The Duchess of Sussex marked a milestone for her lifestyle brand As Ever with a short social media video that featured a brief cameo from her daughter, Princess Lilibet. In the clip, filmed at the family kitchen in Montecito and first posted online in April 2025, the then three‑year‑old stirs a bowl and replies, "I think it's beautiful," when asked her opinion. The Instagram post and compilation were published on Meghan's account as she announced a holiday collection for the brand.
Meghan used the post to reflect on her early entrepreneurial projects and to thank her team at @aseverofficial. She has previously said on The Drew Barrymore Show that her children "speak predominantly in very American accents" while retaining some British pronunciations from their father. The media highlights followed coverage noting Princess Lilibet, now five, was born in California in June 2021, while Prince Archie was born in Britain in May 2019.
The As Ever holiday collection includes a $220 chocolate Advent calendar produced with Los Angeles chocolatier Compartes. Meghan has described each chocolate as numbered in her handwriting. Other items listed in the collection include a hostess basket priced at $211, a pantry basket at $259, chocolate‑covered fruit for $107, and a keepsake deck of cards for $69. The brand was launched under the name American Riviera Orchard before being renamed As Ever.
Return To Britain And A Possible Meeting With The King
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex relocated to Britain for an extended period in August 2026 and have been based in the UK since. They are not believed to have seen King Charles since a private lunch at Highgrove on July 10 during an earlier visit. Buckingham Palace described that reunion as private. A Lord Chamberlain letter later clarified that the couple remain private citizens and that their HRH styles remain in abeyance.
Unspecified sources quoted by US gossip columnist Rob Shuter have suggested there could be "another meeting" with King Charles before Christmas, saying the visit would appear "in Charles's diary" if it were to happen. One source told Shuter's Substack, Naughty But Nice, that such an appointment would be deliberate and significant. The reports add that a reunion between the Sussexes and the Wales family is unlikely in the near term.
The couple's status after stepping back from official duties in 2020 remains a point of formal record. The Sandringham agreement and subsequent communications from the palace state that Harry and Meghan will not perform public duties on behalf of the royal family and that any private charity work is undertaken in a personal capacity.
