A royal expert has explained that King Charles will not rise to the idea of a competition with Meghan Markle over their new products as it is “beneath” him.
Earlier this year Meghan launched her new lifestyle brand American Riviera Orchard (ARO), which is set to stock a range of items from food and kitchenware to pet food and alcoholic beverages.
King Charles’s beloved Highgrove home, in Gloucestershire, has also sold organic produce such as jam and honey for a number of years.
With Meghan’s ARO launching strawberry jam as its first product, former BBC royal correspondent Jennie Bond has refuted any claims that there could be a clash between the two.
She told OK! magazine: “I absolutely refuse to buy into suggestions of a petty rivalry between Meghan’s products and the release of new products from the Highgrove estate.
“Highgrove has been coming up with new products for years now. The marketing might have become more sophisticated over time, but there has always been publicity about the organic produce from the farm and gardens.
“I really don’t think that Charles or his marketing people would sink so low as to try to deliberately compete with or scupper Meghan and her team.
“Why would Charles want to make things worse than they already are? So I think it’s a load of old nonsense and would be beneath him.”
