On New Year's Day, Meghan Markle symbolically drew a line in the sand, seemingly looking forward to the future after a challenging period for her entrepreneurial ventures. Returning to Instagram under the straightforward username 'meghan', the Duchess of Sussex posted a video reel of herself running along a beach, then inscribing '2025' in the wet sand and laughing.
This appears to signify a new beginning for 43-year-old Meghan, who has been forging an independent path recently, in what has been previously described as a 'professional split' from her husband, Prince Harry. The former actress has immersed herself in several exciting business projects since leaving the palace, but has unfortunately faced some obstacles. Wait for lifestyle brand In March 2024, fans were thrilled when Meghan unveiled her new lifestyle brand, American Riviera Orchard, launching both an Instagram account and a website for the brand, which will concentrate on home, garden, food, and lifestyle products, including cutlery, recipe books, tablecloths, napkins, jams and other kitchenware. However, while the brand has distributed a limited amount of jam to influencers, a full-scale launch has yet to occur, with the project plagued by unfortunate delays. Royal author and expert Tom Quinn has previously suggested that Meghan is finding it difficult to hire staff for her eagerly anticipated brand due to her 'tough outlook' and 'absolute self-belief'. In an exclusive chat with the Mirror, he revealed: 'The result of Meghan's tough outlook is that she is having difficulties finding staff for her new brand - she wants them to be full of ideas of their own, but also totally compliant to her wishes.' 'Meghan has absolute self-belief...But to make her brand a success she needs to take and accept advice and allow staff who know far more about these things to make some of the decisions. This is really difficult for Meghan as she is not a natural delegato