ROYAL fans have spotted a bizarre detail in Meghan Markle’s latest Instagram post where she is “picking” fresh fruit from her garden.
The seemingly candid image of the Duchess of Sussex, 43, is captioned “Weekend plans: pick, snack, repeat”, along with a peach emoji.
However, wild conspiracy theories have emerged from users on social media questioning what has actually been captured in the photo posted to Meghan’s lifestyle brand As Ever Instagram account.
The mother-of-two can be seen reaching up to a tree full of fruits, but the apricot she has between her fingers is the only one that looks ripe.
The intention behind the photo appears to be Meghan freshly pulling a newly ripe apricot from the branch.
However, people have noticed the contrast in colour between the fruit she is holding in comparison to rest of the one’s on the tree which are green.
One Reddit user asked: “I’d like to know, in what parallel universe does a single apricot ripen on a tree when the rest are still green?”
Another responded sarcastically: “Yes, amazing isn’t it, despite all the other fruit being green, plus she’s ‘picking’ from inside the tree, where the fruit often take slightly longer to ripen, she’s found a perfect, glowing, ripe apricot.”
Others have pointed to the way the apricot is not even connected to the tree, and The Duchess appears even to be holding the fruit upside down.
“Is it just me or is that fruit not even attached to the tree and she’s just holding it in place to make it like she’s picking it fresh off the tree?”
Another stated: “She can’t even fake plucking fruit from a tree properly.
“At least photo-shop the fruit on the tree to make them orange.”
A third speculated: “Holding a store bought ripe apricot up to the tree, upside down…”
In defence, one person wrote: “She never explicitly said that she picked that one!
“She’s simply noting that the Whole Foods one happens to be similar to hers.”
The colour difference may also be due to the lighting, or editing in the photograph.
Apricots are current in season in Santa Barbara, where Meghan and Harry currently live.
This is not the first time perfectly captured shots posted by The Duchess of Sussex have been questioned by royal fans.
Last month, she posted a image of their family beagle, Mia, sniffing a basket of fresh vegetables that were supposedly homegrown.
People were suspicious, however, as they had no mud on them which is characteristic of produce grown at that time of the year after just being picked.
At the beginning of the year, Meghan teased a new project by writing a near-perfect cursive digits of 2025, which also consisted of a blunder.
But eagle-eyed fans also here noticed a clue that revealed it was not the first time The Duchess had attempted to write the numbers, as she walked past another 2025 written in the sand.
A mistake in another of Meghan’s As Ever posts, where a small black mouse cursor could be seen on the left edge of the image.
Footprints shown in a video of Meghan launching her new project reveal several takes were needed to achieve the final, polished version.[/caption]
Image of the Sussexes’ dog Mia, captioned: “Wishing everyone a beautiful day! Pups included.”[/caption]
Meghan launched her lifestyle brand As Ever as a “curated collection of promises”[/caption]
