Meghan Markle has taken her As Ever lifestyle brand into homeware, unveiling a new teapot and table mats as part of the label’s second Christmas collection after months of speculation.
The Duchess of Sussex, 45, launched As Ever’s $148 advent calendar earlier this month. It marks her first commercial venture since returning to the UK with Prince Harry and their children, Prince Archie, seven, and Princess Lilibet, five.
As Ever’s product range has grown quickly. Before introducing its latest home accessories, the brand launched three hampers—including the £180 ($242) Parlour Basket—as well as a collection of playing cards.
The former actress has now added more seasonal offerings, including a new tabletop range of crockery and napkins, a two-wick candle and a reed diffuser, all pitched as holiday gifts.
“Chapter Two” of Meghan’s festive collection features “sweet treats,” fragrances, the “Trellis tabletop collection” and what the brand describes as “thoughtful gifts for everyone on your list,” according to a post shared on As Ever’s official Instagram account.
The accompanying image showed woven copper coasters, a blue teacup and saucer, jam cookies and Meghan’s signature As Ever raspberry spread arranged on a wooden table.
The new products are currently available only in the US. However, speculation has mounted in recent weeks that Meghan could eventually bring As Ever’s £11 tea tins and £50 scented candles to the UK.
Meghan Markle has unveiled As Ever’s second Christmas collection, expanding the lifestyle brand into homeware
Announced on As Ever’s official Instagram account, “Chapter Two” includes “sweet treats,” fragrances, the “Trellis tabletop collection” and “thoughtful gifts for everyone on your list”
A promotional video shared by As Ever shows the former actress setting a festive table for the new collection
The 2026 “Holiday Advent Calendar” costs $148 and is described on As Ever’s website as a “magical celebration of the season”
Meghan offered an early glimpse of “Chapter Two” in a newsletter sent to subscribers on Wednesday evening. The message, titled “Hosting with Heart,” focused on her approach to entertaining.
She said her “secret to hosting with ease” is “preparation,” encouraging readers to “take care of the little details before the doorbell rings.”
Among the new arrivals is a $130 “heirloom handwoven rattan charger set,” alongside a blue-and-white porcelain teapot priced at $98, or approximately £73.
The collection also includes the $98 “Penny for Your Thoughts” leather notebook. As Ever markets the item as a “simple luxury for everyday use and enjoyment.”
A “Signature Two-Wick Holiday Candle,” priced at $98, is another standout launch from the seasonal range.
Described as a “limited-edition scent of the holiday,” the candle combines notes of pine, berry, cashmere and clove. As Ever recommends pairing it with Meghan’s $410 “Candle Lover’s” basket.
The website’s most expensive gift options include the $535 “Library Basket” hamper, which costs just under £400. It contains a signature leather-bound notebook, coasters, a card set, a candle and a matchbox.
For chocolate lovers, As Ever is offering a $75 “Trophy Chocolate Bar Gift Set” containing five of the brand’s “beloved” bars. The limited-edition chocolates were created with Los Angeles-based Compartés, the chocolatier behind Meghan’s costly advent calendar.
The latest As Ever range includes the $98 “Penny for Your Thoughts” leather notebook, described by the brand as a “simple luxury for everyday use and enjoyment”
As Ever’s ‘Signature Two-Wick Holiday Candle’ is priced at a whopping $98, or approximately £73
One of Meghan’s priciest gifts on is the $535 ‘Library Basket’ hamper, complete with her signature leatherbound notebook, coasters, card set, candle – and a matchbox
Also on offer is Meghan’s ‘curated’ popcorn medley, marketed at the high price of $65. The popcorns, listed as a ‘luxury taste of nostalgia’ on the As Ever page, come in milk chocolate, white chocolate and salted popcorn flavours – and are topped with Meghan’s signature ‘flower sprinkles.’
The Duchess’ Christmas range hasn’t been without its controversy, after a British priest faced backlash online from ‘Sussex Squad’ supporters when publicising a £6 charity advent calendar in contrast to the one promoted by Prince Harry’s wife.
Meghan unveiled the £112 ($148) gourmet chocolate calendar in an online advert earlier this month while wearing a reported £75,000 worth of clothing and jewellery.
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Anglican priest and London university chaplain the Reverend Daniel French suggested that people could instead buy the charity advent calendar that is almost 20 times cheaper and contains Fairtrade chocolate.
The alternative he recommended also raises money for a leprosy charity and comes with a ‘little booklet on the meaning of Christmas’, he told his followers.
Sharing an image of Meghan alongside her As Ever product, Rev French wrote: ‘For £5.99 you can pre-order a Christian Advent Calendar with Fairtrade chocolate from the Meaningful Chocolate Company. A donation is made to The Leprosy Mission.’
The calendar also comes with a 24-page Christmas story and activity booklet celebrating the birth of Christ.
But Rev French’s post sparked a backlash from members of the Sussex Squad, who branded him ‘satan spawn’ and ‘evil’, while claiming he had an ‘ugly heart for a so-called Christian’.
His Protestant colleague Father Chris Phillips – whose parish is in Benhilton, south-west London – backed the priest on X, prompting a fresh wave of angry responses, to which he replied that he had ‘encountered the Sussex Squad on here’, adding: ‘Wow.’
His defenders have said he has been ‘terrorised’ by ‘deranged trolls’ ever since, forcing him to lockdown his account. Trolls claimed he was a ‘coward’ for doing so.
Meghan’s chocolate advent calendar is her first major As Ever product since she moved back to the UK
It was this X post from Rev Daniel French about a Christian alternative to Meghan’s calendar that sparked a row
After 24 hours of online abuse, including threats and defamatory suggestions about his character, he was forced to lock his account and blocked a number of pro-Meghan supporters.
Both priests have been asked to comment.
Meghan unveiled As Ever’s first advent calendar in collaboration with LA-based gourmet chocolate company Compartes earlier this month.
The £112 box of chocolate treats is her first major product since she, Harry and their two children moved back to the UK.
The calendar – ‘inspired by her Montecito home and garden’ – features a festive illustration of the £11million mansion she and Prince Harry called home for six years.
A press release declared that ‘every detail was considered with care, including countdown numbers hand-painted in Meghan’s own penmanship using edible gold lustre’.
The ‘limited-edition’ product includes 24 handcrafted chocolates and flavours include strawberry, raspberry, blackberry and orange marmalade, plus what is described as a ‘special chocolate finished with Meghan’s own flower sprinkles’.
Compartés’ dark chocolate ganache truffle also features in the calendar, with Meghan’s writing said to turn ‘each day’s reveal into a small, personal moment’.
The product is available to order in the US on As Ever’s website, with delivery from early November.
Meghan’s business described this as the ‘latest chapter in an ongoing collaboration between the two brands’, after the $12 (£9) As Ever x Compartés chocolate bars.
As Ever explained that the box’s design was ‘inspired by Meghan’s Montecito home and garden’, and she worked on it with Compartés creative director Jonathan Grahm.
The product is ‘made to be enjoyed through December and treasured long after’ and ‘brings together the artistry of Compartés and the warmth that defines As Ever’.
Compartés said it was also selling three other cheaper but ‘ultra-giftable advent calendars’ at $120 (£91) each, including ‘Enchanted Castle’, ‘The Nutcracker’ and ‘Winter Forest’.
Meghan has also entered the Christmas hamper market for the first time, launching a new ‘hostess basket’ with her As Ever brand alongside her advent calendar.
The Duchess’ $211 ‘Holiday Collection’ basket has a leather As Ever tag with gold lettering and comes pre-filled with peppermint and lemon-and-ginger tea caddies, a trio of spreads, flower sprinkles and Meghan’s scented candles.
Other products in Meghan’s ‘Holiday Collection’ include ‘botanical confection’ chocolates developed by Los Angeles brand Compartes as part of an ‘ongoing collaboration’ and two decks of ‘parlour cards’.