Meghan now flogging clothes for commission.

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Commissionable links- means when a potential customer clicks on the link, it's attributed to the affiliate, allowing the brand to record the source of the traffic. If someone buys a product using an affiliate link, the brand will pay the affiliate marketer commission on the sale

But she’s not an influencer?

This is really sad actually.

I would say the statement "have made clear that everything they do will continue to uphold the values of Her Majesty" could be interpreted as them not using their royal titles for commercial ventures, but I agree that it is not explicit.

Also, there is nothing in the statement about them 'agreeing' not to use HRH. It is simply said that they 'will not' use it. I doubt they were given a choice, because if they had been, they'd be splashing that HRH all over their doormats and squigly handwritten notes.

That's true. But to call yourself a founder I believe you need to actually found something. At the moment she is just getting commission, unless As Ever has products?

If she dropped the title and just used Meghan, fair enough.

Also agree with Harry being useless. He can’t be relied upon to bring in the money they need for their lavish lifestyle.

This is completely wrong.

How? She didn't decide to call the dress Windsor. It's actually a nice dress, so not surprising she included it. What is she meant to do avoid any word related to royal.🙄

Sorry, but those are not impressive follower numbers for someone of her fame. The big names have followers in the tens or hundreds of millions. Low single digit numbers is piddling, not a 'hot commercial property' at all.

And being gossiped about does not automatically translate to sales, as has been shown many times.

Dropping the title would benefit them, well I think so at least but what do I know? It's definitely not something they seem to willing to do at the moment.

So what? Charles had his Duchy brand. I'm not knowledgeable on the laws/etiquette behind royal titles and selling but why can't she sell overpriced crap like the rest of them?

Desperate times for her 😁

They don't follow the royals, they don't care about Meghan one way or the other, they just came across this thread while shelling peas, and of course they 'hate bullying' and just want to understand why posters spend so much time talking about a person they don't know.

Have I missed anything out?

Because she is using her royal title for commercial gain, after both her and her husband have publicly slagged off the very family that gave her that title, and which my understanding was that under their agreement with the late Queen they would not do.
Peter Phillips and Zara Tindall never had royal titles and much more importantly they have never ever said anything negative about the royal family whatsoever. Also they were much less blatant.
If she had called it the Meghan Markle collection or Meghan Sussex it would have been better.
I somehow doubt the King gave his prior approval for this venture.

The Duchy brand is no longer owned by Charles.

Profits of stuff sold at Highgrove is donated to charity.

It’s all just so trashy. Where will it end?

Yes but he’s not on insta under KingCharleyOfficial with a link to his jam is he?

He owns the Duchy brand. He doesn’t use his title to advertise it.

I’m surprised people are defending this. I don’t hate the woman or anything like that, but influencer type selling is a bit crass, and for a supposed royal to do it is just obviously Not the Thing. I would think you’d have to be a massive fan of her to be on board with this? For clarity, I wouldn’t be in favour of anyone in the royal family doing this; it’s not some anti MM thing! I just think it’s inherently tacky.

If a nineteen year old on TikTok does it, then someone who has been a relatively senior royal definitely shouldn’t be doing the same thing. (That is, if there is any interest in retaining some dignity and gravitas, or proximity to the royal family.)

Onlyfans?

The Royal family would look very petty indeed if they stepped in over a small % take from a dress by a third party that happens to be called Windsor. It's a convenient coincidence for MM but the dress is an example of the blah beige luxe look she has settled on (for now).

She's like the Del Boy of the Royal Family, but with less charm.

Wonder what she'll be selling out the back of her Monte Vista van next?

Avon perhaps?

Honestly they are a pair of planks, they should have followed Zara and Mike Tindalls lead, not accepted titles, not slagged the RF off, just started an exciting new life in California, they would have had the world at their feet, whilst still attending high profile royal family events, Meghan could easily have been brand ambassador like Zara for high end companies like Rolex or Cartier, they could have coined it in if they had not had so much spite, ego and hubris, now she’s just another influencer flogging tat for a bit of commission, don’t think it will keep the light on at Montecito Towers somehow.

I don't think it matters at this point. They've got to make a living somehow and previous ventures don't seem to be panning out.

I do think Meghan in her naivety about how the BRF works thought she would be able to financially trade on being royal from the day of the engagement.

Discovering the many limitations you have marrying into the main family I suspect was a big part of the push to go back to Cali. The American mindset about these sorts of things is vastly different.

Of course there will be ways in which you can financially benefit whilst being a royal but she won't have known the rules and the loopholes. Not being from that aristo world nobody will have told her and she didn't put in the years it would have taken to be thought of as an honorary one of them and therefore befitting of the inside track.

Charles doesn’t trouser the profit from the duchy brand .

To be honest I couldn’t give a monkeys about the dress or its name !
its using the titles to sell thats the issue, I thought I was clear!

I always thought they should have done something like this from the start too. The 'titles' just make them look ridiculous but they seem to be obsessed with the status they think they bring. Harry has always been a prince and everyone calls her 'Meghan Markle' anyway, so why bother?

If they'd just capitalised on the huge goodwill they enjoyed 7 years ago, kept a home in England and attended family events, they'd be in a great position now, enjoying the best of all worlds. But peddling boring beige clothes on the internet is basically what she was doing before she ever met Harry. Talk about a come down.

It’s pathetic the way people have so much hatred for that woman. Like she’s in the top ten of bad things that happen in the world

It's bad enough that we have to pay for the royal family but there should be some kind of rule that if you hawk your royal, or formerly royal, status for personal profit then you have to pay back all the taxes that were spent on making you bankable. We want that wedding money back. It should never been down to the public to pay for a non-state occasion anyway.