{"id":2413131,"date":"2026-05-12T11:47:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T11:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2413131"},"modified":"2026-05-12T11:47:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T11:47:10","slug":"meghan-markle-savaged-for-new-as-ever-video-she-cant-be-serious-royal-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/meghan-markle-savaged-for-new-as-ever-video-she-cant-be-serious-royal-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Meghan Markle savaged for new As Ever video &#8211; &#8216;she can&#8217;t be serious&#8217; | Royal | News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Meghan Markle has faced some brutal criticism online after sharing a new promotional clip for her lifestyle brand As Ever, with some social media users mocking the Duchess of Sussex over what they described as an overly polished and &#8220;cringe&#8221; aesthetic. The video, which also appears on the <a target=\"_blank\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/royal\/2204500\/meghan-markle-major-rebrand-duchess\">brand\u2019s website homepage<\/a>, showcases a curated, cinematic-style vision of the <a target=\"_blank\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/royal\/2204498\/meghan-markle-as-ever-clothing-change\">As Ever<\/a> world.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>It features soft-focus garden imagery, close-ups of fruit and flowers, and <a target=\"_blank\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/meghan-markle\">Meghan Markle<\/a> herself preparing and enjoying products from the range, including marmalades and spreads. The clip highlighted products already available through As Ever, including fruit spreads, <a target=\"_blank\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/tea\">teas<\/a>, and candles. In the video, Meghan wore a series of understated, neutral-toned outfits, including casual jeans and a floor-length white gown paired with a white blazer.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>In a joint post shared by Meghan and the brand, the caption reads: &#8220;Welcome to the World of As ever.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&#8220;What began with fruit from Meghan&#8217;s garden, simmered into preserves in her home kitchen, has inspired our curated collections to bring surprise and delight to your everyday.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Nancy from TWiN TALK W\/ The Sidley Twins <a target=\"_blank\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/youtube\">YouTube<\/a> channel which discusses pop culture, royal and breaking news wrote on X (formerly <a target=\"_blank\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/twitter?pageNumber=1125\">Twitter<\/a>) about the video: &#8220;There\u2019s no way she\u2019s being serious.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Another user called Hanz from Fashionista Era who comments on fashion and entertainment news added: &#8220;Another cringe performance by Meghan.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&#8220;The editing was professional this time. The clothing is her usual neutrals, which makes it feel dull and boring. I think she\u2019s either trying to soft launch her fashion line on website or do a collab. Get ready, looks like next reinvention.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>A further post on X was even more blunt, stating: &#8220;The more she tries to look authentic, the more she fails.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Others defended the Duchess and praised the aesthetic direction of the video. Supporters described Meghan as \u201cabsolutely stunning,\u201d while another user said the overall presentation was \u201cvery beautiful.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The As Ever brand, which launched in 2025, positions itself as a curated lifestyle label offering home goods, food products and seasonal collections. Its visual identity leans heavily on natural imagery, domestic settings and a soft luxury aesthetic.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.express.co.uk \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meghan Markle has faced some brutal criticism online after sharing a new promotional clip for her lifestyle brand As Ever, with some social media users mocking the Duchess of Sussex over what they described as an overly polished and &#8220;cringe&#8221; aesthetic. The video, which also appears on the brand\u2019s website homepage, showcases a curated, cinematic-style [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2413132,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[313871,388426,23067,347169],"class_list":["post-2413131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-royalty","tag-as-ever","tag-lifestyle-brand","tag-meghan-markle","tag-social-media-criticism"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Meghan-Markle-savaged-for-new-As-Ever-video-she.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2413131","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2413131"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2413131\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2413133,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2413131\/revisions\/2413133"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2413132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2413131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2413131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2413131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}