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<v Speaker 1>Calorogus, Shark Media and.

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<v Speaker 2>Loo and welcome to Pallace Intrigue and your host, Mark Francis.

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<v Speaker 2>Meghan Sussex has revealed the first look at the packaging

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<v Speaker 2>for her as ever Raspberry Jam, and the result has

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<v Speaker 2>left the public somewhat stunned. The duchess showcased a gleaming

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<v Speaker 2>white case nearly double the size of the actual jar,

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<v Speaker 2>complete with gold detailing, a dainty white label and a

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<v Speaker 2>metal lid, all of which, to the casual observer, appear

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<v Speaker 2>more befitting a luxury candle or perfume than their fruit

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<v Speaker 2>preserve Palace. Sources tell us yes, Queen Elizabeth is indeed

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<v Speaker 2>still dead and unable to comment. Social media reactions have

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<v Speaker 2>been as tight as the jam itself. When unimpressed on

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<v Speaker 2>looker exclaimed Megan, it's just jam. It doesn't require an

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<v Speaker 2>entire presentation. This packaging is as pretentious as others echoed

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<v Speaker 2>the sentiment, noting that the elaborate box looks like a perfume,

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<v Speaker 2>with another adding seems like a lot of extra packaging

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<v Speaker 2>for a company that wants to be environmentally aware. Despite

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<v Speaker 2>the fast Meghan's Jam continues to be a hit among

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<v Speaker 2>her Celebrity Circle, a longtime friend Abigail Spencer, hairstylist Ben Skurvin,

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<v Speaker 2>and Pilate's studio owner Heather Doriic of all posted glowing

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<v Speaker 2>praise of the raspberry spread, which they've sampled on crumpets,

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<v Speaker 2>toast and presumably social clout. Skurvin's post reads the way

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<v Speaker 2>any normal human would write, a very frothy Gai lady Lol,

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<v Speaker 2>delicious afternoon, treat crumpets with butter and at as ever

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<v Speaker 2>official raspberry spread. It's really addictive. Thanks at. Megan Spencer

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<v Speaker 2>went with the sinatra pun start spreading the news. The

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<v Speaker 2>Duchess gave her behind the scenes look at her Jam's

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<v Speaker 2>production line via Instagram this week, where factory workers in

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<v Speaker 2>plastic gloves were seen filling jars, a shift from her

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<v Speaker 2>earlier batch of fifty, which Megan said she prepared herself

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<v Speaker 2>at home. Meghan reminds us via Instagram, Jam is my Jam,

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<v Speaker 2>but there are so many more products that I just

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<v Speaker 2>love and now it's time to share them with you.

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<v Speaker 2>So I just can't wait for you to see it.

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<v Speaker 2>We just checked again and yes, Queen Elizabeth, it is

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<v Speaker 2>still dead. It remains to be seen if the Jam

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<v Speaker 2>over shadows Meghan's mildly anticipated podcast due out next week.

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<v Speaker 2>To Snarky The Privacy Mind to Dunchess is being criticized

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<v Speaker 2>for her using her children to help promote her business.

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<v Speaker 2>Royal expert Tom Bauer tells The Mail the main charge

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<v Speaker 2>against the Megan is hypocrisy and crude profiteering from her title.

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<v Speaker 2>Every venture she tries, TV, politics, philanthropy, books, food and

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<v Speaker 2>clothes is ridiculed. Obsessed by being a mum constantly speaking

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<v Speaker 2>about cooking breakfast for my kids, Meghan is scraping the

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<v Speaker 2>barrel for sympathy and support from American mothers. It's hard

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<v Speaker 2>to believe that holding her children to promote her clothes

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<v Speaker 2>once stop her credibility sliding deeper into the mud. Royal

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<v Speaker 2>expert Richard Fitzwilliams added, Sussex's though anything which involves Archie

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<v Speaker 2>and Lilabit is news. They are obsessive about privacy except

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<v Speaker 2>when it suits them. She is ruthless. Royal author Phil

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<v Speaker 2>Dampier said, nothing happens by accident, and she would have

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<v Speaker 2>thought this through. And Noah's putting a photo of her

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<v Speaker 2>children out at the same time as her clothing line

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<v Speaker 2>would get maximum publicity. It begs the question whether Megan

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<v Speaker 2>is exploiting her two children, who remain in the line

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<v Speaker 2>of succession. I'd expect the Palace to take a dim

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<v Speaker 2>view of this. The Wall Street Journal wrote about the

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<v Speaker 2>Megan Effect. They explain New York fashion brand La Ligne

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<v Speaker 2>saw a pair of its jeans sell out within a

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<v Speaker 2>few days of Mirkael wearing them on the cooking Show.

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<v Speaker 2>The brand had sent the genes to Mirkle, Howard said,

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<v Speaker 2>and after the episode dropped, the company sold over five

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<v Speaker 2>hundred pairs of the pants in about two weeks. A

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<v Speaker 2>pair of forty dollars clogs Michael wore during an episode

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<v Speaker 2>where she feeds her chickens sold out online in most

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<v Speaker 2>women's sizes, and searches for the shoes on the Croc's

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<v Speaker 2>website increased by seventy percent compared to last month, a

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<v Speaker 2>company spokesperson said, demonstrating a dramatic rise and crocs being

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<v Speaker 2>worn by chicken feeders. Business coach of Maddie Alexander Grout

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<v Speaker 2>told Mail Online, if you take on average how many

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<v Speaker 2>followers Megan has two point six million, and how much

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<v Speaker 2>engagement she has, I would imagine based on her following that,

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<v Speaker 2>she will have thousands and thousands of people buying these things,

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<v Speaker 2>and she will be making a fair amount of that.

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<v Speaker 2>She is going to make a fair amount based on

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<v Speaker 2>what the clothes are worth. If she gets say fifteen

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<v Speaker 2>percent of a shirt that's one hundred and twenty eight pounds,

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<v Speaker 2>she'll be making nineteen pounds twenty. She will be selling

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<v Speaker 2>thousands of those and could be making at least nineteen

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<v Speaker 2>thousand pounds from one linen shirt. More Palace in just

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<v Speaker 2>a moment, Royal inside a deep crown tells palace intrigue.

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<v Speaker 2>Queen Elizabeth would have been privately horrified by this explicit

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<v Speaker 2>commercialization of royal connections. Her entire rain was built on

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<v Speaker 2>the principle that the monarchy must remain above commerce. She

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<v Speaker 2>understood that royal influence should be wielded for charitable purposes,

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<v Speaker 2>not personal profit. The late Queen maintained a strict separation

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<v Speaker 2>between royal duties and money making ventures. Remember how she

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<v Speaker 2>handled the Royal Yacht Britanna controversy. She refused to use

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<v Speaker 2>taxpayer money for a new yacht, despite her fondness for it.

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<v Speaker 2>The idea of directly monetizing her status through affiliate links

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<v Speaker 2>would have been inconceivable to her. Prince William is likely

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<v Speaker 2>viewing this development through the lens of institutional preservation. Unlike

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<v Speaker 2>his father, who seems content to let Meghan and Harry

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<v Speaker 2>chart their own course at arm's length, William recognizes the

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<v Speaker 2>potential long term damage to the monarchy's brand. The King's

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<v Speaker 2>seeming indifference reflects his prioritization of family harmony over institutional purity.

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<v Speaker 2>Having whether decades of public and private turbulence, Charles appears

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<v Speaker 2>to have adopted a live and let live approach to

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<v Speaker 2>the Sussex situation. In the Mayle Eleanor Dyer wonders, Meghan

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<v Speaker 2>Mikel insists she isn't an influencer, so why is she

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<v Speaker 2>using Instagram to flog clothes? DIY cites pr and branding

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<v Speaker 2>expert Haley Knight, who explains the Duchess of Sussex has

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<v Speaker 2>long positioned herself as an advocate, humanitarian and media entrepreneur,

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<v Speaker 2>distancing herself from traditional influencer culture. Yet with this latest move,

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<v Speaker 2>she is embracing a model that is predominantly about monetizing

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<v Speaker 2>and sales. Meghan's new shop directly contradicts her claim that

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<v Speaker 2>she's not an influencer because affiliate marketing is one of

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<v Speaker 2>the most common revenue streams for influencers. Megan is also

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<v Speaker 2>showcasing standard influencer behavior by curating selections of products in

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<v Speaker 2>order to drive sales, so it is not surprising that

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<v Speaker 2>she has received backlash for there being a disconnect between

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<v Speaker 2>her comments and her actions. In March, Megan told people,

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<v Speaker 2>I see myself as an entrepreneur and a female founder,

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<v Speaker 2>and the brand ends up influential, and that's great, Haley said.

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<v Speaker 2>The online shop allows Megan to monetize her brand, but

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<v Speaker 2>it seems to cheapen her overall brand, reducing her status.

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<v Speaker 2>She has put so much emphasis on activism and philanthropy

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<v Speaker 2>that diminishes her to a simple lifestyle influencer. This means

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<v Speaker 2>that her challenge will be maintaining credibility and engagement. If

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<v Speaker 2>she continues to combine being a serious thought leader with

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<v Speaker 2>influencer marketing, her messaging will become unaligned and contradictory, and

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<v Speaker 2>she'll struggle to find her audience. Megan's recent moves re

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<v Speaker 2>launching a new Instagram account, teasing a lifestyle brand, and

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<v Speaker 2>maintaining a media presence through her podcast all represent influencer culture,

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<v Speaker 2>so we can definitely argue that she is moving toward

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<v Speaker 2>establishing herself as such. It seems that this recent move

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<v Speaker 2>is all about driving sales and making money rather than

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<v Speaker 2>an impact, making it her most overtly commercial influencer move yet,

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