Reports have emerged Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s American dream is crumbling amid the Duke’s estrangement with his friends and family.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are at risk of losing their Netflix deal if their upcoming shows on the streaming channel flop, says ‘To Di For’ podcast host Kinsey Schofield.
It comes as the Duchess of Sussex has just wrapped up filming her new cooking and home show for the streaming platform.
The show is yet to receive a title or air date, however is part of the Sussexes’ $100 Million Netflix deal and was filmed at a property near their Montecito mansion in Los Angeles.
Ms Schofield claimed it was “crucial” for the upcoming show to be a “success” for the couple.
“This is crucial that this is a success, because Harry and Meghan’s only commercial hit so far has been their docuseries which basically was hours and hours of the ripping into the British royal family,” she said.
“So it’s very, very important that Meghan’s show or Harry’s polo program see some similar numbers to the Harry and Meghan docuseries or they risk losing that Netflix gig.”
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex in 2020 moved from the UK to the celebrity enclave of Montecito in California where they have settled into life as ex-working royals with their two children and a 16-bedroom mansion.
Harry did not travel back to his homeland in June to attend his best friend Hugh Grosvenor’s wedding to long-time girlfriend Olivia Henson at Chester Cathedral, England.
Prince Harry is reportedly feeling bored and isolated as he is snubbed by his friends who don’t want to visit the US because of his “difficult” wife, Meghan Markle. Picture: Andrew Milligan – WPA Pool/Getty Images
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He and Meghan were reportedly left off the 7th Duke of Westminster’s exclusive guest list despite Hugh, 43, being a long-time friend to Harry and godfather to his son Prince Archie, five.
Speaking to the UK’s The Mirror on Saturday, Royal author Tom Quinn said Harry was bored with life in the US as his friends were reluctant to visit him because of Meghan.
“Harry…is increasingly bored and looking back across the Atlantic where most of his army and school friends still live and whom he never sees because they won’t visit him in the States because they find Meghan difficult,” Mr Quinn said.
He said the Duke’s old school friends “don’t like Meghan” and blame her for creating “Harry the Hippy” who they claim is now “woke”.
“Conservative with both a small and a big C, they see the new Harry as a tree-hugger with whom they have nothing in common,” he said.
The royal expert said Harry’s army friends meanwhile turned their back too and “feel he has betrayed them by writing about his military service in such an un-military way” in his shock memoir Spare.
Harry last visited the UK in May to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Invictus Games at service in St Paul’s Cathedral, but he was not invited to stay with any of his friends for his short stint back home.
GT Communication’s Gemma Tognini has labelled “self-obsessed” Prince Harry and Meghan Markle a “dumpster fire” when it comes to adulting.
“So self-obsessed they leave the royal family, they quit their jobs but they keep the title and then whinge and moan that nobodies giving them security anymore but we want to be self-determined and independent financially,” Ms Tognini said.
“I mean they’re an absolute dumpster fire when it comes to adulting.”
The Duke on May 8 appeared solo at the service but managed to receive somewhat of a warm welcome from clapping spectators as he delivered an emotional reading from 1 Corinthians 12 4-11.
Harry’s friends seemingly did not want to see him and neither did his father King Charles, who hosted a garden party with family just two miles away at Buckingham palace.
The monarch was accompanied by a large group of royals in an apparent show of solidarity with the firm in its rift with the Sussexes.