Meghan Markle faces criticism over As Ever holiday promotion

Summary

• Meghan Markle has faced criticism from royal commentator Tom Sykes over the promotion of her lifestyle brand As Ever’s holiday collection, including a chocolate advent calendar created with Los Angeles chocolatier Compartés.
• “I think right now the presence of the kids is about creating this fantasy perfect domestic life, which we’re seeing with the advent calendar is clearly trying to sell,” Sykes said.
• Meghan’s As Ever holiday collection includes a limited-edition advent calendar containing 24 handcrafted chocolates.

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Meghan Markle has faced criticism from royal commentator Tom Sykes over the promotion of her lifestyle brand As Ever’s holiday collection, including a chocolate advent calendar created with Los Angeles chocolatier Compartés.

Sykes, an editor at large at The Daily Beast’s Royalist, said Meghan was “selling a life she doesn’t actually live in” by promoting products linked to the couple’s former home in Montecito, California.