By Molly Claire Goddard
6:51am PDT, Sep 29, 2025
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Meghan Markle is making a major slip-up as she struggles to find her audience.
While the Duchess of Sussex continues to receive criticism from the public, one expert claimed to know why people aren't connecting with Meghan and her lifestyle brand.
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During Meghan Markle's appearance at
Kevin Costner's One805LIVE! concert, the
Suits alum was decked out in an expensive ensemble.
According to a
report, Meghan wore a $3,092 Caroline Herrera dress, a $7,000 solid-gold Cartier Love bracelet, along with a $5,000 Jennifer Meyer mini bezel tennis bracelet and her $160,000 engagement ring from
Prince Harry.
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Ryan McCormick, a managing partner at Goldman McCormick PR, believes Meghan Markle is doing her brand a disservice by rocking overpriced and unattainable items.
"Wearing that kind of expensive jewelry communicates, 'I am in the upper class.' So, we have two conflicting messages here, and that's one of the reasons why it could be challenging for some members of the public to emotionally connect with her," he
explained.
McCormick emphasized how sporting pieces that are "multiple times the average annual salary of most people" makes the California native seem out of touch with reality.
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Royal expert
Kinsey Schofield noted how Meghan Markle may not have the right idea of who her fans are and where they stand financially.
"Meghan and her team may believe her target audience is the classic royal watcher, an older and more affluent demographic," the expert
said. "But that is a mistake, because loyal royal watchers tend to see
Prince Harry and Meghan as disloyal and destructive. Her natural audience is younger people, especially Gen Z and Millennials in the U.S. and U.K. — but why she thinks a 20-year-old would want to buy overpriced fruit spread is beyond me. I would imagine she's trying to reach everyone."
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As Meghan Markle faces public vitriol, the second season of her lifestyle show,
With Love, Meghan, failed to attract large
audiences on Netflix in both America and Britain.
The series was not included in
Luminate's Top 50 Streaming Charts for the period between August 22 and 28, meaning fewer than 1.11 million people watched the program's second installment during the first week of its debut. Luckily, its first season hit the U.S. top 10 in last place, with 2.6 million views in March.
