Celebrity Meghan Markle / Rachel Meghan Markle / Meghan, Duchess of Sussex / Meghan Sussex / The Alliterate One - Markle Snarkle

[John Andrews Stan]

The fact that everybody left the board except her suggests that the problem may, in fact, be her.

Correlation isn’t causation. She gave solid examples of the board folding for Harry at the drop of a hat.

3) Here, she says things like the way the charity was set up is no longer appropriate post-BLM, that she increased African board members and accused the UK-based charity staff of being upset about this - implying they are racist. She claims funders want locally-led initiatives.

The fact is that our wider culture’s adoption of concepts like “white savior complex” has changed the approach many nonprofits take. The optics of a bunch of rich white people playing a sport that’s the exclusive indulgence of the super-wealthy, congratulating themselves for what they’re doing for the poor blacks, are no longer as innocuous as they previously seemed.

If you listened to previous interviews with Sophie, she emphasizes the need for entrepreneurialism to take root in Africa and help people to help themselves. She sounds almost Reaganite.

I agree she’s a shitstain progressive racist. But I don’t for a second buy that there’s no fire behind all this smoke.

 

[pink cigarettes]

No shit. Hers isn’t “gourmet” (cringe word). She’s had zero to say about the ingredients and she shared a video of it being made by machines in a factory. But for over a year she’s been acting like she made this shit herself.

She’s going to try to sell basic bitch products at Flamingo Estate prices. Should be fun.

Calm down lol, idgaf about "cringe" because I don't keep up with the terminology for fancy food that a bunch of 12 year olds decide is acceptable and on trend. It seemed like you didn't know why a spread would be more costly than a jam, now you know.

This post is so unnecessarily pissy, considering we agree that her retarded attempt at having good taste is fooling no one. Sorry if you're MITMMT (mad in the Megan Markle thread)

 

[Gorilla Tessellator II]

Use the jar as a vase or pen holder?

It’s going to be that expensive, eh?

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CREPE MIX?!?

I’m a little confused. I thought Meghan was a super authentic, hot, young Martha Stewart tier domestic guru.

Yet she still thinks throwing together some eggs, flour and milk/water is so hard that you need to use a powdered mix?!

Talk about mixed signals.

It’s like the Pope selling condoms or something.

The jam must be planned to be very expensive to pen this lengthy justification of the price. You would think that the jar is made of gold or covered in gold

About the crepe mix... I don't consider myself a domestic goddess. Far from it, in fact as I work full time I think of cooking as a chore. But even I NEVER used a crepe or pancake mix in my entire life. It's just doesn't seem right.

Her brand just screams: "Give me money, because I want to live like a princess".
How about bringing actual value to your customers? I really hope it fails badly not because I don't like Meghan, but because in times when people struggle to buy necessities, such brand should absolutely fail.

 

[pink cigarettes]

The jam must be planned to be very expensive to pen this lengthy justification of the price. You would think that the jar is made of gold or covered in gold

About the crepe mix... I don't consider myself a domestic goddess. Far from it, in fact as I work full time I think of cooking as a chore. But even I NEVER used a crepe or pancake mix in my entire life. It's just doesn't seem right.

Her brand just screams: "Give me money, because I want to live like a princess".
How about bringing actual value to your customers? I really hope it fails badly not because I don't like Meghan, but because in times when people struggle to buy necessities, such brand should absolutely fail.

The whole venture really does reveal how highly she thinks of herself. It takes a certain kind of person to have a branded product that isn't just some purses or shoes or whatever. Why would any woman see crepe mix, of all things, and think: yes, I'll buy that, Megan Markle is known for her knowledge of cooking and entertaining guests, and is so....classy? Tasteful? Successful? Relatable? Creative? Warm?
I find women like Nigella Lawson and Rachel Ray to be corny af but at least there's some kernel of experience in the field, some ability to do TV spots, SOMETHING to back it up

 

[John Andrews Stan]

ETA: Meghan’s team told the NYT the wrong prices, and People is also reporting pricing of products between $12 and $28. On her website the spreads are priced at $9 and $14, not $12 and $15. Seems like a last minute change but it’s still overpriced.

Per NYT, she’s priced her spreads at $12 and $15 (for the “keepsake packaging”). This is for a teensy jar much smaller than the average, without organic fruit (and it’s not from her “orchard” à la Duchy Originals being from Highgrove produce) and NDAs have been signed to keep the location of manufacturing secret.

Duchy Originals, organic and made from King Charles’ own fruit retails for $8.99 for 12 ounces. M is charging $12 to $15 for 7.4 ounces of her basic bitch factory glop.

This should go down well.

She told the NYT her freezer is full of chicken nuggets, veggie burgers and tater tots for her kids. People are clutching their pearls about this, which is understandable but a bit much. Who cares?

The Times piece also says “she is still figuring out her public identity, while pitching it to a global audience.”

It seemed like you didn't know

It seemed like you didn’t bother to read the thread since I already explained this days before you shat it up.

 

[duckling]

/r/royalsgossip on Reddit has historically been fairly pro-Meghan and Harry but today they are having a slapfight over the Sussex surname dilemma. Smugposting and accusations of jealousy abound. https://archive.is/wip/yuYLb

Why anybody would be jealous of somebody who is so profoundly unlikeable is beyond me. I don’t really care that much about other people’s opinions but I would never want to be in Meghan’s position of being nearly universally hated and mocked.

By the way I tried watching her show again last night but tapped out another 10 minutes deep. She’s so gratingly insufferable and openly vapid. I’ve managed about 20 minutes total so far.

 

[John Andrews Stan]

ETA: As of 6:30am Pacific, everything is sold out. I can’t wait to find out how limited their first manufacturing run was.

People magazine, an official Sussex mouthpiece, is falsely implying that the products M is selling have been made in her home kitchen:

It comes a day after she shared a behind-the-scenes look at the creation of her As ever brand with a video montage, with one clip showing her stirring the contents of two pots simultaneously as she smiles and dances while dressed down in a cream sweatshirt and jeans.

The crêpe and cookie mixes are $14 lol.



There has been zero promo for these supposedly sold out items, which suggests to me they don’t have any ready for sale and are spinning them as major successes rather than admit that.



There is lots of slick photography but zero information about ingredients for any of these products. Amateur hour continues.

People headline:

Meghan Markle’s As Ever Collection Drops! Here’s What’s Selling for $12, $15 and $28​

Article copy: “The collection features eight items priced between $12 and $28.”

No detailed breakdown as implied in the headline. We really don’t hate corporate media enough. (I archived it so we can track stealth edits as the day goes on.)

 

[Fapcop]

The jam must be planned to be very expensive to pen this lengthy justification of the price. You would think that the jar is made of gold or covered in gold

About the crepe mix... I don't consider myself a domestic goddess. Far from it, in fact as I work full time I think of cooking as a chore. But even I NEVER used a crepe or pancake mix in my entire life. It's just doesn't seem right.

Shit, I don’t even like cooking.

But still, if my kids want crepes, I’ll make them. From scratch. What’s the point of a mix? You’ll end up mixing flour/mix with water anyways so you barely save any effort.

It’s not just a product for lazy people, it’s a DUMB product for lazy people.

/r/royalsgossip on Reddit has historically been fairly pro-Meghan and Harry but today they are having a slapfight over the Sussex surname dilemma. Smugposting and accusations of jealousy abound. https://archive.is/wip/yuYLb

Why anybody would be jealous of somebody who is so profoundly unlikeable is beyond me. I don’t really care that much about other people’s opinions but I would never want to be in Meghan’s position of being nearly universally hated and mocked.

By the way I tried watching her show again last night but tapped out another 10 minutes deep. She’s so gratingly insufferable and openly vapid. I’ve managed about 20 minutes total so far.

Any longer clips anywhere? I can’t be stared with a Netflix sub for this broad.

ETA: As of 6:30am Pacific, everything is sold out. I can’t wait to find out how limited their first manufacturing run was.

People magazine, an official Sussex mouthpiece, is falsely implying that the products M is selling have been made in her home kitchen:



The crêpe and cookie mixes are $14 lol.

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There has been zero promo for these supposedly sold out items, which suggests to me they don’t have any ready for sale and are spinning them as major successes rather than admit that.

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There is lots of slick photography but zero information about ingredients for any of these products. Amateur hour continues.

People headline:

Meghan Markle’s As Ever Collection Drops! Here’s What’s Selling for $12, $15 and $28​

Article copy: “The collection features eight items priced between $12 and $28.”

No detailed breakdown as implied in the headline. We really don’t hate corporate media enough. (I archived it so we can track stealth edits as the day goes on.)

What are the odds of this NOT being some other manufacturers product that they slapped a As Ever label on?

Can’t wait to see some foodie figuring out what rebadged product it actually is.

If you listened to previous interviews with Sophie, she emphasizes the need for entrepreneurialism to take root in Africa and help people to help themselves. She sounds almost Reaganite.

I agree she’s a shitstain progressive racist. But I don’t for a second buy that there’s no fire behind all this smoke.

Agree. She may be an insufferable shitlib, but there’s like a 0% chance that Harry and his British buddies didn’t treat it as part tax write off and PR generator, and part colonial enterprise.

The stories about Harry banging the locals like some 19th century colonial magistrate will be delicious if they ever come out.

 

[obsdj]

“keepsake packaging”

Hexagon jars, a super-rare commodity indeed.

 

[John Andrews Stan]

What are the odds of this NOT being some other manufacturers product that they slapped a As Ever label on?

Even if it’s not, cloaking the provenance of these products in such secrecy is completely contrary to food retail norms of the last 20+ years. People especially want to know about the origin of produce and where the food they eat is manufactured. That’s true of basic bitch SKUs and even more so for premium-priced goods.

Meghan has failed to give consumers any reason to think her products are worth their hefty price tags. Their only point of differentiation is that they were conceived as a money-making opportunity for a former USA Network actress to exploit a connection to her husband’s family (who hate her).

Not gonna PL, but I’m very familiar with the CPG space (marketing, packaging and manufacturing) for work reasons. So it’s especially galling for me to see what a shameless grift she’s running. There is zero justification for these price points beyond her royal connection.

Hexagon jars, a super-rare commodity indeed.
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The “keepsake packaging” is a cardboard sleeve for the jar. I’m a sucker for good packaging, but it’s very plain and beige. Considering how hard she and her husband work the environmentally friendly angle, it’s a mark against her that she’s encouraging this. If the cylinder was made from sustainable or post-consumer materials, they would have said so.

 

[Rich Evans Simp]

I remember a speech she was giving at some children's charity in New York IIRC, blathering on about how children are precious, and our future, and so on, and someone in the audience asked her where HER children were.
"In boarding school" was her reply.

Tina Brown includes this anecdote in her book about Diana (a great read btw), but Diana’s comeback here is treated as an “everybody clapped” moment. Like, no shit Diana, that person was being critical of the fact that your kids are at school.

Diana’s bodyguard Ken Wharfe also wrote a juicy book about her. She and Charles were both inexcusably neglectful parents. Wharfe talks about a time when Charles saw his children three days out of two months.

 

[big pauper]

The “keepsake packaging” is a cardboard sleeve for the jar. I’m a sucker for good packaging, but it’s very plain and beige. Considering how hard she and her husband work the environmentally friendly angle, it’s a mark against her that she’s encouraging this. If the cylinder was made from sustainable or post-consumer materials, they would have said so.

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brother, its paper and glass. those are sustainable materials. this product is shit so why scrape the bottom of the matzah barrel to come up with criticism

 

[John Andrews Stan]

brother, its paper and glass. those are sustainable materials. this product is shit so why scrape the bottom of the matzah barrel to come up with criticism

You may not be aware of this, but Meghan and her husband have a charitable foundation that claims to undertake “climate action” for “environmental justice,” lecturing the little people about our consumption and how to be more like them (while they fly everywhere on private jets). This includes Meghan giving speeches about “ethical consumption” and the evils of capitalism.

In other words, she’s talking the talk — marketing herself as a superior, more evolved human — but not walking the walk. Stay mad about Jews existing, but don’t shit up the thread if you don’t know anything about the subject of it.

In other news, expect a major media piece sometime in the next 24 hours about Meghan’s trolls editing Sophie Chandauka’s Wikipedia page to smear her character. One of our own KFers is hard at work on that one.

 

[James Brown]

The seethe and cuntiness in this thread...it's apt but god damn.

 

[multiverse]

I hope a journalist finally picks up on the fact that the “What color will Archie’s skin be?” conversation Meggot alleged was in fact a hypothetical question that came up — in Harry’s words — “right at the beginning, before we were even married

Oh God, that stupid lie about Archie's skin color being connected to him "being denied" a title pisses me straight off.

First off, the kid has always been entitled to use his father's Scottish subsidiary title (Earl of Dumbarton), but his idiot parents decided against that, i.e. they were the only ones denying the kid a title. Rumor was at the time Meghan balked from using it because the other kids at aristocrat school might call him "dumb."

Second, the only great grandchild of a monarch entitled to use "prince/ss" is the one in the direct line to throne. In ERIIs day, that was only George. Elizabeth granted his younger siblings the use of their princely titles early, to minimize hierarchy distress of kids within a single family.

Harry and Meghan decided to interpret this as their son being singled out because he was so black (the child has the melanin of an Irishman) and the complained to Oprah about it.

Once QEII passed, their kids got prince/ss titles automatically as the grandchildren of the monarch, as per tradition.

 

[John Andrews Stan]

Another “exclusive interview,” this time in Inc. It’s amazing how many words she comes out with while never saying anything of substance. Yet this hyped interview contains only nine sentences from M.

What does she want to achieve with this business? Meghan says she has been giving that question a lot of thought lately, particularly as she talks with other entrepreneurs…

She never answers the fucking question.

Meghan also tries to hand-wave away her trademark debacles as a nothingburger, saying rebrands are normal without mentioning that rebrands due to a failure to secure basic trademarks certainly are not.

Of course this article full of bullshit talks at length about “authenticity.”

Oh God, that stupid lie about Archie's skin color being connected to him "being denied" a title pisses me straight off.

Considering the fact that multiple people on this website (and even Redditards) have been able to easily explain how it works, it’s obviously just Meghan lying through her teeth.

It’s no coincidence that this specific topic was discussed with only Meghan, without Harry sitting next to her. I don’t think either of them have any use for plausible deniability. They’ve shamelessly lied from day one.

Instead of bitching about Meghan’s inconsistent stories about what she ate growing up, journalists should be focusing on her egregious deception about consequential matters that affect the line of succession.

 

[pink cigarettes]

The seethe and cuntiness in this thread...it's apt but god damn.

Yeah, it's fun when it isn't @John Andrews Stan's personal playground for BPD lashing out at anything and everything, making 4 posts per page then accusing others of "shitting it up." I'm out, it's not worth the trouble.

 

[John Andrews Stan]

Now that Who Cares Airlines has announced its departure, let’s get back to the news.

Meghan is getting called out by media for her cynical use of scarcity marketing to project an image of immense popularity. And then there’s this:



Here are the ingredients for her $14, non- organic mixes. (Use your own eggs and oil.) Her profit margins on these will be massive.

Crepes: Bleached Enriched Flour (Wheat Flour, Malted Barley Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Nonfat Dry Milk, Vanilla Powder (Dextrose, Vanilla Extractives, Vanillin), Granulated Cane Sugar, Salt.

Cookie mix: Enriched Wheat Flour (Unbleached Wheat Flour, Malted Barley Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Powdered Sugar (Sugar, Cornstarch), Cornstarch, Salt, Vanilla Powder (Dextrose, Vanilla Extractives, Vanillin), Edible Flowers (Dried Rose, Calendula and Blue Cornflower Petals and Hibiscus Flowers)

 

[multiverse]

Here are the ingredients for her $14, non- organic mixes. (Use your own eggs and oil.) Her profit margins on these will be massive

So she's selling bags of flour and sugar mixed together. Wow, such elevation!

Who wants old dried flowers in their cookies? No one, that's who. They'll burn to a crisp during the baking process. If they're in a separate bag for post-baking decor, how will they stick to the cookies? Did she throw the powdered sugar in a separate bag for the home baker to add milk to and make a simple icing?

All of this is dumb, which is why she panicked and set her website's available quantities to zero within an hour of launch, with the brills idear of making it look as if people are gagging to get their hands on her crap.

 

[John Andrews Stan]

All of this is dumb, which is why she panicked and set her website's available qualities to zero within an hour of launch, with the brills idear of making it look as if people are gagging to get their hands on her crap.

One of M’s most audacious traits is her “whatever I say is reality” approach to media and PR. Mentally she’s living in a pre-internet world where it’s difficult for the masses to review primary sources and compare notes.

For example, American Riviera Orchard was an awful name from the jump. And she’s done nothing but lie about why she had to change it. Now she’s lying and saying rebrands are par for the course when they most certainly are not.

Look out for her “founder” podcast to be full of bullshit like this. She lacks the basic humility to admit she fucked up the branding and trademark applications. (I strongly suspect she was told point-blank by her lawyers that the regulatory framework isn’t structured the way she thinks it is, and that she told them to file anyway.) I can’t wait to see what other business history she rewrites.

So she's selling bags of flour and sugar mixed together. Wow, such elevation!

She made banana pudding for the NYT and dumped strawberries, mint, and passion fruit seeds on top. She doesn’t doesn’t have any idea about flavor profiles or how to balance sweet, tangy, and savory.

A video on her IG shows her with her mom. While her mother is tasting the banana pudding, Meghan is explaining to her how good it is and waiting for mommy to praise her. She doesn’t get the reaction she wanted and is openly disappointed. It’s hard to watch.