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       Meghan, Duchess of Sussex unveils first product from American Riviera
       Orchard
       
       By Jack Guy, CNN
       
       Updated: 
       
       10:14 AM EDT, Tue April 16, 2024
       
       Source: CNN
       
       Meghan, has unveiled the first product from her new lifestyle brand ,
       sending jars of strawberry jam to influencers and friends.
       
       Several people have posted about the jam to social media, including
       fashion designer Tracy Robbins and Argentinian socialite Delfina
       Blaquier.
       
       Robbins uploaded two images of the jam to her Instagram on Monday.
       
       “Thank you for the delicious basket! I absolutely love this jam so
       not sure I’m sharing with anyone. @American RivieraOrchard Thank you
       M!” read the caption on the first image.
       
       “Breakfast, lunch and dinner just got a little sweeter,” Robbins
       wrote in the second image, with both photos showing a jar labeled “17
       of 50.”
       
       Blaquier appears to have received jar 10 of 50, and also about it on
       her Instagram Story.
       
       “Strawberry jam makes me happy. And I love your jam,
       @americanrivieraorchard,” she wrote.
       
       The first sign of Meghan’s new business venture came in March, when
       she returned to Instagram after deactivating her personal account in
       2018.
       
       Meghan rebranded the account American Riviera Orchard, and the bio
       confirms the account is run by her.
       
       So far details of the business have been sparse, with the nine
       Instagram posts simply forming a montage of the brand’s logo.
       
       The American Riviera Orchard website is similarly mysterious, featuring
       just a landing page.
       
       However, a search of the public trademark database yielded information
       on a brand that matched that of Meghan’s new company.
       
       That company, according to the records, offers retail items such as
       jams and preserves, butters, tablewares, cutlery, tablecloths,
       cookbooks and digital recipe offerings.
       
       The trademark records show the owner of the mark is an LLC that cites
       the same address where the office of Richard Genow, who is an attorney
       for the duchess, is located.
       
       In addition to the brand, Meghan continues to work with husband Prince
       Harry as part of Archewell Productions, which has two new nonfiction
       series in production at Netflix, the streaming giant confirmed to CNN
       earlier this month.
       
       The first series will be curated by Meghan and “will celebrate the
       joys of cooking & gardening, entertaining, and friendship” according
       to Netflix.
       
       The second new series is, according to Netflix, “shot primarily at
       the US Open Polo Championship in Wellington, Florida, will provide
       viewers unprecedented access to the world of professional polo.”
       
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