Are real butter knives available for Meghan Markle?
Just days after the Duchess of Sussex mocked her lifestyle brand by sending numbered jars of her strawberry jam to fifty of her closest influencers, the official store of Buckingham Palace debuted an ad for its own strawberry preserves. strawberry, completely real.
Last week, Meghan, 42, relied on high-profile friends to share images of hand-tied jars of American Riviera Orchard jam in a bowl of oranges.
Today, in a video shared with its 557,000 Instagram followers, the official Buckingham Palace Shop account posted its own version of the sweet preserve.
PRESERVES FROM BUCKINGHAM PALACE
The official store of Buckingham Palace has unveiled an advert for its own completely real strawberry preserves.
MEGHAN’S STRAWBERRY JAM
Fashion designer Tracy Robbins posted a photo of Meghan’s jam, which had the American Riviera Orchard logo and ‘Montecito’ underneath.
Perhaps set to music from Mozart’s Dissonance Quartet, the reel suggests four very British ways to enjoy the product which it boasts is made using only the finest British berries.
And while Meghan’s products at American Riviera Orchard will carry a logo that many have noted for its striking similarity to a royal coat of arms, Buckingham Palace’s version comes with something royal.
Stamped on the side of each $4 jar, which sells for £3.95 and ships internationally, is the Royal Coat of Arms bearing the motto of the Order of the Garter: “Honi soit qui mal y pense” , which means “Shame.” on him who thinks ill of it.’
The price of Markle’s jam has not yet been revealed, nor is it known if it will be mass produced. But branding experts have pointed out a similarity between American Riviera Orchard’s aesthetic and that of the ultra-exclusive celebrity food brand, Flamingo Estates, which sells jars of LeBron James or Julianne Moore honey for an eye-watering $250 each.
In its post, which could well carry the hashtag #jamwars, the palace helpfully stirs the pot by suggesting that customers enjoy its jam ‘on a scone as part of a cream tea’. In a bun. With a croissant. On toast.’
Charles and Camilla are seen on their 15th wedding anniversary, at Birkhall, their home on the Balmoral Estate in 2020. The King is being treated for cancer.
Kate and William are seen with their family last year. They now prioritize family time during Kate’s convalescence
Meghan is filming a new Netflix cooking show to share “the joys of cooking, gardening, entertaining and friendship.”
The subtle sting at the end of this sweet post seems not to have gone unnoticed by its many viewers. One of the biggest comments so far reads: “Buckingham Palace over Montecito any day.”
Last week, DailyMail.com revealed that Markel’s latest Netflix project was filming: a cooking house in which he promises to invite viewers into the kitchen. But don’t expect the kitchen to be yours.
Instead, as seen in these exclusive images from DailyMail.com, the Duchess of Domesticity set up shop on a sprawling property two miles from the Montecito mansion that she and Prince Harry, 39, share with their sons Archie , 4, and Lilibet, 2. and their rotating cast of staff.
Just days after she meticulously numbered jars of homemade strawberry jam from one to fifty and sent them to dozens of her closest influencers, filming on Meghan, 42,’s latest adventure has begun in earnest.
While Meghan’s products at American Riviera Orchard will carry a logo that many have noted for its striking similarity to a royal coat of arms, Buckingham Palace’s version comes with the real deal.
Production trucks and tents lined the driveway of a $5 million property located on eight acres of avocado and lemon groves in a gated community in Montecito to film “interior and exterior dialogue scenes.”
DailyMail.com can reveal that Meghan is not using her own mansion in Montecito, but the kitchen of philanthropists Tom and Sherrie Cipolla. Production trucks and tents are seen on the property.
The owners have organized fundraisers for the center in the same house where Meghan currently plays house.
Exclusive photos show several SUVs arriving at the property as production began.
A filming permit application obtained exclusively by DailyMail.com shows filming taking place at two separate locations.
On Tuesday, Meghan, who recently teased the launch of American Riviera Orchard with out-of-focus images of herself arranging pink flowers and stirring something in a bowl, spent the day surrounded by flowers from Florabundance, a florist a 10-minute drive from Montecito in the coastal town of Carpinteria, in California.
On Wednesday, production trucks lined the driveway of a $5 million property located on eight acres of avocado and lemon trees in a gated community in Montecito to film “interior and exterior dialogue scenes,” which began on Sunday and are scheduled to continue late. June.
Tom and Sherrie Cipolla lent their home to Meghan for her cooking show. The couple are fixtures in the Montecito bougie society scene and generous donors to several good causes locally.
Security vehicles guarded both entrances to the 4,500-square-foot home.
The property is the home of Tom and Sherrie Cipolla, both members of the Montecito bougie society scene and generous donors to several good causes locally, including the Storyteller Center, a therapeutic preschool for children facing adversity.
They have organized fundraisers for the center in the same house where Meghan currently plays house.
Tom, 75, and his wife Sherrie, 69, parents of two adult children, have a property portfolio valued at more than $20 million, spanning two dozen buildings in Los Angeles County and Santa Barbara. The couple also runs a physical therapy practice that last year reported sales of more than $1.3 million.
When approached by DailyMail.com, Sherrie Cipolla declined to comment on the purpose of the film crew currently camping at her home.
The family room and kitchen with its French doors opening onto a patio, lawn and mountains, Caesartone countertops and 48-inch Thermador stove are, appropriately enough, the centerpiece of the Montecito property where the Duchess of Sussex will hone her image carefully curated. of domestic goddess.
Here, from the comfort of someone else’s home, you’ll share “the pleasures of cooking, gardening, entertaining and friendship” as well as chasing ratings.
Meghan announced her new business, American Riviera Orchard, with a clip showing the duchess cooking in a kitchen with copper pots hanging above her head as she whisked.
Last month, DailyMail.com revealed the astonishing array of products Meghan intends to sell as founder of American Riviera Orchard, so named because the coastal enclave of Montecito is known to its wealthy residents as America’s riviera.
Apparently in a bid to one-up Martha Stewart and Gwyneth Paltrow, Meghan will be selling everything from garden palettes to tea towels, scented candles, makeup, skincare products and pet shampoo.
If you can dream it, Meghan will probably sell it.
In recent days, Harry and Meghan have embarked on another relaunch, this time closely linked to their upcoming Netflix projects.
Harry is ready to bring polo to the masses, while his wife seems ready to bring cooking to everyone’s kitchen but her own.
