On Instagram, Meghan Markle delighted followers by sharing a video where she surprises Prince Harry with one of her signature As Ever chocolate bars just ahead of Valentine’s Day.
Prince Harry couldn’t contain his delight as Meghan approached, presenting him with a box of the confections that she first launched last year.
In the video, Meghan walks over to Harry, offering him the chocolate. His initial reaction of ‘Oh’ quickly morphs into an enthusiastic ‘Oooh’ as he selects a bar.
With a wide grin, Harry turns to the camera, proudly displaying the chocolate bar, and exclaims ‘yes please’ before returning the box to Meghan.
He then playfully adds ‘love you’ to Meghan, maintaining his cheerful expression.
These chocolate bars, which sold out rapidly upon their debut, are crafted with Meghan’s distinctive As Ever ingredients like raspberry spread and floral sprinkles, designed to evoke a touch of sweet nostalgia.
Festive flavours on offer include dark chocolate with raspberry spread and sea salt, white chocolate topped with flower sprinkles and hemp hearts and milk chocolate with shortbread cookies and bee pollen.
For the project, Meghan linked up with renowned chocolatier Jonathan Grahm of Compartés to create ‘the most coveted set of the season’ – marketing at $12 a pop.
Meghan Markle has shared a clip to Instagram – surprising Prince Harry with one of her As Ever chocolate bars before Valentine’s Day
Harry grins at the camera – holding up the bar – and says ‘yes please’ and proceeds to hand back the box
He then says ‘love you’, with a cheeky smile still on his face. The bars of chocolate – which sold out within minutes following their initial release – use Meghan’s beloved ‘signature ingredients’ from her As Ever brand
Meghan’s Netflix special, With Love, Meghan, had featured a behind-the-scenes glimpse of the chocolate in production.
The Duchess, 44, also posted a video to her Instagram story showing the chocolate mixture bubbling away.
Shortly after, the official As Ever Instagram account shared a photo of Meghan holding a stack of individually wrapped gifts tied with a green velvet ribbon. The caption teased: ‘Things are about to get sweeter’.
Another post shared by Meghan today on her Instagram story advertised marketing for the chocolate bar collection on the As Ever page.
The post caption read: ‘Galentine’s Day hosting? Handled. The Valentine’s Edit and our Limited Edition Duos do the most so you don’t have to.’
The ‘limited-edition Valentine’s bundle’ is on sale for $185 from the As Ever website – bringing together ‘some of our most beloved offerings alongside a brand-new chocolate collaboration’.
A romance tip further down on the website reads: ‘Keep the Spreads and Flower Sprinkles within reach all week long – small reminders that romance isn’t reserved for one day alone.’
It comes after sources last month claimed Meghan’s heavily promoted Netflix Show, With Love, Meghan, would not be returning for a third series.
The Duchess of Sussex in her Netflix series With Love, Meghan. The series will not be up for removal, including to sources
The Duchess of Sussex promotes her jam and locks lips with Prince Harry as she talks about ’embracing traditions’ in a previous glitzy trailer for her festive Netflix show
The Duchess debuted the show in March, offering lifestyle tips from inside a rented £5million mansion near her Montecito home.
Insiders told Page Six that the 44-year-old’s pet project would no be up for renewal – after Meghan called it ‘a lot of work’.
A source claimed: ‘It is not returning as a series. There have been conversations about holiday specials, but there’s nothing in the works yet.’
Another said: ‘People will see similar cooking and crafting on Meghan’s socials for the brand, but more bite-sized.’
Insiders explained Meghan would be concentrating on building her lifestyle brand, As Ever.
The Duchess had opened up about her love story with Prince Harry during series two of the show, which was released last August, and also talked about her family with celebrity guests.
She revealed that it was Harry who said the ‘L word’ first and added that she really understood that she was falling in love with Harry, who she calls ‘H’, on their third date, which was a safari trip to Botswana.
Last week, Meghan shared a picture to social media of Prince Harry serving in Afghanistan – in an apparent slight to Donald Trump after his suggestion that British troops shielded from danger during the conflict.
Prince Harry and Meghan are pictured at the ESPY Awards at Dolby Theatre in Hollywood in July, 2024
She posted a photo of her husband sitting in the front seat of a military helicopter, alongside images taken at the Invictus Games, an event Harry founded in 2014 to celebrate wounded military personnel.
The images were uploaded to her Instagram story just hours after Prince Harry launched his own personal attack on Mr Trump, saying that British soldiers who sacrificed their lives ought to be treated with ‘respect’.
The US president has been at the centre of criticism last month after he said that NATO troops stayed ‘a little off the frontlines’ in Afghanistan.
Mr Trump added in the interview with Fox News that ‘we’ve never needed them’ and ‘we have never really asked anything of them’.
Prince Harry joined decorated veterans, MPs from all parties and the families of soldiers killed in venting their hurt and anger at Mr Trump’s comments.
The Duke, who was twice deployed to Afghanistan in his ten-year military career, said: ‘I served there. I made lifelong friends there. And I lost friends there.
‘Thousands of lives were changed for ever. Mothers and fathers buried sons and daughters. Children were left without a parent. Families are left carrying the cost.
‘Those sacrifices deserve to be spoken about truthfully and with respect.’
