Royal Expert Claims Meghan Markle Is Going to Use These 3 Things to Try and ‘Drown Out Her Critics’
Since stepping down from their roles within the royal family, things have really changed for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, not only geographically but also professionally, as they navigate their new career paths and their lives as non-working royals. Their reputations really took a hit though when they started attacking Harry’s family members and airing out the royals’ dirty laundry.
While the Sussexes do still have a following that has not wavered in their support since leaving royal life behind, the couple’s critics on both sides of the pond have been pretty loud. That’s why a royal commentator says Meghan is planning on using three things in order to “drown out” that noise. Here’s what they are and the major setback the former Suits star is now facing with her new American Riviera Orchard lifestyle brand.
Royal commentator says this is how Meghan intends to try and ‘drown out critics’
Commentator and To Di for Daily podcast host Kinsey Schofield was a guest on Talk TV and said she has been asked several times why the duchess still can’t find a CEO for her lifestyle brand.
Schofield opined that it’s because the Sussexes’ reputations are “in the gutter these days. They have created a reputation of being difficult to collaborate with the bully mentality that we’ve heard shared through multiple people, even in Prince Harry’s book Spare, talking about crying employees at their desks. They’ve really have to change the direction of the criticism they’ve been receiving.”
Schofield added that she believes Meghan will aim to do just that with three things explaining: “I think they’re going to try to do that … She’s gonna use this lifestyle brand, she’s gonna use this Netflix show, and she’s going to use Lemonada, her podcast, to try and create a community to drown out their critics.”
However, Schofield thinks Harry’s wife will have difficulty doing that because “she’s proven over the last few years that she doesn’t have the commitment or discipline. She’s a quitter. She left the royal family … And it takes a lot of effort to cultivate a group of people that believe in you and wish for you to have a successful life.”
Meghan suffers another setback with her lifestyle brand
Regarding American Riviera Orchard, Meghan has hit another snag with her lifestyle brand. An Instagram page for ARO was set up in March and it was announced that a wide variety of products from kitchen and cookware to skincare to wine would be available for purchase. So far though, not a single item has gone up for sale.
As Schofield noted, Meghan hasn’t been able to find a CEO to run her brand yet. But now there’s another reason for the holdup.
Express reported that the Duchess of Sussex’s U.S. trademark application was rejected. According to the USPTO, Meghan’s trademark was denied because she did not meet a requirement to amend the identification of goods and the wording for the products wanting to be trademarked was too broad. Those included “cocktail napkins,” “pans,'” and “cooking utensils, namely, strainers, spoons, forks, spatulas, tongs, spreaders, whisks” and “soap dispensers.”
Meghan now has three months to respond to the “nonfinal officer action” issued by the United States Patent and Trademark Office. If she does not respond within that time, it “could result in her application being abandoned.”
