Jewellery company reject claims Meghan Markle was gifted £2k earrings amid criticism

Prince Harry erstwhile revealed woman Meghan Markle would judge the escaped gifts sent to her astatine Kensington Palace and distributed them among the staff, contempt different royals sending gifts back

Kimai, a female-founded jewellery company, has deed backmost against accusations that Meghan Markle was talented earrings by them erstwhile they assertion she truly bought them.

The Duchess of Sussex, 42, precocious came nether fire for allegedly accepting £1,990 diamond earrings from the Dragon’s Den hopefuls. She was said to person been sent the jewellery successful 2019 - erstwhile she was inactive a elder moving subordinate of the Royal Family.

It was antecedently reported that the artificial diamond marque talented the Felicity earrings, which are sold individually for £995 each, to the erstwhile Suits prima astatine her offices successful Kensington Palace. But successful a remark to The Mirror, the institution rebuffed specified claims and said Meghan Markle purchased the earrings from Kimai, revealing they were not talented oregon a freebie.

While it’s not against royal protocol to judge gifts, it is communal signifier for elder royals, including Kate Middleton and Prince William, to nonstop the gifts backmost for fearfulness of stoking outrage implicit ‘freebies’. However, Meghan was spotted wearing the earrings portion visiting the Smart Works foundation successful London backmost successful 2019, soon aft buying them.

Earlier this month, Kimai's founders Sidney Neuhaus and Jessica Warch appeared connected BBC Two amusement Dragons' Den, and they revealed Meghan wore their designs aft sending her bureau regular emails. “We've launched without investment, and past 2 months aft our motorboat we got Meghan Markle to deterioration our pieces, which enabled america to turn the gross significantly, and from determination we raised $1.2 million,” they told the dragons.

When asked by Steven Bartlett however they got the Duchess of Sussex to deterioration the earrings, Jessica laughed: “Cold emails. We're large believers successful acold emails!” He aboriginal invested £250,000 successful their business, and said it was their nexus to Meghan that sealed the deal. “The infinitesimal you told maine astir hounding down Meghan Markle, you had me,” helium quipped.

But conscionable due to the fact that Meghan didn't get these earrings arsenic a gift, that doesn't mean she hasn't accepted freebies before. Prince Harry revealed his woman accepted escaped gifts that were sent to her astatine Kensington Palace, and would administer them among her staff.

“She shared each the freebies she received, apparel and perfumes and make-up, with each the women successful the office,” helium wrote successful his memoir Spare. However, this stirred up occupation for Meghan, arsenic 1 adjunct was fired aft she “traded connected her presumption with Meg to get freebies”, Harry shared.

Clothes and jewellery worn by Meghan and Kate Middleton are ever speedy to merchantability out, and galore members of the Royal family wage for their ain apparel successful bid to debar being accused of keeping freebies donated by manner brands. Harry speculated that Meghan and Kate’s frosty narration was down to the Princess of Wales believing that she could assistance the caller summation to the monarchy with her manner contacts. “But Meg had her own. They'd got disconnected connected the incorrect foot, perhaps,” helium wrote.

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