Meghan Markle ‘doesn’t want to hide Archie and Lilibet’ as she includes them in photos promoting her brand – but Prince Harry ‘would rather his children were not seen’, royal expert claims

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are thought to have very different views when it comes to sharing photographs of their children with the public.

This is the view of Matt Wilkinson, the royal editor of the Sun, who discussed the topic while appearing on Hello! magazine’s Right Royal podcast.

Also appearing on the episode were the podcast hosts Emmy Griffiths and Andrea Caamano, as well as HELLO!’s royal editor, Emily Nash.

Meghan’s use of the children on social media was among the topics discussed on this week’s episode – which also touched on Prince Harry having a ‘difficult month’ after leaving the charity Sentebale.

However, his wife, 43, has reportedly been having a much better time recently, after launching her business As Ever, and seeing the products sell out within minutes, despite the less than stellar reviews of her recent Netflix show With Love, Meghan.

In the run-up to the programme and brand launching, Meghan has been sharing a lot more content on social media – notably via Instagram.

Among the pictures and videos she has shared online, are some featuring glimpses of the Sussex’s two children Archie, five, and Lilibet, three.

For example, one of her posts, shared several days before the launch of her Netflix show, showed Meghan and her three-year-old daughter joined by ‘Auntie’ Serena Williams, with the trio playing a game of Candy Land.

An Instagram post Meghan shared ahead of the launch of her lifestyle programme featured a glimpse of three-year-old Lilibet (pictured, centre)

Another video the Duchess shared featured Archie’s voice, as he helped her to water some plants.

Speaking during the podcast, Matt Wilkinson gave his opinion on how Harry may feel about the children appearing on social media.

According to the Sun’s royal editor, he does not believe the Duke would be overjoyed.

‘My understanding of this is that, up to a certain stage, Harry would much rather his children were not seen,’ Matt said.

He added: ‘Whereas Meghan grew up in California, she once said she would like to have a more California style lifestyle, take them down the beach, go out, do stuff. She doesn’t want to hide them away.’

He noted that the Duchess does not share her children’s faces in images and videos she posts – something the panel said Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie also do when it comes to images of their children.

When appearing on the Drew Barrymore Show last month, Meghan revealed she had enlisted the help of her children to make cookies for the show’s crew and audience – and shared a short video clip (here, she is seen with Archie)

While the panel discussed the possibility of Archie and Lilibet getting snapped when they are older, Matt said: ‘I think Harry’s living in [like things are] the way they were when he was a child […] the media landscape has shifted.’

Many of the posts Meghan shared on Instagram featuring glimpses of the children were in the run-up to the release of With Love, Meghan. The video Meghan shared featuring Lilibet (alongside Serena Williams) was tagged with the caption: ‘3 days until the party begins. All are invited @Netflix.’

Archie and Lilibet were also featured briefly in a short clip played when Meghan appeared on the Drew Barrymore show at the beginning of March.

During the episode, the Duchess revealed she had enlisted her children to help in the kitchen as she baked hundreds of cookies for guests attending the Drew Barrymore Show.

While appearing on the episode, Meghan revealed that she made treats for the entire cast and crew, as well as all the lucky people who snagged tickets to the show. A clip of her working on the desserts then flashed across the screen, and it showed her and Prince Harry’s two young children lending a hand.

It comes as Meghan revealed the best piece of business advice that she’s ever received – just days after she released the first lineup of products from her new lifestyle brand, As Ever.

The product range, which included her infamous raspberry spread as well as flower sprinkles and pancake mix, sold out in just under an hour.

And, the most expensive item, the wildflower honey with honeycomb, was out of stock in five minutes.

The product range, which included her infamous raspberry spread and fun things like flower sprinkles and pancake mix, sold out in just under one hour.

But according to Meghan, some of the best business advice she’s gotten was actually something that she heard many years ago.

‘If it takes five minutes to do it, do it,’ Meghan told Inc. in a new interview published Friday.

‘Otherwise, you end your day with what feels like a laundry list of things to do, as opposed to being able to tackle them in real time,’ she shared.

The Duchess explained to the magazine that this piece of advice can help expedite the decision-making process.

‘It also encourages you to trust your gut on a lot of those decisions that can be made in real time and don’t require as much ruminating,’ she said

‘Sometimes you have to get really quiet and really trust what feels right for you and your brand and go back to the intention of what you wanted to put out in the world.’

Meghan’s As Ever launch comes just one month after her eight-episode home entertainment show on Netflix premiered, where she saw a rolodex of famous friends like comedian Mindy Kaling and actress Abigail Spencer come in and out of her set kitchen.

The show has already been renewed for a second season.

Meghan’s As Ever products launched last Wednesday and rapidly sold out

Meghan is also selling peppermint tea, ready made crepe mix and shortbread cookie mix with flower sprinkles

The Duchess’s flower sprinkles, which have sold out, cost £11.59 – and are also featured on Meghan’s cookie mix

Meghan made the announcement via Instagram just a few days after the show premiered, as she shared a video of some different snippets from various episodes.

‘If you’re loving Season 1, just wait until you see the fun we cooked up on Season 2!’ the mom-of-two wrote in the caption.

‘Thanks for joining the party, and an endless thanks to the amazing team and crew who helped bring it all to life!’ her message continued, as she tagged the Netflix Instagram account.

It’s been a big few months for Prince Harry’s wife, as she’s even stepped into the world of influencing as she launched a store on ShopMy to link outfits she’s worn on the show and even her favorite beauty items.

The app is popular with influencers, as they can profit by simply linking and sharing certain items with followers.

Meghan can earn commission from some of these items.

Among the items she has linked is a $1,415 beige cashmere crewneck from designer Loro Piana, an ivory silk maxi dress by Heidi Merrick listed $1,350, and a pair of loose brown pants for $388 from Brochu Walker.

She even added bottles of the exact nail polish color she was wearing on With Love, Meghan.

‘You’ve asked me about my nail polish on “With Love, Meghan,” – one coat of each, plus a few of my other essentials! Enjoy,’ she wrote in an Instagram story last week.#

Last Wednesday, Meghan finally launched a limited selection of products for her first As Ever drop, with the products rapidly selling out.

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Among the products included in the limited-edition drop were wildflower honey with honeycomb priced at $28 (£21.60) and some flower sprinkles at $15 (£11.60), while a jar of raspberry jam set punters back $14 (£10.80).

Other goods in the Duchess’s lifestyle range included shortbread and crepe mixes – both being sold for $14 – and various herbal tea mixes for $12 (£9.30) each.

When the items went on sale in the US last week, they were snapped up within minutes, selling out within half an hour of going live.

However, despite the sell-out opening day, some have seemingly cast doubt on the success of the 43-year-old royal’s latest business venture.

The Telegraph quoted what they called a well-placed source as saying the items had been made available in small quantities and quickly marked as sold out to generate interest, which is ‘a common marketing ploy’.

The lead-up to the launch of the products did not run as smoothly as anticipated by Meghan’s team.

In a newsletter to announce the imminent launch of her jam, fans were surprised to note a spelling error.

At the bottom of the email, Meghan provided links for fans so they could ‘follow the As Ever story’. But fans noticed that the link to the As Ever Instagram account contained a spelling error – reading @aseveroffical, instead of @aseverofficial.

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When the link was clicked, it still took fans to the correct page – as did the accompanying link to the Duchess’s Instagram account, @meghan, but fans were surprised by the lack of attention to detail.

Fans noticed the typo at the bottom of the email relating to the link, with one writing: ‘Her freakish attention to detail is amazing. Truly. Astonishing. SMH’.

Another added: ‘This can’t be real.’ And a third added: ‘I still don’t understand the capitalization choices.’ A fourth wrote: ‘Her capitalization and fonts are wonky.’

Meanwhile, fans who ordered the $28 honey were left disappointed – as fans were told the product had been ‘oversold’ amid the mayhem of the launch.

Instead, they were comforted by news that they would be getting a full refund and another item of their choice, while a personal message from Meghan promised first access to future launches.

Fans claimed they received an email from the company, which read: ‘The excitement created a volume of traffic on the site that even we couldn’t have anticipated (with everything selling out in an hour).

‘The orders were happening so quickly that the backend of the site didn’t have a chance to keep up. The Limited-Edition Honey that you purchased was, unfortunately, already sold out.’

Fans were then told they would be getting refunds, and that they would be able to choose another As Ever item free of charge

‘We are working on replenishing inventory and will gladly send you an item of your choosing to thank you for your understanding,’ the message continued.

The notice was then accompanied by ‘a personal message from our founder’, as Meghan penned a notice to those facing disappointment.

‘Dear friend,’ she wrote, according to the emails posted online. ‘My goodness, what a whirlwind this week has been! Thank you so much for the support. It really means so much to me.

Meghan sent a personal message to fans, promising they would be the first to receive items from the ‘next limited-edition item drop’

Fans had received an email telling them the limited-edition honey was already sold out

‘I was so sorry to hear about what happened with your order, and that due to overselling we are not able to get you the Limited-Edition Honey. Please know the team worked very hard in every department, and felt just as sad when we learned what had happened.’

Meghan promised fans they would be first to receive the next item in a future drop, saying ‘no need to order, it will come to you in the mail as a gift from me.’

Promising that ‘more goodness is coming soon’, the Duchess signed off the email with her name in calligraphy.

Meghan fans, known as the ‘Sussex Squad’, soon rushed to X/Twitter to praise the Duchess for her ‘excellent customer service’ in the face of the blip, despite admitting they were ‘sad’ about not receiving the honey.

One fan wrote: ‘Omg!! So….I refreshed the #AsEver page so much that I caused a glitch in the matrix (IYKYK). The honey I thought I ordered is sold out. Received this message from #MeghanSussex #AsEverMeghan.’

A second person added: ‘I got the same email as well. I am sad about the honey, but I’m genuinely happy that their launch was such a huge success!’