Prince Harry is building a new life for himself in the U.S., but one royal expert thinks King Charles is worried about his son’s finances.
“The ‘Harry problem,’ as it’s known among Palace staff, continues to plague the King,” Robert Jobson wrote in Catherine, Princess of Wales. “What worries His Majesty, and his top team,’ says a Palace official, ‘is what is going to happen when all the money runs out.’”
According to the biographer, “the public has wearied of their constant complaints” after the release of Harry & Meghan and Spare.
Despite Jobson’s claims, Harry will reportedly receive $8.5 million from his inheritance from the Queen Mother on his 40th birthday, which falls on Thursday, September 15.
Aside from what his great-grandmother left him, the Duke of Sussex received an endowment from his mother, Princess Diana.
“We didn’t have a plan. That was suggested by somebody else by the point of where my family literally cut me off financially, and I had to afford . . . afford security for us,” Harry told Oprah Winfrey in 2021.
In the explosive televised interview, the dad-of-two claimed he used what Diana left him to settle down in the U.S.
“Yeah, in the first half, the first quarter of 2020. But I’ve got what my mum left me, and, without that, we would not have been able to do this,” he revealed.
Shortly after leaving the U.K., the Sussexes quickly secured coveted contracts in Hollywood, but 2023 proved to be a difficult year for them, as they were branded “grifters” and a “Hollywood flop.” OK! previously reported Meghan Markle is working on building her own empire with a Netflix cooking show and lifestyle brand American Riviera Orchard.
“This is a profound change of direction for Meghan – in some ways to become like a Martha Stewart. If Meghan can pull it off, it’s a very rich seam to mine,” PR expert Mark Borkowski told an outlet.
“If it succeeds, then it’s a massive leap forward and will take away from a lot of the negativity she’s had. And it will make a lot of people take her very seriously,” he added.
If Meghan’s Netflix series performs well, it could be lucrative for the Sussexes.
“So, as an income stream, it’s huge… if she gets it right,” Borkowski continued. “But it could be make-or-break for the Duchess if the show is yet another failure.”
“I don’t believe you can have so many failed ventures without people questioning what you’re going to do next,” he concluded.
Although American Riviera Orchard isn’t available for retail just yet, the official Instagram account earned over 600,000 followers after going public in March.
“The rollout for American Riviera Orchard is already off to a strong start. The website has over 100,000 who have signed up to hear about the first products launched,” a source told an outlet. “Meghan is very pleased with the early interest it has gained.”
“[She] is so excited to see how people enjoy her products and use them in their everyday lives,” the insider added.
