Earlier this week, I tried and failed to purchase a couple of items from the As Ever range that the Duchess of Sussex has been touting in her ill-fated Netflix show. I shan’t lie, Spectator readers; my dedication to bringing you the latest hard-hitting investigative news was tempered by the hope that such condiments as the ‘limited edition wildflower honey with honeycomb’ and the ‘shortbread cookies with flower sprinkles’ would end up being perfectly edible.
Meghan has used the ShopMy online portal to offer ‘a handpicked and curated collection of the things I love’
Alas! Not only is the collection not yet available for sale – ‘Be the first to know,’ the website promises, ominously – but there is no suggestion that it will be available anywhere outside the United States. My chances of chowing down on Meghan’s raspberry spread in keepsake packaging are small, and vanishingly so.
However, in my increasingly desperate attempts to shop Sussex, a new and reassuringly expensive avenue has revealed itself.
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