Meghan and Harry ‘seized upon the welcome timing’ of Kate Middleton’s Photoshop scandal and ‘crashed’ the Diana Legacy Awards to launch the American Riviera Orchard lifestyle, say leading PR experts [Video]

11:40 EDT 15 Mar 2024 , updated 12:01 EDT 15 Mar 2024

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry seized their chance to launch their Californian lifestyle brand just as the Prince and Princess of Wales hit rock bottom due the Photoshop scandal, Britain’s leading PR and brand gurus claimed today.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex also ‘crashed’ the Princess Diana event in a brazen and ‘calculated’ attempt to ‘plunder’ the news agenda ‘in search of income’ from the lucrative ‘mummies market’, Mark Borkowski has said.

And the fact that Royal PRs were ‘blindsided’ by her action speaks volumes about the ‘chaos at the Palace’, the public relations veteran claimed. 

Mr Borkowski told MailOnline today that the launch of American Riviera Orchard this week will have been months in the planning. The Diana Legacy Awards was a perfect platform to boost publicity around it – even if it meant eclipsing Prince William’s speech about his mother on the 25th anniversary of her legacy …