Top LA boutique brands Meghan Markle "villain of the year"

Top LA boutique brands Meghan Markle "villain of the year" and a "Montecito diva"  

Los Angeles has delivered Meghan Markle an early Christmas gift — a brutally wrapped lump of coal. The Duchess of Sussex has been publicly crowned “villain of the year” in a furious festive window display that pulls no punches and absolutely no Christmas cheer.

The annual “holiday hypocrites” gallery at trendy LA retailer Kitson — the same boutique that’s been trolling celebrities since the mid-2000s — has plastered Meghan’s face on a mock magazine cover, complete with Santa hat and the now-standard jab: “Montecito diva.” The store, sandwiched between Beverly Hills gloss and West Hollywood attitude, has added her to its 2025 “villains” list alongside California Governor Gavin Newsom, George Clooney and Katy Perry.

Kitson’s display, infamous since 2020, doesn’t merely nudge the royals — it gleefully boots them. Meghan’s cover calls her and Harry “the most unpopular kids in school,” sneering that they’re “disliked by Americans,” while another headline drags her freshly launched As Ever jam for being produced 2,000 miles from the Sussex mansion. The window also highlights her wearing £82,000 worth of jewellery on her Netflix holiday special, while still clinging to her Royal title — a hypocrisy the display milks with tabloid relish.

Singer Katy Perry gets roasted over her romance with Justin Trudeau, proving nobody escapes Kitson’s naughty list. And this isn’t even their first royal takedown. In 2020, post-Megxit hysteria, the boutique cashed in with “Team Harry & Meghan” vs. “Team William & Kate” shirts, prompting literal on-floor arguments between shoppers. Owner Fraser Ross says Team Cambridge still dominates sales “two to one,” comparing it to the legendary Aniston vs. Jolie merch wars of 2005.

For Meghan, it’s yet another sign: Hollywood hasn’t just cooled on the Sussexes — it’s gone full Arctic.