Meghan Markle is getting ready for a big comeback after her latest “hiatus”, a royal expert has claimed. The Duchess of Sus𝑠e𝑥 has only made a handful of appearances in recent months but according to commentator Phil Dampier, the reason for that is that she is busy working behind the scenes for her new projects.

Meghan soft launched her lifestyle brand, American Riviera Orchard, earlier this year, however, there have not been many updates since then nor has any confirmation been issued over when the brand will be officially launching.

At the same time, the duchess finished filming her new cooking show for Netflix earlier in the summer, however, even though it’s thought that it will coincide with the launch of her brand, it is not known when it will hit the screens.

And Mr Dampier suggested that it’s those two things that Meghan is “currently focusing on”.

He told the Sun: “I think she is genuinely probably doing a lot of work in the background for this project with Netflix and this American Riviera Orchard.

“I think that’s the thing that she’s focusing on.

“She’s probably had a few problems with the trademark or something, or with the name of the thing, and probably has to go through some legal battles.

“But I think that’s going to be the next thing, and she probably wants a bit of a hiatus so that she can really launch that.”

The latest setback for the duchess regarding her brand’s trademark involved a “protest” to the US Patents and Trademarks Office by a firm owning the trademark “Royal Riviera”.

According to the Mail, the owner of Royal Riviera, Harry & David, is an American institution, founded in 1934, with annual sales of £1.7billion and 3,300 staff.

The report said that the protest was “deemed relevant” due to “likelihood of confusion” and has already been referred to USPTO’s examining attorney, Marco Wright.