And among them may have been her father-in-law, King Charles.

Speaking to Fox News Digital the royal correspondent Neil Sean claimed ‘a very well-placed source’ said a ‘sample box of delights from As Ever has been delivered to Clarence House with a note’.

Sean added: ‘This was a gifted idea from the Duchess Of Sussex.’

Meanwhile royal expert Ian Pelham Turner told Fox News Digital that this would be Meghan’s way of ‘building bridges with the royal family’ after she and Prince Harry stepped down as senior members of the royal family in 2020. 

He said: ‘I understand how she may not feel respected still, but tiny gestures like this are her way of showing compassion for what the king is going through and helping to rebuild bridges between Prince William, Prince Harry and the king.’

Meghan and Charles once had a very close bond. She even asked her father-in-law to walk her down the aisle at her wedding to Prince Harry in 2018. 

Although Harry has made a number of solo trips in the past few years, the last time Meghan visited the UK was for the late Queen’s funeral in September 2022.

Meghan’s relations with the Windsor clan have been strained since she started dating Prince Harry in the summer of 2016, before they creaked further after her wedding in 2018, and then finally reached a breaking point after ‘Megxit’ in 2020.

Charles and Meghan’s relationship started off strong, with reports that he was acting as her ‘mentor’ by educating her on royal and constitutional history as they shared an interest in history, art and culture.

He also supported their move to Frogmore, paying out tens of thousands of dollars on fixtures and fittings for their new home, and allowed them to split away from William and Kate at Kensington Palace and establish their own court.

But Prince Charles was reportedly left ‘deeply hurt’ by Meghan and Harry’s tell-all interview with Oprah in 2021, where she claimed ‘concerns’ had been raised over their child Archie’s skin color.

Harry said he felt ‘let down’ by his father who asked him to put his breakaway plan in writing and refused to take his calls at one point.

He spoke of being ‘cut off financially’, and there was clear resentment over having their security detail withdrawn and being stripped of their Royal patronages and Harry’s honorary military titles.

As her health deteriorated, close family members made their way to Scotland – they, however, did not include Meghan, with Charles reportedly telling Harry he did not want his son’s wife to come to Scotland.

‘He started to lay out his reason, which was nonsensical, and disrespectful, and I wasn’t having it. Don’t ever speak about my wife that way. 

‘He stammered, apologetic, saying he simply didn’t want a lot of people around. No other wives were coming, Kate wasn’t coming, he said, therefore Meg shouldn’t. Then that’s all you needed to say.’

Meghan has faced a series of damning reviews of her new jam from U.S. media – with one of her favorite outlets calling it ‘slimy and viscous, a bit like baby food’.

The Duchess released the first products from her new lifestyle brand As Ever on April 2, including the $14 ‘raspberry spread in keepsake packaging’.

Spread too thin! FEMAIL’s withering take on Meghan’s new venture

But taste testers at American publications have been left unimpressed upon taking delivery of the jam in recent days – including The Cut, which secured one of the first big interviews with Meghan after she stepped down as a senior royal in 2020.

The publication asked 12 members of its team to taste the jam and they gave a variety of good and bad reviews, with features writer Emily Gould saying: ‘I was put off by the texture. It’s slimy and viscous, a bit like baby food. Generously, raspberry purée.’

Features editor Catherine Thompson said: ‘I wouldn’t pay $14 for this. Its consistency is a little too thin for my taste – you really wouldn’t be able to spread it on toast.’

And The Cut’s senior writer EJ Dickson added: ‘It sucks! It’s like something you’d see at the toppings bar at Pinkberry, not a functional, standalone jam in itself.

‘I would argue that not only Bonne Maman is far superior but also Smuckers. Very disappointing. I figured she’d be better at making jam than producing podcast content, but no.’

Colleagues said it was ‘too runny’ and ‘too sweet’, although others were more positive with deputy editor Jen Ortiz writing: ‘Is there such a thing as a bad raspberry jam? I like how runny this one is. And I loved her show! Sue me!’

It comes as Prince Harry and Meghan have whisked their children away on a celebratory Spring holiday.

According to People Magazine, the family has enjoyed a ‘sunsoaked getaway’ with Archie, five, and Lilibet, three – though the exact destination was not confirmed.

Insiders also told the outlet that the couple’s two children are the ‘center of their happy bubble’ back at home in Montecito in California.

The source said: ‘The kids are adorable. They’re incredibly smart, articulate, and fun.’ 

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