Meghan Markle has revealed that she will be selling her brand new As Ever rose wine next week – but many have pointed out the it comes on a significant date

Meghan Markle is pressing ahead with her As Ever brand(Image: PA)

Meghan Markle has raised eyebrows by revealing her brand-new wine will be launched on a major royal anniversary. In addition to selling out of her new products from her As Ever range, the Duchess of Sussex also revealed that her next item for sale would be a rose wine.

The rose is described as having “soft notes of stone fruit, gentle minerality, and a lasting finish” and is from California’s Napa Valley. It is available to buy next week and will launch on the As Ever website on Tuesday, which is July 1 – the date that Princess Diana was born in 1961.

Meghan’s rose wine launches on July 1(Image: As Ever)

Diana, the mother-in-law that Meghan never met, tragically died in August 1997 aged just 36 following a car crash in Paris. The day Meghan’s wine launches would have been her 64th birthday.

But many have criticised the move on social media, given the significance of the date. Taking to X, one wrote: “She is incredibly tone-deaf” while another added: “Not surprised.” Meanwhile, another wrote: “Meghan needs to stop living her life according to the royal calendar.”

However, others believed the date did not matter, with one fan writing: “You lot always look for something when it comes to the Duchess of Sussex. That date also gives a two-week buffer after her other product orders.” While another said: “It’s just a date what’s wrong with that???”

However, July 1 has double significance for Meghan and Prince Harry, as it also marks the first time they ever connected in 2016. Writing in his memoir Spare, Harry revealed that he first messaged Meghan after seeing a selfie of her on Instagram on what would have been his late mother’s 55th birthday.

Princess Diana, with Princes William and Harry, was born on July 1, 1961(Image: WireImage)

He recounted in the book: “Eventually, we exchanged phone numbers and mitigated the conversation over to text, going late into the night.

“It occurred to me how uncanny, how surreal, how bizarre, that this marathon conversation should have begun on July 1, 2016. My mother’s fifty-fifth birthday.”

Meghan’s wine comes after her new range of As Ever items went on sale last week including a “limited edition orange blossom honey” at a cost of 28 dollars (£20).

Also available were an apricot spread in “keepsake packaging”, and a crepe mix, both £10 each, flower sprinkles for £11 and a range of different herbal teas at £9 for a box of 12 sachets.

The new range went on sale at 4pm UK time, and had all sold out by just before 8pm. Meghan had promised some “delicious surprises” as she teased, that she would be offering some new products on the site.

She previously said the original April launch had been “absolutely extraordinary”. But she also spoke of her fear that she annoyed customers when the first batch of her jam and herbal teas sold out in less than an hour. She said wanted to wait until it is “completely stable and we have everything we need”.