Overview
- Celebrity chef Jameson Stocks condemned the collection as exploitative and accused Markle of using royal ties as a marketing tool, calling some items overpriced and “a joke.”
- As Ever’s seasonal lineup features candles, honey, spice kits and wine, with listings around £48–£50 for candles, up to £49 for honey, £12–£16 for spice kits, and a Napa Valley Brut at about £67/$89.
- A promotional clip showing a notebook embossed with Markle’s royal cypher drew online backlash from users who said the brand is cashing in on royal associations.
- Coverage notes questions about provenance, including reports that Markle’s two home hives would be insufficient to supply commercial quantities of honey and criticism of wines described as white‑label offerings.
- Some commenters defended Markle, as outlets also highlighted a move to boxed gift sets after earlier complaints about excessive individual packaging for fruit spreads.