Meghan Markle has been savaged by a popular US host and commentator who slammed the Duchess’s new brand launch aimed at the American market.

Meghan Markle has been torn apart by a raging US host who has dismissed her new lifestyle brand as a “fraud”.

Earlier this month, the Duchess of Sussex announced American Riviera Orchard, marked by a video shared on Instagram that saw her showcasing her culinary skills in a picturesque kitchen adorned with white and pink flowers The brand’s focus includes the production and sale of a range of products, such as jams, which will align with Meghan’s upcoming cookery show for Netflix.

The American Riviera Orchard trademark covers a wide array of goods, ranging from cutlery to recipe books. But US host and commentator Megyn Kelly has furiously taken aim at Meghan’s new lifestyle brand. She told the Paul Murray Live show on Sky News Australia: “This new lifestyle brand. You bake? I don’t believe any of that. I don’t get it and I don’t think people are going to be attracted to her ‘brand’.

“It’s all because it’s fake. At least Martha Stewart knows how to cook and set a beautiful table. “What is Meghan Markle’s qualification to do any of this? This is all a fraud.” Meanwhile, a royal expert warned Meghan and Prince Harry may find themselves hung out to dry by Hollywood if they do not come up with a different story to tell.

The Sussexes moved to California in 2020 and since then, they have attempted to carve out a path for themselves in the entertainment industry through their projects with Netflix and Spotify. But Richard Kay warned during a recent episode of Palace Confidential: “They are Hollywood celebrities with that extra factor, if you like, because of their titles. I’m not sure in the long-term where it’s going to leave them.

“The problem they’re going to have in America as we’ve discussed many times on this show is America has a short-term system. “They’re enthralled to celebrity for a while, but after a while, if a celebrity is a bit of a one-trick pony, they’ve only got one story to tell – in Harry’s case possibly that’s true – then they’ll move on to the next new thing.”