Meghan 'has failed at making money and finding role despite Harry finding his'

22 December 2023 , 11:43

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Meghan 'has failed at making money and finding role despite Harry finding his'

Meghan Markle's attempt at finding her role and making lots of money has failed, according to a royal expert.

The past 12 months have been somewhat of a rollercoaster for the Sussexes with relations with the Royal Family not seemingly improving and the cancellation of their multi-million dollar contract with Spotify.

However, Prince Harry did have success with his Invictus Games in Germany in September, while rumours have swirled that Meghan will restart her lifestyle blog The Tig and launch a new Instagram account. But speaking to True Royalty TV's The Royal Beat, royal expert Matt Wilkinson said Meghan is still to find her role, despite Harry seemingly finding his.

Meghan Markle at the Invictus Games earlier this year (REX/Shutterstock)

The Sun Royal editor said: "Meghan’s attempt at commercially being extremely popular and making lots of money, that failed. [This year] Harry’s done what he’s wanted to do ...[but] Meghan hasn’t really found her role. Losing Spotify will have been a huge jolt to her confidence, and also to any kind of planning by the people around her, how they want to push her back into the public consciousness. There was talk at the time that there would be other partners that could take her podcast; that hasn't happened."

Last month, an explosive new book called Endgame by author Omid Scobie, who wrote a previous very sympathetic book about the couple, appeared to reopen old wounds and reignited a race row. It came after a Dutch edition of the book named two members of the monarchy who it alleged raised 'concerns' during family discussions about how dark the skin of Harry and Meghan's son might be before he was born.

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Meghan with husband Prince Harry in New York in October (Getty Images for Project Healthy)

And the royal editor added that the book has derailed the Sussexes' attempts at changing public perception. He said: "I thought they were doing really well keeping out of negative headlines...but Endgame blew that all out of the water and then all the negative headlines went back on to them. I think they are going in the right direction.

"They are trying to market Meghan as a California girl, and I think they just need to carry on down that kinder gentler route, not having rows with the Royal Family and just enjoying their life in California. They were on their way to doing that until the two names came out in Endgame and that blew things apart."

Meanwhile, fellow expert and Vanity Fair royal editor Katie Nicholl argued Harry and Meghan need to focus more on their philanthropic rather than commercial activities. She added: "Whatever you think about [Harry], he is a remarkable philanthropist, and he has an incredible and unique platform, and he uses that. And I think that is when he comes into his own and does his very best work.

"But when you weigh up what [the Sussexes] have done with Archewell against what they’ve done in terms of commercial projects there’s a real imbalance there. If they levelled it out a bit more so they were doing more of this philanthropic work, then I think you’ll see Archewell do better, and I think you’ll see [Harry and Meghan] do better in the popularity polls because that’s what people want to see."

The Royal Beat - available on True Royalty TV.

Jennifer Newton