The fall of the House of Sussex: Harry and Meghan’s demise

just a few short years ago Harry and Megan were living a fairy tale which few could ever dream of royalty money Tiaras and the love of the world were all at their feet but slowly cracks began to form in the fairy tale romance seemed to become a Horror Story through all of the volatility Harry and Megan always had each other and opportunities that was until now those multi-million dollar opportunities that allowed the sussexes to flee the stronghold of the royal family are drying up quicker than expected leading Sky News All-Stars Peter credlin Peter stefanovic and Esther kraku to ask is this the end of the sussexes [Music] Meghan Markle and Prince Harry once had the Midas touch everything they touched turned to gold and Brands were scrambling to have a piece of them but the gloss started to wear off and following a string of scandals and lies the reputation of the couple took a beating in the eyes of the public and Brands didn't want a bar of it explains Royal commentator Kinsey Scofield I mean I think that a lot of people and celebrities and companies are distancing themselves from the sussexes because they do seem to be a flop they do seem to bring drama wherever they go and over promise and under deliver so you're seeing celebrities and come I mean companies like Dior quickly trying to distance themselves saying no we're there's no way we're signing Meghan Markle that's not happening and then representatives for people coming out quietly saying no she actually was not having dinner or lunch at the sushi restaurant with our client so I think that they're pretty much considered toxic here in the states at this point in time even up and coming fashion designers desperate to enter Hollywood don't want to work with Meghan Markle she's even having a hard time in the world of fashion I mean she's been described as a fashion icon by a number of people but apparently not everyone's Keen to work with it that's right you know we were just talking about you know a lot of people in New York and La distancing themselves I wish I would have mentioned that Taylor Swift refused to do her podcasts Megan wrote her a handwritten note and asked her and Taylor rejected her through her um her Representatives but you know Dior has said no we're not working with Megan and then we had a stylist in La say Over My Dead Body would I connect Meghan Markle to any of my high profile Couture clients and again I think that this is that toxicity that's associated with their brand they can't keep secrets they go on Netflix and announce a text message from Beyonce uh they'll if you if they don't like what you do they're going to run you over so publicly they'll sit down with Oprah and tear into you I think Brands really want to distance themselves they're concerned about the damage that Harry it's guilt by association and and Harry and Megan are very damaging right now Megan and Harry's currency is their stories which made a career in media and no-brainer once they left the royal family but once their story is dried up or were exposed as lies they struggle to make content to fulfill their multi-million dollar contracts with streaming giant Spotify and Netflix Calvin the deal between the sussexes at Hollywood and Spotify they were announced with with a lot of fanfare and now they're being described as flops what went wrong oh it's a shame isn't it but Spotify got scammed that's what went wrong and I'm not saying that they are Workshop rifters Harry and Megan but that's what Spotify said themselves isn't it this 25 million US dollar deal uh and they ended up getting what 12 episodes out of them in the entire time uh they say it was a mutual agreement to part ways but I'm not entirely convinced what Mutual means in this setting uh I don't think it's actually just Spotify that got scammed either we as an audience got scammed Megan didn't do half the interviewers herself we hear that she had other people doing the interviews for her so how is it an interview with Meghan Markle if someone else is doing the job and to have only 12 episodes to listen to in all of these months is ridiculous and then of course we hear that Prince Harry wanted to interview Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump about their childhood trauma it shows a clear lack of Direction it's quite uh insane to be honest with you host Peter credlin together with contributor Dan Wooten go further calling the ditch deal cataclysmic this is This Disaster I mean who do they blame for when they fell out with the Royal Family they were able to say it was a horrible men in Gray suits who were trying to hold us back who were trying to stop us doing what we wanted to do in fact many of those uh men in gray suit said the same thing about Harry and Megan they were lazy they were entitled they only cared about themselves now that I've had that same damning verdict from the woke companies who were meant to be their friends so where this couple goes next is a major question and Spotify executive and podcaster Bill Simmons had more to say slamming the couple in an off the cuff tirade it's Prince Harry oh yeah shoot this guy to the sun I'm so tired of this guy what what does he bring the table it just winds about like keeps giving interviews who gives who cares about your life you weren't even like the favorite son the other guy was the king you're like Fredo our wives care our wives care about them they don't even care does your wife care about Prince Harry nobody cares about this eight episode Netflix show what did they what did we find out I'm so embarrassed that I have to share Spotify with him the guy sucks it'll be the first productive thing he did what's your talent why are we listening to so you were born in a royal family and then you left what what are you good at yeah he didn't do anything there and now he's gonna come here and do nothing Montecito and you just like you sell documentaries and podcasts that nobody cares what you have to say about anything and let's talk about the royal family you're just complaining about him he's got a book what do you write a book about [Laughter] honestly he's the worst in another embarrassing blow it came out this week that Meghan Markle asked Taylor Swift to be a guest on her now defunct podcast but was rejected by the Pop Princess there's been plenty of discussion this week about the sussex's archetypes podcast and despite there only being a few episodes the podcast did attract some big names but not everyone took up the invitation did they yes so apparently the Duchess of Sussex wrote a personal letter to Taylor Swift's asking how inviting her to come onto her podcast and uh Taylor responded through a representative of hers and declined the offer now we don't actually know why uh Taylor Swift's team hasn't actually said the reason why they um she declined the offer it could have been a scheduling issue we know from uh recent reports that Megan wasn't always actually in the room with her guests um for the podcast episodes that she aired a lot of them were a few of them from from what we heard were actually interviewed by her producers and then she would go into another room at a different or more convenient time and then record her part of the podcast um so it could have been a scheduling issue it could have just been it's not something that's really relevant to Taylor Swift maybe she didn't want to be dragged into the whole sussex's world family drama we don't actually know why um but it's very clear that Megan tries to draw as much big name female Talent as she possibly could and it looks like that was her vision for the podcast um did obviously the main issue here is the fact that you know she didn't hit the productivity targets that Spotify wanted and it may not have gained enough traction and for that reason it's been canceled and they've mutually agreed to part ways uh as according to the state of the statement they both released with their Spotify deal dead in the water Megan and Harry still have their 100 million dollar Netflix deal to fall back on or maybe not many are now speculating that their Netflix deal will also be scrapped due to a lack of content after their six-part series Harry and Megan Netflix has given the Sussex as an ultimatum make more content or don't get paid streaming service has told the couple reportedly they have to come up with another show if they want to receive 60 million dollars in outstanding fees this report is courtesy of the sun today the pair have only been paid half their contract with 121 million dollars a total it follows reports Spotify parted ways with the Duke and Duchess of Sussex over a lack of content this was confirmed probably about uh 10 days ago now again this Netflix deal 81 million US dollar contract this is this is no small pennies they've been paid half of that so far and if they want to get the other half they've got to put the work in and I think they're resting on their Laurels you know that the tell-all series was I mean they came across as entitled and whinged and it was embarrassing but it did get views but how many times can they do that how many times can they exploit their connections to the royal family particularly since they've been disconnected for so long now and that's what it is it's exploitation it's unoriginal and it's been detrimental to their family relationships but also to the country and our International relationships so I'm hoping they can come up with something better maybe some fiction would be nice for a change not the stuff they've been doing so far isn't fiction with a ditched Spotify deal and Netflix deal hanging in the balance and Brands wanting nothing to do it begs the question what does the future hold for Harry and Megan Sky news commentator Esther kraku comments well this is the main issue this is what everyone is uh kind of anticipating from the Sussex is what are they going to do next I think we have to understand the variety of factors that are at play with what's looking like the decline of the Sussex brand if it ever was you know succeeded in the first place uh when they did leave the royal family in 2020 and you know basically the whole world was locked down a lot of these streaming services so boom subscriptions because people were basically stuck at home and so the likes of Netflix and sussexes tried to um and Spotify sorry they try to draw big names like the Obamas and you know various celebrities to produce content for them because they had the cash they had the spare cash and they had people at home now what happened at that time as well when the Sussex left the royal family they were offered all of these deals to produce content in the hopes that they would be able to you know keep these companies buoyant with with you know an explosion of content that will keep people watching but the reality is now that a lot of the streaming services have seen their subscriptions dropped because the world has now opened up again and the Sussex is not really having produce a lot of content and they they seeming to not have a very a very specific focus on actually the kind of content that they want to produce we now see a combination of very little content a lot of you know lack of direction from the sussexes not great production value and you know the the streaming Giants dedicating all this money to the couple and not really seeing in a return on investment so that that really is kind of The Perfect Storm for them because they really they don't have a reputation in the industry now for producing good quality content you know the idea that they're going to keep drawing ice to them and attention is again waning and their reputation is also Falling by the day so even if they do produce content if people think that you know they're just a sanctimonious pair of wound just trying to make money and have no expertise in anything even if they do produce content more people watch it so it's really they're not in a very favorable position right now and I'm sure they know it because they've hired you know a new PR team and it looks like they're focusing on a bit of rebranding there but that is the issue that they're facing now

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Published: Thu Jun 29 2023

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[u/SarkQueen]

This is delicious

[u/Mickleborough]

That’s ok, Diana says they’re doing the right thing.

[u/Coffee_cake_101]

I am so happy the mainstream news outlets are now coming out and saying these things. Smart Youtubers have been saying it for ages, but we are in a new era now the mainstreams are airing these thoughts. I just feel a huge sense of 'at last'. I am still waiting on some of the other major speculations to be addressed, but I am hoping the recent spate of bad coverage is the ground work is being laid and we will get there some time this year.

[u/JaquieF]

That photoshoot! 🤮