{"id":7156,"date":"2026-04-10T14:34:49","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T14:34:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/2026\/04\/10\/5-times-meghan-markle-duchess-of-sussex-was-mocked-for-being-unique\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T14:34:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T14:34:49","slug":"5-times-meghan-markle-duchess-of-sussex-was-mocked-for-being-unique","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/?p=7156","title":{"rendered":"5 times Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex, was mocked for being unique"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/msid-130169018,imgsize-42148.cms\" \/><\/p>\n<div data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<p>When Meghan launched her lifestyle brand, American Riviera Orchard, she introduced it with a video featuring her \u201cAs Ever\u201d raspberry spread. The aesthetic\u2014relaxed, beige\u2011toned, and gently curated\u2014 was dismissed by many online commenters as \u201ctacky,\u201d \u201clazy,\u201d and \u201ca dumb aesthetic.\u201d Some compared the visuals to a low\u2011quality Pinterest post, suggesting that the effort didn\u2019t match the status of a duchess. The criticism felt less about the product itself and more about tone and perception: Meghan\u2019s desire to present something soft, personal, and low\u2011key clashed with the public\u2019s expectation of royal grandeur or polished branding. Yet, others saw the project as a quiet, human attempt to build a non\u2011royal identity, one that honors her American roots and her need to define herself outside the palace script.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/relationships\/5-times-meghan-markle-duchess-of-sussex-was-mocked-for-being-unique\/photostory\/130169018.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When Meghan launched her lifestyle brand, American Riviera Orchard, she introduced it with a video featuring her \u201cAs Ever\u201d raspberry spread. The aesthetic\u2014relaxed, beige\u2011toned, and gently curated\u2014 was dismissed by many online commenters as \u201ctacky,\u201d \u201clazy,\u201d and \u201ca dumb aesthetic.\u201d Some compared the visuals to a low\u2011quality Pinterest post, suggesting that the effort didn\u2019t match&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7157,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-life-style"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7156","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7156"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7156\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7157"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}