Both fans and critics of Meghan Markle would be forgiven if they expected the aspiring entrepreneur wife of Prince Harry to launch her much-ballyhooed American Riviera Orchard jam sometime this fall. After all, it’s been four months since Meghan’s celebrity friends tried to stoke enthusiasm for her promised luxury home and lifestyle products by boasting on social media that they had been among the fortunate few to receive her limited-edition American Riviera Orchard pots of raspberry and strawberry jam, along with some probably pricey dog biscuits. But it turns out that Meghan won’t be able to follow a certain principal in sales and marketing — “strike while the iron is hot,” according to Daily Beast royal correspondent Tom Sykes .

Sources in the entertainment world in Hollywood have told Sykes and the Daily Mail that the launch of the ARO brand could be delayed until the spring of 2025. That’s because the AOR launch is being timed around Meghan’s new cooking and homemaking show for Netflix, Sykes and the Daily Mail reported. But the streaming service in turn has yet to announce when it is ready to release the show, even though filming reportedly wrapped in Los Angeles and in her hometown of Montecito.

Further complicating matters is the U.S. Patents and Trademarks Office, which has told the former Hollywood TV actor that she needs to correct “irregularities” in applications she made to the office, the Daily Mail reported.

The office has notified Meghan’.