what has it done?

Nobody knows!! , we were told that it was a charity venture by h and m but it appears to me as just a front to support themselves and funnel money!🤷‍♀️
However the truth could be different!

Onlyonekenobe · 19/02/2025 14:30

RecoIIectionsMayVary · 19/02/2025 14:21

As well as the blank jam and the stray thread- I don't think the shadows are right in the garden compared to the bowls.

(I am currently in hospital, nil by mouth- I genuinely have nothing else to do before any jumps on me to get a life)

They will have had strong artificial lighting for that shoot. Those big, standalone bright white multi-bulb lights.

Princessconsuelabananahammock9 · 19/02/2025 14:31

LipglossAlly · 19/02/2025 11:53

What I find weird is having threads after threads bashing a women that left this island what 5 - 6 years ago? There is nothing wrong with taking the piss at a celebrity that you don't like. However, what has been happening on this website when it comes to this woman is weird. When even Justine Roberts( Founder and CEO of Mumsnet )come out and defines these threads as unhinged you know there is clearly an issue.

What I find weird is the unhinged obsession over this couple and this woman in particular.

I'm m not even sure that this can only be justified by racism, there surely most be something else at play in here behind this level of obsessive hatred and vitriol levelled at this woman( mind you they won't direct this level of disdain towards actual members of the their precious RF accused of heinous crimes).

Who has an unhinged obsession?

This is entertainment, pure and simple.

The fact you think her goal was never to be the next Julia Roberts is amazing.

What was her goal? To marry a rich man?

Also lots of us have volunteered with the UN!

It’s a great opportunity but it’s not quite as unique or fancy as it sounds.

BasiliskStare · 19/02/2025 14:33

@RecoIIectionsMayVary 💐 I hope entertaining for you - all best .

RecoIIectionsMayVary · 19/02/2025 14:41

Thanks @BasiliskStare it has been very entertaining, I am disappointed that the series isn't out now as it isn't often I have nothing to do.

@Onlyonekenobe I am sure you are right but it is another lack of attention to detail- I've been on Instagram for the first time properly today and other accounts manage to marry up shadows and feel more polished.

BunnyLake · 19/02/2025 14:44

LipglossAlly · 19/02/2025 12:15

I do not believe Meghan to be perfect and intouchable. I am not sure where this is coming from. Debating with people that are bent on degrading and sharing untruths on a celebrity/ Royal that is pretty much "vanilla" is not thinking Meghan to be perfect.

As stated previously, what I find weird is the endless vitriolic threads on these two when we have other celebrities/ Royals doing far more outrageous things.

Your post at 11.21 is extremely gushing so I stand by what I said. You seem to idolise her which is fine but a lot of people see her very differently. If you or her want people to like her then she needs to be more likeable.

Mightymoog · 19/02/2025 14:52

jeffgoldblum · 19/02/2025 14:27

Nobody knows!! , we were told that it was a charity venture by h and m but it appears to me as just a front to support themselves and funnel money!🤷‍♀️
However the truth could be different!

Thank you.
It was launched or at least promoted with some fanfare but then I've not heard anything since.
Wanted to check I hadn;t missed some project

TheNinkyNonkyIsATardis · 19/02/2025 14:54

Puzzledandpissedoff · 19/02/2025 13:30

Here you go, Ohpleeeese; I don't know where you're based, but they're in Birmingham so reasonably central: https://www.independent-birmingham.co.uk/profile/levain-and-cherry/

The crucial point is that unlike most they use proper Viron flour. Others yammer on about "pure butter" but then cheap out on the flour and they'll never be the same

I'll be selling a house in walking distance of this bakery soon if anyone's an addict :D

LaMarschallin · 19/02/2025 14:56

Onlyonekenobe

(although I have sniggered to myself at comments that her children must be beautiful because she is: the lady has had so much surgery/intervention who can even tell what her genetics are at this point)

Marian Keyes tells a story (which she subsequently put in to a novel) about going to LA when one of her books was optioned by a film studio.
She met an actress who told her, very seriously, that she was going to have a nose job before having children "so my kid will be born with a great nose".

Ohpleeeease · 19/02/2025 15:06

LaMarschallin · 19/02/2025 14:56

Onlyonekenobe

(although I have sniggered to myself at comments that her children must be beautiful because she is: the lady has had so much surgery/intervention who can even tell what her genetics are at this point)

Marian Keyes tells a story (which she subsequently put in to a novel) about going to LA when one of her books was optioned by a film studio.
She met an actress who told her, very seriously, that she was going to have a nose job before having children "so my kid will be born with a great nose".

I do so want that to be true.

Ohpleeeease · 19/02/2025 15:07

RecoIIectionsMayVary · 19/02/2025 14:21

As well as the blank jam and the stray thread- I don't think the shadows are right in the garden compared to the bowls.

(I am currently in hospital, nil by mouth- I genuinely have nothing else to do before any jumps on me to get a life)

I’m so sorry, all this talk of croissants too! All the best 💐

Uricon2 · 19/02/2025 15:17

RecoIIectionsMayVary · 19/02/2025 14:21

As well as the blank jam and the stray thread- I don't think the shadows are right in the garden compared to the bowls.

(I am currently in hospital, nil by mouth- I genuinely have nothing else to do before any jumps on me to get a life)

Hope you're well and hoovering croissants very soon @RecoIIectionsMayVary Flowers

LivelyMintViper · 19/02/2025 15:18

handsmacksforehead · 19/02/2025 12:48

Oh give over, you virtue signalling twonk.

Meghan Markle has shown us who she is over and over by her OWN actions. She's no misrepresented little shining flower. She's an elder abusing, lying, vulgar , greedy hustler. She'd climb on her own mother if she thought she could grab something she hasn't already grabbed.

If PA was silly enough to be endlessly in the public eye, was issuing statements, was releasing videos, was launching products, was making speeches etc., then there would be numerous threads about him.
However, everything has already been said. No new material.

Pianoaholic · 19/02/2025 15:22

Should she ever actually get this business off the ground I am now imagining it as a sort of pyramid scheme type thing where she will have nag at friends and relatives (maybe only a few relatives) to buy the products.

Remember my mum back in the 80s getting fed up of being pressured to buy stuff from Avon, and other door to door things her friends had started doing for extra cash!

Asswhipe · 19/02/2025 15:27

LipglossAlly · 19/02/2025 12:57

And may I conclude my post with this: if we do end up having another Caroline Flack situation, I do not want to see any hypocritical thread on "being kind" and mental health. It will be on you and people like you and frankly on platforms that allow this type of almost daily piling on on public figures.

But maybe MM herself needs to learn to 'be kind' - the separate investigations by numerous credible publications expose HER as the persistent and consistent workplace bully who has emotionally damaged dozens of her staff. Maybe she needs to learn to behave herself and not pile-on a belittle and abuse her staff.

How can you hold such an atrocious person in a good light?

Do you not believe the experiences testimonies of dozens of staff over many years?

PrettyFlyforaMaiTai · 19/02/2025 15:31

Pianoaholic · 19/02/2025 15:22

Should she ever actually get this business off the ground I am now imagining it as a sort of pyramid scheme type thing where she will have nag at friends and relatives (maybe only a few relatives) to buy the products.

Remember my mum back in the 80s getting fed up of being pressured to buy stuff from Avon, and other door to door things her friends had started doing for extra cash!

Imagine her trying to shill her jam to Camilla and Catherine 🤣

“Come on ladies, women supporting women and small businesses #girlboss”

IsoldeWagner · 19/02/2025 15:38

Asswhipe · 19/02/2025 15:27

But maybe MM herself needs to learn to 'be kind' - the separate investigations by numerous credible publications expose HER as the persistent and consistent workplace bully who has emotionally damaged dozens of her staff. Maybe she needs to learn to behave herself and not pile-on a belittle and abuse her staff.

How can you hold such an atrocious person in a good light?

Do you not believe the experiences testimonies of dozens of staff over many years?

I don't understand how people can idolise someone like this, as if she was some kind of philanthropist, or role model.

Vespanest · 19/02/2025 15:44

For PR the original stock should be somewhat limited to deliver the facade of due to overwhelming demand statement. I was hoping with the ARO that it would be successful so they could remove themselves from flogging their royalty despite hating what being royal represents. But I do think that ship has sailed, partly due to the level of success that they require. im unsure if the cooking show is going to help or hinder, as the teasers do not seem to be hitting. There is no way the taster 50 pots of jam are going to taste like mass production, if they did there'd be no need for local/farm produce.

friendlycat · 19/02/2025 16:11

jeffgoldblum · 19/02/2025 14:08

Why thank you ☺️ @TheSecondMrsCampbellBlack!
The amount of mistakes and errors in 2025 alone is outstanding!
It's like watching a snowball rolling into hell!

What next?
Although my sympathies are limited they need to rein it in now , the way things are going it's only getting worse!

Now is the time for Harry to step up as the apparent loving husband he is and put the breaks on before Meghan has a breakdown, she doesn't understand that the more she pushes the more she will be pushed back harder!
For their and her sake it needs to stop!

I kind of agree with you here.

I'm by no means a fan of these two, but surely there's only a certain amount of criticism and flack that a person can take before they start to become rather unwell.

It seems that this latest brand roll out is full of problems yet again that are going to weigh heavily on her. But then my logical brain tells me why or why did she not do this properly and be guided by the professionals who are well versed in how this all works?

My underlying take from witnessing the events surrounding this couple over the past few years is that they simply do not think things through in a steady and enduring manner. But it becomes so perplexing to fathom why and how they are where they are when they had exposure to top flight professionals (especially at the beginning of their break from the UK and the royal family) who could have guided them to some platform of success that could have been built upon for the future.

The problem is hugely magnified when there is one mistake after the next and an amateurish approach to so much that they do.

Then it is compounded with the faux royal tours that just leads to more ridicule and questions of who and what are they trying to be? Especially when they are visiting some fairly dubious countries where the benefit of them doing a royal tour really is not apparent to the wider audience.

In my mind it just encapsulates exactly what the late Queen thought in the half in half out approach simply doesn't work.

But I then come full circle back to the fact that they would have been given substantial advice, especially in the beginning, by significant players in the business of how to capitalise on their position and actually build something solid and relatable but it would all have taken time.

The problem is they are now in such a weak position and completely tarnished by so much negativity I simply cannot see a way forward that has any resemblence to what they aspire to be.

NotaRealHousewife · 19/02/2025 16:14

Is she done? <peeks out>

CathyorClaire · 19/02/2025 16:14

Pianoaholic · 19/02/2025 15:22

Should she ever actually get this business off the ground I am now imagining it as a sort of pyramid scheme type thing where she will have nag at friends and relatives (maybe only a few relatives) to buy the products.

Remember my mum back in the 80s getting fed up of being pressured to buy stuff from Avon, and other door to door things her friends had started doing for extra cash!

If that's the intention she might have trouble given she couldn't get more than a handful to endorse 58 or whatever it was freebies...

NotaRealHousewife · 19/02/2025 16:15

Didn't Meghan say she had a freakish eye for detail??

IsoldeWagner · 19/02/2025 16:17

NotaRealHousewife · 19/02/2025 16:15

Didn't Meghan say she had a freakish eye for detail??

It seems to have deserted her.

Serpentstooth · 19/02/2025 16:46

As If.

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