EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: Is Meghan Markle in real trouble over lifestyle brand name?

The extent of her ambitions seems to have no limits, as noted by her friend, Kim Kardashian, who said that Meghan Markle was determined to “change the world”.

But are those dreams destined to be barren forever?

The question is raised by a development that will disappoint fans who wish to taste the Duchess of Sussex’s jam or any of the delicious things she plans to share with the public through the American Riviera Orchard, a “lifestyle brand” she revealed in April.

His attempt to trademark the American Riviera Orchard brand has run into what can only be described as a multi-billion dollar problem.

It comes in the form of a controversial complaint filed at the United States Patent and Trademark Office by the firm that owns the ‘Royal Riviera’ trademark.

The owner, Harry & David, is an American company, founded in 1934, with annual sales of £1.7billion and 3,300 employees.

The complaint, which is considered ‘strong’ due to the ‘potential for confusion’, has been referred to Marco Wright, the Business Office’s Reviewing Attorney.

It’s the latest misfortune for Meghan, 43.

Last year, his efforts to secure a trademark for his lifestyle blog, The Tig, hit a snag when he failed to provide a ‘statement of use’ with his application, so ordered his lawyer, Danielle Weiss, to search for six months. extension.

American Riviera Orchard suffered a similar fate last month when, as I revealed, the trademark office informed him that ‘American Riviera’ was too vague, saying he had and three months to provide an explanation, as well as paying $700 (£535). ) to advance his claim.

Tina Brown, former editor of Vanity Fair and author of Princess Diana’s biography, fears that this is not bad luck. Meghan, Brown declared last week, is “blameless to a fault”, adding that “all her thoughts are c**p”.

Megs could do worse than look at Harry and David. Its fortunes were made when its founders gave comic horses to urban entrepreneurs.

The fruit was so good that they issued a trademark – for Royal Riviera® Pears. Please, no jokes about things going on in horse form for Meghan.

Madonna’s mourning for Rocco

The family is proving to be a comfort to Madonna, mourning her brother – artist Christopher Ciccone – who died of cancer this month.

The singer, 66, was in Paris this week to visit his son’s art exhibition and had his arms wrapped around Rocco, 24, whose father is film director Guy Ritchie.

‘The perfect antidote to sadness,’ she wrote alongside the picture she shared online. Rocco paints under the name Rhed and his paintings have sold in the five figures.

Olympia’s greatest task – washing an elephant

King Charles and Queen Camilla marked their tenth anniversary last month as joint Presidents of the Elephant Family – a charity dedicated to saving Asia’s endangered wildlife.

And the couple aren’t the only members of the royal family who have a soft spot for pachyderms. His Majesty’s daughter, Queen Maria-Olympia of Greece and Denmark, 28 years old, was still bonding with the animals during the bath.

On a trip to Thailand, the London-based actress and model shared a video of herself bathing an elephant in a river at the Pattaya Elephant Sanctuary in Bangkok.

‘She is out of office’, says the model, who is the only daughter of Crown Prince Pavlos of Greece and his wife, Marie-Chantal Miller.

Peter Capaldi Doubts

The old saying goes that those who can, do; those who can’t, teaching was once advised to Doctor Who star Peter Capaldi when he was trying his hand at being an artist in his youth.

‘Nobody ever said: ‘Go to art school and you’ll be an artist.’

They said: ‘You can be an art teacher.’

Vanessa’s brutal ex salvo

Vanessa Feltz pulls no punches in her new book which recounts the breakdown of her relationship with Phats & Small singer Ben Ofoedu in dramatic detail.

On Vanessa Bares All she says her ex-partner of 17 years is a ‘one-hit wonder’, and extols Turn Around’s merits.

‘He didn’t even write Turn Around and he didn’t have any assets because of the bloody song. Every time we had to hear that sad song again, he didn’t get fourpence for it, so it was very annoying.’

But the broadcaster, aged 62, is not afraid that he will fall for his words, as he told me at the Wimbledon Bookfest in London: ‘I don’t think he can read.’ Ben Ofoedu’s representative was not available for comment.

The Al Fayed Crown Controversy

Some of Mohamed Al Fayed’s victims of sexual abuse are outraged by his portrayal in The Crown.

It also had a devastating effect on Egyptian actor Amir El-Masry, who plays a frustrated Harrods manager in the drama. ‘It’s been upsetting to know about all these accusations,’ Amir tells me at the El Gouna film festival in Egypt.

‘I had to turn away to watch all these stories coming out about him.’ However, El-Masry, 34, said the show should not be blamed for featuring Al Fayed, the father of Princess Diana’s boyfriend, Dodi Al Fayed.

‘Bad behavior should not be condoned in any situation but actors play villains and villains all the time, and if anything The Crown is one of the best TV shows ever. most successful.’

Odabash’s thin tip: a pint a day

The nights are drawing to a close, but swimwear designer Melissa Odabash is determined to maintain her beach body all year round.

‘Drinking 16 ounces of celery juice every day detoxifies your entire body and gives you a flat stomach,’ she tells me at the Global Gift Gala at the Kimpton Fitzroy hotel in London.

Odabash, 59, says: ‘My models do this before I shoot, and I just pick up on what they do.’ But he insists: ‘I eat everything. I am a foodie. I lived in Italy.’