Prince Harry and Meghan Markle left the Royal Family and moved to the United States in 2020 to start a new life. However, their business endeavors have been a complete failure so far and royals experts believe that this will not change anytime soon as there are a variety of negative factors at play.
In 2022, they released their Netflix docuseries ‘Harry & Meghan’ and accused the Royal Family of being racist for not approving their relationship and subsequent marriage. On top of that, Harry published his memoir ‘Spare’ a few months later and revealed shocking details about his family, more specifically Prince William and King Charles III.
Although both projects received a lot of attention, royals experts believe that the negative press that the controversial couple got actually made them less appealing in the eyes of investors. This might explain why Archewell Audio, their podcast production company, and Spotify mutually agreed to put an end to their deal.
Esther Krakue, writer and royal expert, recently gave an interview to Sky News Australia and addressed this matter. According to her, the Duke and Duchess’ projects are currently, and will continue, failing due to “a variety of negative factors at play” that are making it harder for them to secure sponsorships and deals:
“When they left the Royal Family the whole world was in lockdown and a lot of these streaming services saw a boom in subscriptions because people were basically stuck at home. But the reality is that they are now seeing their subscriptions drop because the world has now opened up again and the Sussexes have not really produced enough content and they seem to have not a specific focus on the kind of content they want to produce.”
In other words, people are not as interested in consuming Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s content because their public image has been considerably damaged by the controversies. On top of that, the general public has become more picky with the content they consume since they are not stuck at home anymore so streaming services are being more cautious with their deals.
