Meghan only swings when she's winning

MEGHAN Sussex's latest picture shows the Duchess, hair flowing, barefoot, puffed sleeves to the fore, and frolicking on a swing in what looks like a woodland glade. It turns out the image has been released to coincide with her As Ever jam and flower petal sprinkles becoming available again as well as Meghan's latest product, her signature Napa Valley rosé wine.

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And nothing signifies carefree quaffing like a summery picture of a girl on a swing and it's nothing new. Ecclesiastes 1:9 tells us that “Nothing is new under the sun” and where mature women in their 40s depicted as Sylvan nymphs are concerned, then Ecclesiastes is spot on.

If you don’t believe me, take a gander at Jean-Honoré Fragonard’s The Swing, painted in 1767. On show at London’s Wallace Collection, the painting caused ripples of pleasurable horror in its day. Viewers adored being aghast at the atmosphere of licentious sexual appetite evoked by the beruffled “lady” swinging through the air, legs enticingly slightly akimbo as a besotted swain beholds the spectacle from beneath. “Phwoar!” was the verdict as gentlemen shielded ladies from the arousing vista.