Meghan Markle launches 'Holiday Collection' range including hostess basket and playing cards ahead of Christmas

From the Newshound archive · first published 5 October 2026 · last updated 6 October 2026.

The Duchess of Sussex is launching her 'Holiday Collection: Chapter One' on October 6, expanding her As Ever lifestyle brand with a new wave of festive products. The collection — taglined 'Merriment in the Making' — arrives just days after she unveiled a £112 luxury 24-chocolate advent calendar inspired by her former Montecito home.

The hostess basket includes two scented candles, three jams, three herbal teas and flower sprinkles — prices are yet to be revealed.

Three chocolate bars in Ginger Lemon, Lavender Honey and Hibiscus Rose flavours, plus a gold-edged 'Keepsake Double-Deck Parlour Card Set', complete the debut holiday range.

Fans speculated that a promo image of Meghan stirring a copper pan in front of a $13,000 Thermador stove and marble worktops was taken inside her new UK home, where the Sussexes relocated from California in August.