{"id":549927,"date":"2026-03-19T05:46:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T05:46:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/549927\/"},"modified":"2026-03-19T05:46:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T05:46:13","slug":"its-so-pretentious-meghan-markle-divides-internet-as-she-enlists-daughter-lilibet-to-promote-unrealistic-and-unaffordable-360-as-ever-product","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/549927\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018It\u2019s so pretentious\u2019: Meghan Markle divides internet as she enlists daughter Lilibet to promote \u2018unrealistic and unaffordable\u2019 $360 As Ever product"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Meghan Markle was joined by Princess Lilibet in a new behind-the-scenes video from her latest As Ever photoshoot.<\/p>\n<p>In the clip shared to Instagram on Thursday, the Duchess of Sussex, 44, was filmed arranging flowers into vases in the garden <a class=\"body-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.skynews.com.au\/lifestyle\/celebrity-life\/shes-scrambling-prince-harry-and-meghan-markle-at-odds-over-archie-and-lilibets-future-public-roles-as-sussex-empire-falters\/news-story\/93900ecd5379ada6ced727e8d1b90297\" data-tgev=\"event119\" data-tgev-container=\"bodylink\" data-tgev-order=\"93900ecd5379ada6ced727e8d1b90297\" data-tgev-label=\"lifestyle\" data-tgev-metric=\"ev\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">of her Montecito home<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"body-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.skynews.com.au\/lifestyle\/celebrity-life\/meghan-markle-shares-rare-picture-of-daughter-princess-lilibet-taken-by-prince-harry-ahead-of-historic-australia-trip\/news-story\/3b4cceb6453285f900c8b3e928e4d8af\" data-tgev=\"event119\" data-tgev-container=\"bodylink\" data-tgev-order=\"3b4cceb6453285f900c8b3e928e4d8af\" data-tgev-label=\"lifestyle\" data-tgev-metric=\"ev\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lilibet<\/a>, four, can be heard laughing and running around in the background before walking into shot and perfectly hiding her face behind one of the flower arrangements.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"poster-img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1644ea98b8bac776f79e43ae984c57d7.jpeg\" data-sctrack=\"op-poster-img\" alt=\"\u2018Deranged conspiracy and melodrama\u2019: The Sussexes lash out at \u2018brainwashing\u2019 claims\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The young princess whispers something in Meghan&#8217;s ear, to which the barefoot Suits star replies: &#8220;Yes, I think you can. Let&#8217;s go,&#8221; and they both run off camera.<\/p>\n<p>Lilibet looked adorable in the clip, wearing a pale green sundress from the luxury brand Cult Gaia, with her long red hair flowing down her back.<\/p>\n<p>Prince Archie, six, also features in the clip. While he is not seen or heard, Meghan asks him: &#8220;Are you having fun, my love?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Mama&#8217;s little helpers,&#8221; Meghan captioned the post. &#8220;BTS of our shoot for @aseverofficial at our home.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Meghan is promoting her latest As Ever offering, a limited-edition &#8220;Garden Tea Bloom Box&#8221; that will set fans back a whopping $363 (USD 255), plus additional costs for shipping and taxes.<\/p>\n<p>The set, which is in collaboration with upmarket florist High Camp Society, features a variety of flowers including gardenias and peonies, a jar of sage honey, and 12 sachets of peppermint tea.<\/p>\n<p>Many fans were delighted by Meghan&#8217;s new family video, with many praising the &#8220;serene and idyllic&#8221; California setting and &#8220;pure love and joy&#8221; radiating from the duchess and her children.<\/p>\n<p>However, the carefully crafted video was not enough to convince some viewers that the product was worth the staggering price tag.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It\u2019s an unrealistic and unaffordable price point for most people,&#8221; one critic wrote on X\/Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;$290 incl shipping for a few gardenia and other blooms that will barely last a week, a jar of honey and 12 tea bags. It\u2019s so pretentious. She\u2019s trying hard to appeal to a lux market, the one per cent.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Meghan shouldn&#8217;t misrepresent the number of flowers included in As Ever&#8217;s &#8216;Bloom Box&#8217;. The cost of the flowers alone is $209 plus $35 shipping,&#8221; complained another.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;By the time you receive the honey and tea (shipped separately), the flowers will probably be dead.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;On what planet is that box worth $255? Plus the $35 for shipping so it\u2019s actually $290!! I\u2019m absolutely astounded which doesn\u2019t happen that often lol,&#8221; added a third.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Who the hell is going to pay that? By tomorrow, she\u2019ll claim they\u2019re sold out,&#8221; a fourth fumed.<\/p>\n<p>The As Ever website says the flowers will be shipped separately from High Camp Society to &#8220;ensure quality and freshness upon arrival&#8221;, and can only be delivered within the US.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"poster-img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/d3c51aabfea03976b278a906924135d6.jpeg\" data-sctrack=\"op-poster-img\" alt=\"\u2018They need money\u2019: Meghan Markle slammed for thousand-dollar tickets\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The Bloom Box is available to order now, and its launch comes just days after it was announced that <a class=\"body-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.skynews.com.au\/lifestyle\/celebrity-life\/netflixs-twoword-message-to-prince-harry-and-meghan-markle-after-cutting-ties-with-duchess-of-sussexs-lifestyle-brand-and-show\/news-story\/67552262414bbce77b7c55ea81e18766\" data-tgev=\"event119\" data-tgev-container=\"bodylink\" data-tgev-order=\"67552262414bbce77b7c55ea81e18766\" data-tgev-label=\"lifestyle\" data-tgev-metric=\"ev\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Netflix and As Ever had parted ways.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Meghan Markle was joined by Princess Lilibet in a new behind-the-scenes video from her latest As Ever photoshoot.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":549928,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[125147,64,63,447,134,1202,33664,76958,5513,76957],"class_list":["post-549927","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-as-ever","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-instagram","tag-meghan-markle","tag-prince-archie","tag-prince-harry","tag-princess-lilibet"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/549927","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=549927"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/549927\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/549928"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=549927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=549927"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=549927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}