Meghan Markle has been branded a “villain of the year” and a “Montecito diva” by a Los Angeles boutique in a controversial festive display.
The Duchess of Sussex features in a “holiday hypocrites” gallery forming part of a provocative Christmas window at fashionable retailer Kitson. The department store, situated on Robertson Blvd between Beverly Hills and West Hollywood, has listed Meghan amongst its 2025 villains alongside California Governor Gavin Newsom, George Clooney and Katy Perry.
The “Holiday hypocrisy” window exhibition has gained notoriety across Los Angeles since its introduction in 2020. Meghan appears on a mock magazine cover sporting a Santa hat emblazoned with the phrase “Montecito diva.”
Her cover features multiple headlines labelling her and Harry the “most unpopular kids in school” due to being “disliked by Americans.”
Another headline highlights how Meghan’s As Ever jam is manufactured in a facility 2,000 miles away from her California residence.
The display also references her wearing £82,000 worth of jewellery during her Netflix festive programme, alongside a headline criticising her as hypocritical for refusing to relinquish her Royal title.
Additional celebrities in the window include singer Katy Perry, whose cover focuses predominantly on her new partner Justin Trudeau. This isn’t the first occasion the retailer has targeted the royals.
Following Harry and Meghan’s exit from the UK, shoppers were invited to declare their allegiance in the Royal rift by purchasing “Team Harry & Meghan” and “Team William & Kate” t-shirts to support their preferred Royal couple in 2020.
Kitson proprietor Fraser Ross revealed to the Daily Mail: “It started out with customers asking us if we had anything related to the young royals.
“They would go on to say why they favoured one couple over the other. There were literally people arguing on the floor with each other about it. I knew it was time to bring back the infamous ‘Team’ shirts.”
He continued: “We have a large customer base, so it’s a good barometer to see who is more popular at the moment.”
Back in March, Team Kate & William held the lead.
Fraser elaborated: “They’re outselling Meghan & Harry two to one.
“Just like Team Aniston shirts did double the sales of Team Jolie.
“We got the shirts in shortly before ‘Megxit’ was announced, so it was pretty equal at the beginning. But post-Mexit, it sent the Cambridges surging way ahead of the Sussexes.”
The boutique previously achieved notoriety selling Team Aniston and Team Jolie merchandise in 2005, capitalising on Friends actress Jennifer Aniston’s marriage breakdown with Brad Pitt, who subsequently began a relationship with Angelina Jolie.
