Meghan’s $148 Christmas Calendar Mocked as Harry’s School Visit Branded a “Mess”

Meghan Markle is bringing Montecito to Christmas with a $148 As Ever advent calendar created with Los Angeles chocolatier Compartés. The limited-edition calendar contains twenty-four chocolates inspired by the Sussex family’s California garden, while Meghan teased more holiday products with a new kitchen photograph featuring roughly $66,000 worth of jewelry. Naturally, social media found plenty to discuss, including whether the stove in the promotional photograph was actually turned on.

Meanwhile, Harry and Meghan have been photographed holding hands on their way to a Cotswolds pub lunch, their first photographs out together since the family returned to Britain. The couple reportedly enjoyed fish and chips and pie at the Falkland Arms, although royal correspondent Tom Sykes questions whether the seemingly candid photographs were really accidental. The Sun says the photographer simply stumbled upon them.

There’s also a bizarre mystery involving a copy of Meghan’s children’s book The Bench offered on eBay for almost £20,000. The book contains an apparent personal inscription to Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank, but neither the signature nor the claim that the copy belonged to Eugenie has been authenticated.

Prince Harry has also spoken candidly about losing part of his identity when he left the Army. But another Harry appearance is receiving less flattering attention, with royal biographer Robert Jobson calling his recent Birmingham school visit “a mess” and saying students appeared distinctly unimpressed.

Questions this episode answers: How much is Meghan Markle’s As Ever advent calendar? What is inside Meghan’s Christmas calendar? Why is Meghan’s new promotional photo being mocked? Were Harry and Meghan’s Cotswolds pub photos staged? What did Harry and Meghan eat at the Falkland Arms? Is Princess Eugenie’s copy of The Bench really being sold on eBay? What did Prince Harry say about leaving the Army? And why is Harry’s Birmingham school visit being criticized?

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