Duchess Meghan is building a business empire.
The Duchess of Sussex became a member of the royal family after marrying Prince Harry in 2017, and worked as an actress until turning into a producer after the couple left the royal family in 2020, and has played a variety of roles throughout her life. did. , Markle is trying to become a lifestyle guru.
Last month, she announced the launch of her lifestyle brand, American Riviera Orchard. She didn't reveal further details about the company, but trademark filings indicate the brand wants to produce everything from textiles to gardening tools to bath soap.
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She may be planning to open a retail space and possibly publish a cookbook in the future, according to filings.
It's clear that Markle has big plans for the brand, but she also seems very committed to this business venture, even coming up with the logo herself.
American Riviera Orchard's website and social media display a simple logo, the brand's name written in elegant cursive. According to a report in People, the script was written in Markle's own handwriting.
Her handwriting is exemplary, as she explained in a 2013 interview with Esquire magazine. Because, “I went to an all-girls Catholic school for about six years back in the days when kids actually had handwriting classes. I always had a tendency to write in cursive.” It's pretty depressing. ”
Markle dreamed of becoming an actress after growing up in Hollywood. In the same interview, she said she spent “every day” on the set of the sitcom “Marriage… with Children,” in which her now-estranged father, Thomas Markle, had a role. Ta. Lighting director, cinematographer. She also had a small role in an episode of her childhood.
Markle spent several years auditioning and playing bit parts as a young adult before getting her break as Rachel Zane on Suits. During that time, she told Esquire, she worked a “pseudo-waitress job.”
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“I didn't wait tables,” she said. She wrote calligraphy on things like Robin Thicke and Paula Patton's wedding invitations.
Thicke and Patton married in June 2005, and Markle would have been 23 years old at the time she took office. This isn't the only high-profile job she's gotten thanks to her calligraphy skills, she said, having done the same for “Dolce & Gabbana Holiday Celebrity Correspondence.”
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“During the audition, I was sitting there with a little white tube sock on my hand so I wouldn't get any oil on my card, and I was trying to pay for this. On land, I was happy,” she recalled. Now that you have a handwritten note, you can try to keep it alive. ”
Markle said at the time that doing that type of calligraphy was “super lucrative” because “very few people are doing it.”
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During this time, Markle also taught calligraphy at a store called Paper Source in Beverly Hills. In 2018, Paper Source CEO Winnie Park told People “It was a part-time job for her who was auditioning. I taught them how to do it in class.” Doing calligraphy. ”
While working at the store, she also taught lessons in gift wrapping and bookbinding.
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On Monday, fashion designer Tracy Robbins and photographer Delfina Blaquier, wife of polo player Nacho Figueras, first shared photos of the brand's first product, strawberry jam, on their Instagram Stories. Markle's signature can be seen on the bottle label.
Fox News Digital's Stephanie Nolasco contributed to this report.