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The Duchess of Sussex incorporated a special symbol honoring her husband in the design for her latest venture

Meghan Markle’s crest for her lifestyle brand As Ever was woven with a thoughtful nod to Prince Harry.

On Feb. 18, the Duchess of Sussex, 43, dropped an Instagram video to explain the name change for her upcoming company from American Riviera Orchard to As Ever and debuted a coordinating website with a photo of her and daughter Princess Lilibet, 3. The landing page revealed the As Ever logo, which PEOPLE understands is a tribute to Prince Harry.

The logo incorporates a palm tree as a nod to the Duke and Duchess’s home in California, along with two hummingbirds — a favorite of Prince Harry’s,” an insider says. “The distinct shape enclosing the birds and tree was intentionally designed to create a unique and personal emblem.”

Shortly after the logo’s debut, observers noted similarities between As Ever’s design and the coat of arms of Porreres, a village in Mallorca, which also features a palm tree flanked by two birds.

Regarding the design, the insider adds: “As part of the process, comprehensive global searches of registered trademarks were conducted.”

The Duke of Sussex wrote about hummingbirds’ significance in his 2023 memoir, Spare. Towards the close of the book, Prince Harry, 40, reflected on the deeper meaning of finding a hummingbird in his house after the death of his grandmother Queen Elizabeth and how the bird is interpreted as a symbol of spirits in some cultures.

Soon after our return, a hummingbird got into the house,” Harry wrote in Spare. “I had a devil of a time guiding it out, and the thought occurred that maybe we should start shutting the doors, despite those heavenly ocean breezes. Then a mate said: Could be a sign, you know? … Visitors, as it were. Aztecs thought them reincarnated warriors. Spanish explorers called them ‘resurrection birds.’ ”

Harry wrote that the hummingbird piqued his interest as it flew around the kitchen and over the playpen “we call Lili Land” set up for his daughter.

“I thought hopefully, greedily, foolishly: Is our house a detour — or a destination?” he said about the sighting.

The poignant choice of hummingbirds in the As Ever crest isn’t the only tribute to Harry in the As Ever logo. In a 2022 interview with The Cut, Meghan recapped how two palm trees on the property of their Montecito home caught her husband’s eye when they first toured it.

One of the first things my husband saw when we walked around the house was those two palm trees,” she said. “See how they’re connected at the bottom? He goes, “‘My love, it’s us.’ ”

“And now every day when Archie goes by us, he says, ‘Hi, Momma. Hi, Papa,’ ” Meghan said about their son Prince Archie, 5.