The Day by day Specific takes a take a look at the Sussexes’ greatest flops over time
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have launched into quite a few initiatives over time however not all of them have been profitable.
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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have launched into quite a few enterprise endeavours since their bombshell royal exit six years in the past. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have made their very own lives away from Britain after stepping down as senior working royals in 2020 and shifting to the US.
Harry and Meghan’s purpose when shifting throughout the pond was to be “financially unbiased” of their new life in America. The couple have signed quite a few offers with varied corporations since then, however not all have been profitable.
Right here, the Day by day Specific takes a take a look at a few of the Sussexes’ greatest flops over time.
1. Spotify
In December 2020, just some months after that they had moved to the US, Harry and Meghan introduced that they had signed a take care of Spotify, reportedly value £18million.
Nonetheless, the couple solely produced one present, Archetypes – a podcast hosted by Meghan. In it, Meghan interviewed varied celebrities, together with Mariah Carey, Sophie Grégoire Trudeau, Paris Hilton, Serena Williams and others.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s deal was “mutually” led to June 2023 after sources claimed there was not sufficient content material produced to warrant the total payout.
In the meantime, prime Spotify podcast government Invoice Simmons made headlines when he blasted Prince Harry and Meghan Markle after the couple’s reported lack of fabric. He described the couple as “f****** grifters”, an Americanism for swindlers.
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2. Netflix
Shortly after their royal exit, in September 2020, the Sussex couple struck a profitable take care of streaming large Netflix.
Though the determine was by no means confirmed, it was reported on the time that the deal might be value round £80million. Harry and Meghan have to date launched 5 initiatives on Netflix. Meghan’s life-style sequence, With Love Meghan, aired final 12 months with two seasons and a Christmas particular, however has not been renewed.
Aside from the preliminary hype for season one, the sequence was largely savaged by critics and plummeted in rankings and scores. Their fourth one was Prince Harry’s POLO, which was launched in December 2024. It adopted the couple’s Coronary heart Of Invictus sequence, launched in 2023, which got here after Reside to Lead and the Sussexes’s bombshell docuseries, Harry & Meghan, in 2022.
Apart from the Sussexes’ bombshell docuseries in 2022, the remainder of their initiatives haven’t generated as a lot curiosity. Final August, Netflix downgraded Harry and Meghan’s deal to a “first-look” one, which suggests the streamer can now hear the Sussexes’ concepts for potential initiatives first earlier than deciding whether or not to acquire the rights to them.
The Sussexes dubbed the brand new deal an “extension” of their partnership; nonetheless, critics stated the transfer suggests Netflix is “pivoting away” from them.
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3. The Bench
In 2021, the Duchess wrote a youngsters’s e book referred to as The Bench, impressed by Prince Harry’s relationship with their son, Prince Archie. The e book celebrates the connection between a father and son by means of the mom’s eyes.
Meghan wrote the e book and likewise narrated its audiobook, however it acquired blended critiques from critics. Whereas initially the e book briefly topped the New York Instances bestseller checklist, it did not seize the British viewers. In accordance with figures for Nielsen BookScan and reported by the outlet, solely 8,000 copies of The Bench have been offered within the UK since its launch in 2021.
The Duchess reportedly bagged £500,000 for The Bench, regardless of it solely being 40 pages. It at present ranks 419,814th on Amazon UK’s Books class.
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4. With Love, Meghan
The Duchess’s extremely anticipated life-style sequence on Netflix, With Love, Meghan, launched its first season on March 4, 2025. It additionally produced a second season and a Christmas particular.
Preliminary hype for the present propelled it to the streamer’s World Prime 10 checklist throughout its first week, with 2.6 million views. The present, which options Meghan internet hosting varied of her Hollywood buddies and sharing internet hosting suggestions and methods, was principally savaged by critics.
In January 2026, it emerged that the primary season ranked 383rd with 5.3 million views since its launch, whereas the second season plummeted to 1,224th place with 2 million views.
The Christmas particular, With Love, Meghan: Vacation Celebration, failed to achieve Netflix’s prime 1,000 reveals and ranked in 1,022nd place with 2.4million views. Meghan’s sequence has not been reviewed for a 3rd season however experiences steered the streamer might go for future particular episodes with the Duchess sooner or later.
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