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Meghan Markle is a “free agent” and has nothing to do with the Royal Family, but there is something holding her back from launching her lifestyle blog, American Riviera Orchard, and one PR
expert says it’s time to go for it. Meghan soft launched her lifestyle blog in March, premiering a website and an Instagram page. The website has nine posts that spell out the name of the
brand and provides a space for visitors to type in their email address. The Instagram has the same format and and has 618K followers to date. Since soft launching, Meghan has released canned
jam and doggie biscuits, which were shared on social media by her famous friends. We spoke to Press Box PR’s Lynn Carratt about how she would advise Meghan, if the duchess were her client,
with Ms Carratt saying: “I think she needs to get everything ready, they need to open the Instagram accounts, they need to make solid announcements, and go on the PR charm offensive.” Ms
Carratt went on to say: “Just go for it, basically, launch it, and then back it up with the TV show.” The PR exec is referring to the Netflix cookery series that Meghan is currently working
on, which would complement her lifestyle brand. READ MORE: MEGHAN MARKLE IS MAKING THINGS HARDER ON HERSELF, SAYS PR EXPERT READ MORE: MEGHAN MARKLE’S FANBASE IS DANGEROUSLY SUPPORTIVE,
SAYS PR EXPERT Ms Carrat believes Meghan is in a good place and ready to launch, listing off the statistics, the Instagram page is over 600,000, she has the audience, she has the market, she
has people who are ready to buy the products, the PR expert delves out advise, saying, “Stop gifting these to celebrities.” She sees good things for Meghan, that American Riviera Orchard is
going to do very well, that Meghan is going down the same road as Gwyneth Paltrow did with Goop, but it won’t be known, until the site actually launches. DON’T MISS: HARRY AND MEGHAN'S
NEW PR TEAM IS MAKING BIG MOVES, SAYS ROYAL EXPERT [LATEST] EDWARD AND SOPHIE STARTED OFF AS PART-TIME ROYALS, BUT 'THE GAME HAS CHANGED' [INSIGHT] The longer Meghan waits, the
more pressure she is putting on herself to deliver. Some are saying, she’s building anticipation, but at the same time, people can forget about the project and move onto something else. Ms
Carratt believes the best thing for Prince Harry and Meghan to do is step away from their royal connections and reinvent themselves and “just be Harry and Meghan.”
