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Spanish mayor admits small town can’t afford to sue Meghan Markle over ‘As Ever’ logo ‘plagiarism’: ‘Still a bit shocked’
new business venture’s logo.The Duchess of Sussex, 43, this week unveiled the new name of her new lifestyle brand, As Ever, revealing that she dropped the initial American Riviera Orchard moniker.However, it shortly emerged that As Ever’s logo looks near-identical to the Mallorcan village of Porreres’ traditional coat of arms, which dates back to 1370.After making the unwelcome discovery, Xisca Mora, mayor of Porreres, said the “Suits” alum’s logo is an “exact copy” of the town’s historic emblem and said she hopes Markle will consider making the change.Still, Mora added that if the former working royal doesn’t change her company’s logo, suing Markle for plagiarism isn’t a viable option for the town as it’s “complicated and costly.”“To sue for plagiarism is complicated and costly, and a small town council like ours is not in a position to fight against the English crown,” Mora told local news outlet El País.Both designs feature a single palm tree with two hummingbirds hovering on either side of it.The mayor emphasized that the coat of arms represents “part of the idiosyncrasy of Porreres, of its heritage and cultural identity.”“Every single town in Mallorca has its own symbol or coat of arms, and it is very important to our identity, and people are upset that ours is being used to sell products like jam around the world,” she said.“The truth is that although this has given our once-unknown town some publicity in just a few hours, we don’t like our coat of arms being used, we want them to pull the logo.”“I don’t know if she visited some agritourism sites and saw the coat of arms, because the photo on her website is taken from Mallorca,” Mora added.However, a source familiar with the situation told The Post, “The logo
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Meghan Markle facing possible legal action from Spanish town after launching As Ever luxury brand
her new lifestyle business, As Ever, which she announced Monday after changing the name from American Riviera Orchard.Civic bosses in the Mallorca village of Porreres reportedly claimed that Markle copied the town’s traditional coat of arms by including a single palm tree with two hummingbirds hovering on either side of it on her As Ever logo.Mayor Xisca Mora told local newspaper Ara Balears that the similarities between the coat of arms and the logo are “surreal.”She also claimed that the town hall is considering whether or not to take legal action against the duchess.“I don’t know if she visited some agritourism sites and saw the coat of arms, because the photo on her website is taken from Mallorca,” said Mora.The mayor also said that the village — which has a population of roughly 5,000 people and is about 22 miles away from Mallorca’s capital of Palma — “feels international” now and hopes that Markle’s business move will bring it some recognition.The Post has reached out to Markle’s rep for comment.The royal announced her new brand in an Instagram video taken in her backyard by her husband, Prince Harry.“I’m shocked we’ve kept this a secret for so long. In two weeks my show is coming out, which I’m so excited for.
Spain, officially the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southwestern Europe with some pockets of Spanish territory across the Strait of Gibraltar and the Atlantic Ocean. Its continental European territory is situated on the Iberian Peninsula. Its territory also includes two archipelagoes: the Canary Islands off the coast of Africa, and the Balearic Islands in the Mediterranean Sea. The African enclaves of Ceuta, Melilla, and Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera, make Spain the only European country to have a physical border with an African country (Morocco). Several small islands in the Alboran Sea are also part of Spanish territory. The country's mainland is bordered to the south and east by the Mediterranean Sea except for a small land boundary with Gibraltar; to the north and northeast by France, Andorra, and the Bay of Biscay; and to the west and northwest by Portugal and the Atlantic Ocean.

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