I missed this hilarious reach last week, but it’s still funny this week! The Mail’s Richard Eden got a hot tip about the Earl Spencer’s daughters, Lady Eliza and Lady Amelia. The Spencer daughters are Prince Harry’s first cousins, so of course Eden made the Spencer news all about the Duchess of Sussex and her lifestyle brand. So, what’s the news that started all of this? Eliza and Amelia are starting their own rosé wine label. Nice! The world needs more rosé (when I used to drink, rosé was basically the only kind of wine that didn’t make me sick). But of course, Eden has to provide supposition that Meghan is upset that the Spencer girls are stealing her thunder!
This may not go down well in Montecito! Prince Harry’s cousins are to cock a snook at his wife by launching their own wine brand before she has done so herself. It’s thought the Duchess of Sussex plans to bring out a rosé wine as part of her As Ever range of goods.
However, the twin daughters of Earl Spencer, Lady Eliza and Lady Amelia, have stolen Meghan’s thunder by announcing that their own tipple will be on sale shortly.
‘There’s something really special in the works that Eliza and I are launching this summer,’ says Lady Amelia, niece of Princess Diana. ‘We’ve been working on a rosé brand called Lala V – it’s a play on Eliza’s childhood nickname Lala and the French word for life, vie. The brand aims to represent joie de vivre – a joyful exuberance for life. We can’t wait to go on this journey together.’
Meghan’s passion for wine is well documented. It is thought her now defunct lifestyle website The Tig was named after one of her favourite Italian red wines, Tignanello. Her tipple of choice is thought to be rosé, after she was said to have drunk a glass on her first date with Prince Harry in 2016 at Dean Street Townhouse in London. Meghan is also reported to enjoy a frosé, which is made by freezing wine and blending it into a slushie with strawberries and icing sugar.
Sources have said it makes commercial sense for her to launch an alcohol brand. Celebrities including Cameron Diaz, George Clooney, Brad Pitt and Kylie Minogue all have their own wine ranges, with alcohol proving more lucrative than jars of jam.
First of all, I know this was supposed to be read with an implied sneer, but I honestly hope that Meghan does venture into a liquor or wine brand, or perhaps an As Ever collab with an existing rosé brand. She would mint money – I’ve always thought that of all the celebrity side-businesses, doing an alcohol line is probably one of the most lucrative endeavors. As for the Spencer girls’ wine label… it sounds like a cutesy-influencer boutique line and good luck to them. The name of it reminds me of Jennifer Aniston’s obsession with the name Lolavie – first as a perfume and now as her haircare line. Now a wine line: Lala V!
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- London, UK, 20 May 2024. Lady Amelia Spencer (L) with her Sister Lady Eliza Spencer (R) in the Boodles National Gallery Garden at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, Royal Hospital Chelsea, London, UK.,Image: 874846543, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no, Credit line: Lee Floyd/Avalon
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- Lady Amelia Spencer and Lady Eliza Spencer during Mercedes Benz Fashion Week Madrid in Madrid IFEMA, 15 of February of 2023 Spain,Image: 905370552, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no, Pictured: Lady Amelia Spencer,Lady Eliza Spencer, Credit line: Oscar Gonzalez/Wenn/Avalon
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- London, UK, 02 December 2024. Lady Amelia Spencer (L) with her sister, Lady Eliza Spencer (R) attend The Fashion Awards 2024 presented by Pandora in association with the British Fashion Council (BFC) at the Royal Albert Hall, London, UK.,Image: 942232878, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no, Credit line: Lee Floyd/Avalon/Avalon
When the Spencer cousins sell out shoes, purses, little girl leggings, Le Crusuet cookware, dresses and edible flowers maybe – just maybe our Domestic Duchess might break a Montecito sweat.
They can sell wine, pillows, mushrooms and even Spencerfied Viagra, they’re never gonna surpass the the merchandising power of Princess Meghan. Even so, they’re welcome to try, as someone once said, there is plenty of room at the table. Only insecure salty royalists try.to gatekeep.
How are they stealing Meghan s thunder. Always bots try to make it a competition
They may be known by some people since they are Diana’s nieces and they may be known in the UK, but I’m sure they aren’t as well-known globally as Meghan. Where is the “how dare they?” because Charles makes alcohol?
Yup, I also noticed the lack of a “How dare they?” tone in the article. There was no comment about “queen-slapping” or “crass” commercialism about people who, after all, are adjacent to the monarchy through Diana. The whole point of Eden’s article seemed to be an attempt to create a non-existent rivalry between the Spencer girls and Meghan. I guess since the Meghan vs. Gwynith thing didn’t work out they are trying something else. The article even used the word “war” in the title of a perfectly commonplace event about two parties in a similar business.
For all we know maybe Meghan is an investor and she will promote their wine on her show. She likes supporting female businesses. I know it’s not likely but would be hilarious.
Meghan could have them on her show and they could all sip some of their wine.
I think season two has already filmed. But I would love to see her promote it on her instagram.
Is there any credible report that As Ever is going to do wine? Because really, even if they do, it seems more likely that Meghan’s response to this would be “I’d love to try it!” and not “how dare!!!!!!”
Yeah, I would lay money down that Meghan’s response is good for them, how exciting and I’d love to try that.
Poor Maureen Eden! He knows with every Meghan Sussex-ful venture, his daily fail days are numbered. And he wants to go down (limply) swinging! I can’t wait for Karma to pay him a visit, because we know it will be sooner rather than later!!😈😁
Sooner would be fantastic, that would definitely call for a celebration 🎉
As Ever champagne to celebrate victories by Meghan over the rats.
Richard Eden spends most of his article talking about Meghan rather than the Spencer twins’ new venture. And he prtends that Meghan never explained the meaning of her blog’s name.
Yeah, it was the three hundredth “It is thought” in that article that made it sound obvious that he doesn’t know what he’s talking about. Then for him to say “It is thought her now defunct lifestyle website The Tig was named after her favorite Italian red wines, Tignanello” confirmed that he absolutely knows nothing about Meghan because she has often spoken about how that is exactly where The Tigs name came from. A real journalist would know and not have to say “It is thought”.
Lol, where are the howls that Eliza and Amelia are crazy, they’re tacky, they’re slapping Charles in the face with a flounder?
And worse, showing disrespect to the Queen (the real one, QE2).
Imagining Chuck actually getting slapped in the face with a flounder made my Sunday a little brighter💞👏🏼
There’s room enough for everyone to market their own wine but Maureen keeps whining.
The Spencer twins grew up in South Africa and Stellenbosch is a fine wine region. Don’t know if Montecito has any nearby vineyards?
Hope Meghan does a collab with Tignanello and some of those bold Italian wines such as Barolo.
I wonder about these rats – don’t they have other career options besides being a rat and posting sad photos of themselves with a Christmas tree? Maureen, what a reach. Meghan is in California, why mention her? Oops, your algorithm suggests that nobody will read your shit unless you mention her. Sucks to be you so cry more! 😂
Yes, Meghan’s neck of the woods is a winery wonderland.
Hope she makes those wine recommendations on her ShopMy 🍷
Hint, hint! 😂
Santa Barbara County is full of vineyards: https://www.winecountry.com/blog/best-santa-barbara-wineries/
Personally, would love some of her sparkling wine recs/faves from Cali. I drink a lot of them!!!
Thanks for the link! I hope she does some blatant SB wine with food pairings – give some of the smaller vineyards her Meghan sparkle.
Now I would love Meghan to produce a Rosé and invite the Spencer Girls to a WLM for a tasting of eaxh others wines. The RR and RF would explode.
That would be brilliant! 😂
Why do these idiots always act like there is room for only ONE type of jam, wine, xyz, when it comes to anything associated with Meghan? Or is it that there is just no room for Meghan period? These dusty, musty shelf dwellers need to quit with their faux concern over Meghan’s business ventures. And where is all the crying and throwing up about the Spencer “girls” using their royal connections for profit? Even though all of the royal adjacents do the same thing in one way or another?
Because they waited to bury her, make her bend like Lazy and instead she’s exploded and thrived OUT of their control.
Sucks to be them, but sucks more to be Maureen 😂
I would love it if Meghan teamed up with the McBride Sisters, which is a black female owned label in California.
I think Meg should put out some wine and she can call it aS ever Victory😉.
LOL i don’t even drink but if Meghan released a frose recipe I just might be tempted to try it. The description sounded good and I’m sure she’d put an incredible spin on it.
“Lala V x As Ever” rosé collab. They would sell so much and the Brit media’s collective heads would explode.
Isn’t Harry close with his uncle? I think I remember reading that’s where he stayed a few times when which in the UK.
If that’s the case, maybe we’re closer to a collaboration that we think
Unfortunately Harry isn’t close to his Spencer cousins at all. Neither is Peg. Neither brother has spent much time with their cousins. And sadly neither is the girls’ own father, Earl Spencer, close to his own daughters. In fact their father and their cousins didn’t attend the girls’ weddings. Sad. So no collaboration likely. They barely know each other. Earl Spencer is a troubled person and the Spencer girls grew up in RSA completely away from the RF and have little to do with anyone from their Dad’s side of the family.
This Richard Eden person sounds unhinged.
I honestly do not get why so many English media people are acting like Harry and Meghan PERSONALLY attacked them. It’s bizarre.
Good for the Spencer sisters if they want to venture into this area.
I don’t care.
I doubt Meghan does either.
I think it is very personal for the aristocrats and all those upholding that class system. They deemed her unworthy of the title and space. She deemed them unworthy of her, left, took their Prince, is thriving and erased them from her vocabulary. It’s a profoundly disturbing “insult” to them that’s playing out on the world stage. their collective temper tantrum reflects so poorly on them. Who knew the aristocracy was so fragile and thin skinned. Superior my ass!
Aristos – as a class – don’t have even a smidgen of entrepreneurship in their bones. Given that they come from a long line of folks who’ve never having to work for a living. So …all their ventures will likely fall flat. Anyone hear that KC3’s products, which has been sold in UK supermarkets for years, ever sell out? So far, it sounds like KC3’s jams got free publicity because of Meghan’s jam! They should give her a cut of their profits!
If Meghan likes the LalaV (what a weird name 😁), I’m sure she’ll mention it in a good way. No one will ever get this woman to publicly defame other women and their work. Others do that enough already. Class in women is shown in supporting other hardworking women, not in viciously dismantling them.
There’s a lot of wine out there in the world to be drunk so I think both Meghan and the Spencer girls will be fine. I think their biggest issue will be reciprocal tariffs imposed. Meghan literally lives in a wine producing area so she’ll have a lot of choices if she chooses to go that route.
There’s a lot of wine out there in the world to be drunk…has me strait up laughing!
These historical romance level novella articles read like where in the royal courts in whatevs century. If a writer couldn’t report on a current fight they set up a ‘rivals situation’ to egg on a ‘ duel ‘.
Do you. Get your success Spencer sisters. This side of the family has publicly supported harry. perhaps the sisters asked Meghan’s advice. or feel encouraged by her successes .
The media is repetitively conflating ,confusing the obligations of tax funded titled people vs non – tax funded titled people so tax payors keep meghan and harry in line . If the public wont get out pitchforks to someone they don’t fund, the media pivot to defund meghan by slamming her businesses – when that is jello on a wall, another pivot to a ‘rivals duel’ amongst the ‘titles’.
Meghan’s women supporting women- entrepreneur supporting entrepreneurs- podcast is the eyebrow raise to this writer.
I hope she does a line of bitters + liquers. Limoncello! Maybe filled chocolates. Mixers. Etc.
That feels more special right now than wine or base hard liquor trends.
Maybe some non-alcoholic cocktail mixes!
Summer syrups? For ice-cream + shaved ice
I hope she names them RR Bitters or Men in Grey Bitters because watching heads explode would be a delight
Drink a glass of RR Bitters every time they spit their bile. 🍻
With the number of times Meghan served champagne/sparkling wine I’m pretty sure that when and if she gets into the wine business that will be her initial launch, maybe also a rose sparkling wine.
I also suspect Meghan would wish the Spencer gals luck. It’s not a competition, the world of wine is expansive and there would be no overlap between both of their markets and client base. There’s room for everyone in the pool.
There’s demand for these types of wines backed by a big name.
I once bought a bottle of French rose from the Brangelina vineyard when they were still together to try it. Pricey and not memorable.
I bet Meghan’s invested in a vineyard or owns one but has a private label for it. Like a garagiste. 🤔
Her stealth moves won’t surprise me at all 🥷
Since the Sussexes appear to be in regular contact with the Spencers, Meghan probably knew about the wine company very early on. Maureen’s getting desperate and I love that for him. The sooner he’s driven into obscurity, the better.
The Sussexes maintain contact with the Spencers, but primarily with Diana’s siblings. It is not known what their relationship is with Charles Spencer’s daughters. It is known that the father did not show up at his daughter’s wedding, and both of Harry’s cousins suck up to William. So these relationships may be different.
“Swallows were saying that copartnerships are not good”, it is better for Meghan to rely on herself, and not on companies with her family, even if they are the Spencers. Meghan is at a stage where she is able to sell everything, and everyone wants to exist at her expense. Why does she need it.
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