Say what you like about the Duchess of Sussex – and I try to – but she has a knack for coming up with the provocative. While the world is still reeling from the recent video of her twerking (and a thousand thinkpieces solemnly debating exactly whether she has a right to twerk or not), she has returned a few days later with news that is both entirely unexpected and grimly predictable. Meghan is considering parlaying her ‘As Ever’ lifestyle and homeware range into a series of restaurants and – be still my beating heart – hotels.
Although details of this potential hospitality empire are as yet sketchy, it has been reported that the brand has been trademarked with a view to providing ‘hospitality services’. This will reportedly include both places to stay and, chillingly, ‘the provision of food and drink’. Whether or not this will mean that guests will be treated to As Ever-branded honey and the already infamous

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