As Ever Announces First Advent Calendar With Compartés

Meghan Markle’s lifestyle brand As Ever has announced its first holiday advent calendar, a limited-edition collaboration with Los Angeles chocolatier Compartés featuring 24 handcrafted chocolates inspired by Markle’s Montecito home and garden. The reports do not confirm whether the calendar became available for preorder or whether any orders were fulfilled. The calendar’s artwork depicts the couple’s California home decorated for Christmas, with two palm trees included in the design. Markle has previously described the trees as a memorable feature of the property when she and Prince Harry were house hunting. Product descriptions say the chocolates draw on As Ever’s signature spreads as well as the home and garden, and that each piece has a countdown number written in Markle’s handwriting. In social media footage shared ahead of the announcement, Markle showed parts of the calendar’s development, including a clip marked “Christmas planning in June” and scenes with Compartés creative director Jonathan Grahm. The footage indicates the work began months before the holiday season.