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Is As ever all over? Starting to feel like it.

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AtIusvue · 06/08/2025 10:13

It’s been 14 hours since the launch of the 2024 Rose. Nothing has sold out. This is despite it being designed again as a scarcity drop, so it can’t be argued she’s finally got her stock levels right.

  • As ever stated the wine launch going ‘live’ at on the 5th August. Language designed to get you to rush and buy. Just like all this SM shopping you get now.
  • Meghan put out a message many hours ago, stating that they have so much more stock (sad clapback to stuff not shifting) but hurry and be quick because it’s selling fast!!! (It’s clearly not)
  • This launch however, has attracted very little press compared to previous drops

The scarcity gimmick is already tired and because she’s been absent from SM for 2 months…save for a few stock images/videos- she’s lost any momentum she had. She’s putting in bare minimum and her customer base feel it. She’s checked out.

There’s been talk of another series of WLM 3 and Meg getting a new NF contract, but I think that is just to fill the void until she can get WLM2 out. At which point, we will find out if there is any truth in any further deals.

The reason why I doubt WLM3, is that for continuity, you would need the same venue. But the home is now being used to to host weddings etc, it’s no longer a private rental but one open to the public to rent. There’s no way Meg would film in that location now. In addition she would need to have gotten the go ahead already for WLM3 and be filming right now to be able to stick to a schedule. The fact that it isn’t already confirmed, it’s giving the signal that WLM is over (in addition to knowing NF deal is done)

Now if WLM is over, I don’t think she has the draw to pull people to As ever. She doesn’t engage with her fan base enough, she does the bare minimum of SM posts, which she hasn’t even achieved the last few months. The Shopmy page is dead too. This is why the new wine launch has barely registered and hasn’t sold out 14 hours later. Yes, there will be more stock but it’s been designed for a sell out so there won’t be huge numbers.

As ever I think will be slowly wound down. There will be WLM2, with maybe another 18 months of drops. Then like everything else, it will be dropped quietly. Everyone is starting to get a bit bored by the half hearted, very beige effort she’s put into her ‘business’ and have tuned out.

She will have to launch yet another version of herself very soon. We’ve had actress, feminist, activist, producer, philanthropist….now female founder. God knows what’s next!

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MrsLeonFarrell · 26/08/2025 17:17

EmpressSisi · 26/08/2025 17:15

The kindest review I’ve seen basically says it’s slightly less terrible than the first series — which, naturally, isn’t much of a compliment.

At least they seemed to have learnt something. I wonder though how many people will be watching with reviews like these, they don't exactly encourage you to tune in again

AtIusvue · 26/08/2025 17:40

So her products are restocked - she added marmalade

All the rest is restocked. Raspberry jam, cookie mix, crepe mix, sprinkles.

Lets see how quickly it does or doesn’t sell out.

I mean she did talk about ordering a MILLION jam jars! So if it doesn’t sell out fast, we know that’s the line they are going to use.

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MrsLeonFarrell · 26/08/2025 17:45

Do Americans eat a lot of marmalade?

MrsLeonFarrell · 26/08/2025 17:49

So on the day products are released on As Ever Instagram Meghan is standing by a pond and on her own page Harry's given her a photo of her with Guy the beagle.

Not really selling the stuff.

The Royal Family page is showing support for Ukraine. 🤷‍♀️

EmpressSisi · 26/08/2025 17:52

MrsLeonFarrell · 26/08/2025 17:45

Do Americans eat a lot of marmalade?

Paddington Bear GIF by STUDIOCANAL

She needs to do a collab with Paddington!

MrsLeonFarrell · 26/08/2025 17:53

EmpressSisi · 26/08/2025 17:52

She needs to do a collab with Paddington!

Her marmalade looks a bit cloudy, not sure he'd like it. Mind you I'm very particularl about marmalade.

ThePoshUns · 26/08/2025 17:54

I’m sure that she ate loads of marmalade during her time in the UK

jamnpancakes · 26/08/2025 18:01

MrsLeonFarrell · 26/08/2025 17:53

Her marmalade looks a bit cloudy, not sure he'd like it. Mind you I'm very particularl about marmalade.

The ONLY marmalade is Dundee marmalade bitter made by Mackays 😂

jamnpancakes · 26/08/2025 18:03

@MrsLeonFarrell our own Liz Jones who sometimes pops up on here has been a bit kind 😊

MrsLeonFarrell · 26/08/2025 18:03

jamnpancakes · 26/08/2025 18:03

@MrsLeonFarrell our own Liz Jones who sometimes pops up on here has been a bit kind 😊

At least someone has.

jamnpancakes · 26/08/2025 18:04

I'm interested to hear more about the pantyhose 😬 that was not authentic 😂

MrsLeonFarrell · 26/08/2025 18:09

jamnpancakes · 26/08/2025 18:03

@MrsLeonFarrell our own Liz Jones who sometimes pops up on here has been a bit kind 😊

I've now read the article. She basically approves of day drinking, eek.

MrsLeonFarrell · 26/08/2025 18:11

Taylor Swift just got engaged, that's going to suck all the media oxygen from the room.

jamnpancakes · 26/08/2025 18:14

MrsLeonFarrell · 26/08/2025 18:11

Taylor Swift just got engaged, that's going to suck all the media oxygen from the room.

Omg 😂😂😂😂

AtIusvue · 26/08/2025 18:15

She really has the worst timing!

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KatherineParr · 26/08/2025 18:16

I actually wonder if interest in Meghan & Harry is starting to fade. The Netflix promotion of WLM looks limited compared to the big push season 1 got, and it feels like there's less interest across media and social media. More widely Harry's VJ wreath didn't get as much attention as it might once have done. I wonder if we've all just had enough of them.

MrsLeonFarrell · 26/08/2025 18:17

AtIusvue · 26/08/2025 18:15

She really has the worst timing!

I agree, from the very start their timing has been so unlucky.

EmpressSisi · 26/08/2025 18:22

MrsLeonFarrell · 26/08/2025 18:11

Taylor Swift just got engaged, that's going to suck all the media oxygen from the room.

These two?

Is As ever all over? Starting to feel like it.
MrsLeonFarrell · 26/08/2025 18:23

EmpressSisi · 26/08/2025 18:22

These two?

Yes. Have to say that as a mildly interested fan, he does seem like a good fit for her

JADS · 26/08/2025 18:28

I like to pop onto NF to see if WLM is being pushed. I've had the Crown and the Meghan and Harry series heavily encouraged. There is nothing for WLM, it's not in the Top 10.

Funnily, Korean series called "Bon Appetite your Majesty" is in the Top 10. It looks like a fantasy series where a top chef goes back in time to cook for a despotic monarch. That made me chuckle a touch.

Generally, non Brits (and quite a few Brits) don't get marmalade so have a million jars to flog seems a bit of an odd move.

jeffgoldblum · 26/08/2025 18:31

Must admit I’m struggling to muster up much interest lately! , they have been over exposed and boring 🥱

MrsFinkelstein · 26/08/2025 18:36

AtIusvue · 26/08/2025 14:20

That reminds me…..she makes liking a lot of chilli heat in her food a personality trait too in this series. Her guests manage to be both dumbfounded and impressed by it…..it’s so fucking weird.

It’s mentioned at least twice in these episodes by the guests.

There was a clip I saw (I think from the 1st drop) where she's in the garden and says she ate one of the ?peppers last night and it was really hot. The chef looked at it and says it's not hot. She picks it and says it is, then they both eat it, he laughs and says "not hot" and she mumbles something about the one last night being really hot.

Put me in mind of people who claim to like spicy food and then they really don't

AtIusvue · 26/08/2025 18:38

Nowt sold out online

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AtIusvue · 26/08/2025 18:45

Damn, I forgot to add the funniest bit from WLM2.

She’s with a friend, making cocktails with a mixologist. She asks how the mixologist got into the business, he said he was a lawyer in NY when the cocktail renaissance happened in the early 00s and he was hooked. She asked if he ever watched Suits….he said ‘no, I don’t watch basic cable’ !!!! 😂

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myrtleWilson · 26/08/2025 18:58

Taylor's engagement photos have a gargantuan floral backdrop, a sweet nod to Meghan and her love of flower arranging no doubt.

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