Meghan Markle unveiled American Riviera Orchard back in March, and after making a small batch of 50 strawberry jams for influencers, she has now made an even smaller batch of raspberry jam

Meghan Markle’s American Riviera Orchard brand has unveiled two new products, with them making their way online just a few hours ahead of Trooping the Colour and Princess Kate’s public return.

Today marks the annual Trooping the Colour, which takes place to commemorate the official birthday of the monarch, despite King Charles’ actual birthday being in November. And as senior royals prepare to attend the event, which is taking place as we speak, the Sussexes will not be in attendance.

Prince Harry and his wife Meghan stepped down as working royals back in January 2020, but prior to that, the couple had made two highly-anticipated appearances at Trooping the Colour. Harry and Meghan famously attended the event, which was then for the late Queen, in 2018 shortly after their wedding, and in 2019, following the arrival of the couple’s eldest child Archie.

Meghan has moved on from strawberry jam and has now made a batch of raspberry jam ( 
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The Duchess’ new brand was announced back in March ( 
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But 2024 marks yet another year that the Sussexes are not at the event, and it seems that Meghan is keeping busy, with her brand unveiling two new products just hours before Trooping the Colour was due to take place.

Polo player and close friend of Prince Harry, Nacho Figueras, took to social media mere hours ago to share that he had been sent some American Riveria Orchard produce. Nacho, who has been friends with the Duke of Sussex since 2007, took to Instagram earlier this morning to share photos of a new jam and some dog biscuits, which were both beautifully presented in glass containers.

It appears that Nacho was one of just two people to receive a jar of jam as the label stated it was “2 of 2”, whereas Meghan’s last batch of strawberry jam, which she gifted to the likes of Kris Jenner, was a batch of 50.

Meghan announced her lifestyle brand, American Riviera Orchard, back in March. She soft-launched the brand with an Instagram page, fancy logo, and slick promotional video. She also revealed a website with an email signup list.

The brand is still yet to be fully launched, but this new development is a promising sign that the hard launch could be coming sooner rather than later.