Meghan Markle faces major copyright row (Image: GETTY)
is facing another copyright row as royal watchers have accused her of stealing another podcast’s idea. The Duchess of Sussex took to on Thursday to . Alongside a picture of Meghan wearing a sheer bright blue blouse, the royal shared her excitement over her latest project.
The caption read: “I’m so excited to share with you something else I’ve been working on: “Confessions of a Female Founder,” my new podcast with @lemonadamedia! I’ve been having candid conversations with amazing women who have turned dreams into realities, and scaled small ideas into massively successful businesses. They’re opening up, sharing their tips, tricks (and tumbles), and letting me pick their brains as I build out my own business, As ever. It has been absolutely eye-opening, inspiring…and fun! (Because what’s the point if we can’t have some fun on this wild adventure?)”
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The 43-year-old also revealed to fans that the first episode will be released on April 8. Meghan signed a deal with Lemonada Media back in February 2024 – just months after her first podcast was axed by Spotify in 2023. She released a dozen episodes of Archetypes during the summer of 2022.
After the major reveal, royal watchers spotted that the concept is similar to a Spotify podcast named ‘Confessions of a CEO’.
The podcast, which was released in 2023, has a description that reads, “Confessions of a CEO dive into both the glamorous and the gritty sides of being a female founder.”
Fans took to social media to blast Meghan’s latest project, with one writing: “Does she have any original thoughts, or does she just copy others?”
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Meghan revealed her new podcast on Thursday (Image: Lemonada Media)
Another royal watcher added: “She continues to always steals other people’s ideas. Ugh.” A third wrote: “Not shocking at all. She has had zero original ideas, so why bother with her instead of just going to the original?”
Meghan revealed last year that she was set to launch her own lifestyle brand, titled American Riviera Orchard. However, for the name was rejected by the United States Patent and Trademark Office due to the name being too similar to a nickname for Santa Barbara. The brand has since been rebranded to ‘As Ever’.
Once ‘As Ever’ was revealed last month, Meghan then faced more problems over the logo designed for her brand. Eagled-eyed social media followers spotted
The name ‘As Ever’ was also controversial, as it’s the same name as an existing fashion retailer and photography company.
And her show came under fire as she was accused of copying Pamela Anderson’s show Pamela’s Cooking With Love, a series co-created by Jesse Fawcett, and taking ideas from other food bloggers.