Meghan Markle's pal Nacho Figueras faces fierce backlash from royal fans for plugging her new products ahead of Kate Middleton's Trooping the Colour return - as mystery surrounds timing of his PR teas

A friend of Prince Harry's has faced fierce backlash from royal fans after showing off PR gifts sent by Meghan Markle's brand American Riviera Orchard on the same day as the Princess of Wales' return to public life. Professional polo player Nacho Figueras, 47, shared images of jam and dog biscuits, thought to be from the Duchess' company, via his Instagram Stories on Saturday, just hours before the Royal Family attended Trooping the Colour in London So for many, Nacho's post was poor timing, with one person writing in the comments: 'Shameful what you did. The jar of raspberry jam sent to Nacho from American Riviera Orchard Polo player Nacho posted this image of the dog biscuits from American Riviera Orchard on his Instagram Stories Reaction: The timing of his photos has caused outrage amongst royal fans, with the Argentinian's most recent social media post being inundated with comments declaring him 'shameful' and 'tasteless'. Elsewhere, Heather Dorak posted a picture on Instagram of her two sons Noah and Cody eating the American Riviera Orchard jam, saying it was 'kid tested, mother approved' Pilates Platinum owner Heather Dorak revealed her jam was numbered '7 out of 50', as she became the tenth person to be identified as one of Meghan's 'jamfluencers' The Duchess was pictured smiling with Dorak and another friend, Kelly McKee Zajfen, on the slopes of Powder Mountain near Salt Lake City in Utah in February. 3/50, Kelly McKee Zajfen - The co-founder of Alliance of Moms has also received Meghan's jam 6/50, Abigail Spencer - Meghan's dog Mamma Mia appeared in a jam photo with her friend 10/50, Delfina Balquier - The Argentinian socialite said: 'Strawberry jam makes me happy' 13/50, Kris Jenner - Jenner is also among Meghan's celebrity friends to be gifted with a jam jar 15/50, Garcelle Beauvais - The actress and co-host of The Real has received a jar of the jam 17/50, Tracy Robbins - The fashion designer was among the first to post a picture of the jam 19/50, Mindy Kaling - Meghan's friend Kaling who starred in The Office has also got the jam 20/50, Chrissy Teigen - The model and her singer husband John Legend also received the jam 21/50, Tracee Ellis Ross - The daughter of Diana Ross has also received a jar of strawberry jam In March, Meghan announced her new business venture with an Instagram teaser video, showing the Duchess cooking and arranging white hydrangeas and roses, posted to the new American Riviera Orchard Instagram account.