“Prior to Harry and Meghan becoming financially independent, the wealth-tracking site celebritynetworth.com estimates that Prince Harry was worth $40 million, a sum he's
accumulated from funds left in trust to him by his mother, Princess Diana, an inheritance from the Queen Mother (that reportedly
included her jewels), and his former salary as a
captain in the British Army (where he
earned between $50,000 and $53,000 a year, according to Forbes).
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In the year since stepping back from their official working royal roles, Harry and Meghan have indeed become financially independent, and have established several professional revenue streams, including deals with Netflix and Spotify.”
https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/money-and-power/a20745405/prince-harry-net-worth/
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“... The Sussexes have managed to pick up $183 million in future earnings in the scant nine months since they officially quit as working members of the royal family.
But there is an astronomical difference between needing to pocket enough dosh to remain financially independent and the $183 million that is reportedly coming their way. (In August, the
Daily Mail estimated that their costs, from the mortgage for their luxe Montecito mansion to staffers to security would be $5.8 million annually.)
For two people so committed to remaking the world into a happier, better place this just seems like an obscene amount of money to accrue in the process.
While there is every chance that they will plough all of profits, sans living expenses, back into Archewell - their soon to launch charitable entity - or other philanthropic ventures all of this money being associated with the Sussexes is still deeply problematic from the palace’s perspective.
When the Queen allegedly forced Harry to choose between life in the family or out of it during the Sandringham Summit, she was reportedly motivated by a fear of anyone ever being able to suggest that someone was monetising their royal position.
Let’s be real: Just Harry and Meghan, two wealthy, kind-hearted do-gooders, are not getting eight figure contracts but Harry and Meghan Duke and Duchess of Sussex can easily pull in that sort of serious coin. It is not their enthusiasm or world-changing ideas that are going to see them earn the big bucks but the platform and global fame that they bring with him because of their royal identity.
Their hearts and heads might be firmly in the right place but that does not change the fact that
their access and clout in the entertainment and business worlds rests largely on their surname and royal imprimatur.
At some stage in the first few months of 2021, the 12-month review period that the Queen, Prince Charles, Prince William and Prince Harry agreed to during the Sandringham Summit will be up.
With Harry and Meghan $183 million richer (on paper anyway) than they were at the same time last year, the looming question is, will the Queen feel she needs to take action to further distance the crown from all this new cashola?
That is, will she make some sort of change to Harry and Meghan’s titles?
Under the terms of the Megxit divorce deal struck in January, the couple retained their official styling as His/Her Royal Highness but agreed not to use them. Could there be some change on this front?”
https://www.news.com.au/entertainme...c/news-story/2d999661b7cf180020b9c3d3c370912c
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