Meghan Markle was blasted by fans for “merching” her children after their recent trip to the UK. The Duchess of Sussex recently uploaded a series of photos from her family’s summer trip to Europe. Their trips included visits to their Portugal home and Britain, including Princess Diana’s resting place at Althorpe.
Fan pages of the Duchess of Sussex have managed to ID her children’s clothes and now another account has shared a new post on social media, boasting about the “Sussex effect” as most of the items appear to be sold out or low in stock online. While the duchess herself has never listed any of her children’s items on her OneOff fashion page, some fans criticized her for “merching” her children online.
Fan reactions on social media
One user said on X: “That took a hot minute to merch the kids…” Another one agreed: “Merching their kids' clothes on the way to visit Diana's grave site. It's always a new low with those two disasters.”
A second one commented: “I wondered why Lily had shoes on, guess she couldn’t find any to merch for Archie.” A third one added: “How can you merch the clothing when you can’t see them . I don’t know how much they are but you can find this type of clothing in Kmart , Best & Less & Big W for a very low price.”
A fourth one blasted: “Oh good grief!” A fifth one said: “OMG this is desperate.”
Defenders and clarifications
There is no suggestion whatsoever that the duchess has gained any type of profit from fanpages posting her children’s clothes. Others appeared to defend the duchess with one user writing: “Are those genuine? Or have they been mocked up to look like Meghan is merchandising? These days it’s hard to separate fact from fiction.”
Another one commented: “How much does she actually make from this? It’s just so undignified,” with third user replying: “She made nothing. That doesn’t stop anyone from calling it 'merching'. When the cookware used on her show sold out, that was merching too - even though the only one making money was Le Creuset.”
