The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are at loggerheads over their budgeting<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/flatplan-plus-content.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/02\/GettyImages-1054546696-1.jpg” title_text=”The Duke And Duchess Of Sussex Visit New Zealand – Day 1″ force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”||||false|false” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text module_class=”custom-gallery-caption” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”|600|||||||” text_text_color=”#FFFFFF” background_color=”#111111″ text_orientation=”center” custom_margin=”-2.75%||||false|false” custom_padding=”4px|8px|4px|8px|true|true” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]
While Prince Harry is hoping to tighten the purse strings after losing crucial deals, his wife Meghan Markle is splashing out<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle\u2019s bank balance has taken a battering after the couple were unceremoniously axed from their \u00a315.8 million Spotify podcast deal last year, and their five-year exclusive \u00a380 million contract with Netflix looks set to expire next year with no plans of it being renewed.<\/p>\n
The Duke, 39, also had to pay the \u00a3750,000 legal fees of a newspaper he lost a libel claim to last month, and is set to pay out more money again after losing his High Court challenge over UK security levels this week, which he is seeking to appeal.<\/p>\n
And it looks like the the money pot isn\u2019t getting replenished as an insider says Meghan\u2019s recent shopping sprees and dining out as part of her Hollywood comeback plan is freaking out Prince Harry because he\u2019s worried they\u2019re going to run out of cash.<\/p>\n
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The source explains, \u201cNow that their deal with Netflix is coming to an end they\u2019re scrambling to bring in money because the expenses are piling up and they\u2019re running out of cash. Meghan has got it in her head that wining and dining all sorts of Hollywood power players is the only way to do it. She insists it\u2019s key they not look desperate, so she picks up the cheque every time.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd she claims she\u2019s also got to look the part, which is why she\u2019s gone and bought a whole new designer wardrobe worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. Meanwhile she\u2019s got Harry afraid to spend a cent, he\u2019s got to get every dollar approved by her and she\u2019s being extremely tight with the purse strings.\u201d<\/p>\n
It\u2019s almost a year since mum-of-two Meghan, 42, signed with top Hollywood talent agency WME in preparation for what\u2019s been dubbed a ‘Meghanaissance\u2019. Sources claim Meghan could be readying her very own memoir and follow in Harry\u2019s footsteps with a book after the release of his memoir Spare in January 2022.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/flatplan-plus-content.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/02\/GettyImages-1688035312.jpg” title_text=”2023 Invictus Games D\u00fcsseldorf” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”||||false|false” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text module_class=”custom-gallery-caption” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”|600|||||||” text_text_color=”#FFFFFF” background_color=”#111111″ text_orientation=”center” custom_margin=”-2.75%||||false|false” custom_padding=”4px|8px|4px|8px|true|true” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]
Last April, Meghan signed with a top LA agent to begin what\u2019s been dubbed as her \u2018Meghanaissance\u2019 back into Tinseltown<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]
Others suggest the growing popularity of legal drama Suits – in which Meghan starred as paralegal-turned-associate Rachel Zane for seven seasons between 2011 and 2017 – could tempt her to return to acting.<\/p>\n
But the insider explains Harry is annoyed he has his outgoings checked with a fine tooth comb by Meghan, while she has the freedom to spend lavishly. They also say Meghan will happily earn money by more tell-all deals about their time in the royal household, but Harry is reluctant to because it would scupper any chance of a reconciliation.<\/p>\n
\u201cHarry\u2019s so frustrated but when he complains of the double standard, her answer is that they could easily bring in \u00a378.9 million more if they wanted to cash in on the many tell-all offers on the table. That answer shuts him down right away since he’s desperate to mend fences with his family and she knows it.\u201d<\/p>\n
They add, \u201cMeghan\u2019s argument is that she\u2019s the one now tasked with trying to bring home the bacon some other way, and that means she needs to spend money to make money. She\u2019s annoyed he would even question her, and he\u2019s upset about being put on a budget, it\u2019s a huge imbalance of power and the main source of their fights these days.\u201d<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/flatplan-plus-content.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/02\/GettyImages-1206282755.jpg” title_text=”Commonwealth Day Service 2020″ force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”||||false|false” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text module_class=”custom-gallery-caption” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”|600|||||||” text_text_color=”#FFFFFF” background_color=”#111111″ text_orientation=”center” custom_margin=”-2.75%||||false|false” custom_padding=”4px|8px|4px|8px|true|true” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]
While Meghan is up for doing more tell-all deal like their Netflix documentary, Harry is more reluctant as he doesn\u2019t want to scupper a chance of a reconciliation with the royal family<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]
When Harry and Meghan made the decision to step back from their roles as senior working royals in 2020, the couple were left with around \u00a313million from Harry\u2019s mum, the late Princess of Wales and the Queen Mother. Meghan is also said to have earned \u00a350,000 per episode of Suits.<\/p>\n
The couple built on those foundations with their media company, Archewell Productions, which makes various programmes for Netflix in an arrangement thought to be worth millions of dollars. This included the Harry & Meghan documentary series in which the couple talked about life in the Royal Family. After they signed the \u00a315.8 million Spotify podcast deal in 2020, Harry published his memoir Spare via Penguin Random House, reportedly earning an advance of at least \u00a318 million. Meghan also published a children\u2019s book called The Bench in 2021.<\/p>\n
But they\u2019ve hit hard times since their Spotify podcast deal was axed, plus reports that their Netflix deal won\u2019t be extended beyond 2025 and overheads from their Montecito mansion isn\u2019t helping matters.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/flatplan-plus-content.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/02\/GettyImages-2011777007.jpg” title_text=”Invictus Games Vancouver Whistlers 2025’s One Year To Go Winter Training Camp” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”||||false|false” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text module_class=”custom-gallery-caption” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”|600|||||||” text_text_color=”#FFFFFF” background_color=”#111111″ text_orientation=”center” custom_margin=”-2.75%||||false|false” custom_padding=”3px|8px|3px|8px|true|true” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]
Meghan was criticised for her expensive designer outfits on their recent trip to Canada<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]
\u201cObviously it\u2019s a very scary time for them at the moment financially because not only is their big deal with Netflix not moving forward the way they\u2019d hoped it would, they actually didn\u2019t clear nearly as much as everyone thought they were going to. Plus of course losing all that money on their Spotify deal. Back when they bought the house they were sitting pretty financially, and things were looking so promising, but there have been big changes and they\u2019re now really scrambling to keep up with their massive overhead,” the insiders says.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are only so many things they can cut back on, and they\u2019re not looking to downsize or make any major changes so it\u2019s understandable that Meghan\u2019s put them on a budget and wants them to be careful with their spending. The problem is that she seems to always have some reason or another why it\u2019s fine for her to spend the big bucks. Dropping a thousand dollars on a fancy dinner out is chalked up to a business expense.\u201d<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/flatplan-plus-content.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/02\/GettyImages-1797908999.jpg” title_text=”Variety Power Of Women Los Angeles Presented By Lifetime – Inside” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”||||false|false” hover_enabled=”0″ locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text module_class=”custom-gallery-caption” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”|600|||||||” text_text_color=”#FFFFFF” background_color=”#111111″ text_orientation=”center” custom_margin=”-2.75%||||false|false” custom_padding=”4px|8px|4px|8px|true|true” hover_enabled=”0″ locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]
Meghan\u2019s pricey Hollywood lunches could open doors for them, but Harry is nervous about what it means for the future of their bank balance<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]
But the insider adds although Meghan\u2019s networking is not a cheap lifestyle, it could benefit them both in the future.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo be fair she\u2019s trying to make connections with the ultra-rich and that\u2019s how they live and do business. No one bats an eye at spending 500 dollars on a bottle of wine for the table, so you can see why she\u2019d be in the position where she feels obligated to spend that kind of money when she invites potential business partners out, but it\u2019s still a hard pill for Harry to swallow.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe’s being told that they need to tighten their belts, yet every luxury she wants to spend on seems to be justified as necessary for their brand. Anytime she gets her hair done it\u2019s easily a thousand dollars or more, but apparently that\u2019s crucial because her hair has to look just so. She\u2019s also gotten very anxious of freeloading, so she\u2019s stopped accepting any sort of freebies and that means spending a fortune every month on clothes.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe elephant in the room of course is that Harry hardly ever gets anything new. He\u2019ll occasionally buy a new shirt or something but mostly their budget gets blown on her. And it’s not that Harry’s all that interested in clothes or fancy spa treatments, that’s not what bothers him. It’s the double standard that upsets him.\u201d<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text module_class=”credit-texts” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”Aboreto|||on|||||” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]
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