“The nation cringed when Prince Harry buttonholed Disney boss Bob Iger at the London premiere of The Lion King, aggressively pitching Meghan’s availability for “voiceover” work.
A member of the Royal Family begging a Hollywood big-shot for work was not a pretty sight.
When they handed in their letter of resignation, Harry and Meghan made lofty announcements about “collaborating” with the Queen, as though Her Majesty, 93, is some grime DJ who could be brought in to remix their latest single.
The brutal truth is that we will not see much of Harry and Meghan in these parts.
But by turning their backs on the royal life, Harry and Meghan have placed themselves in an almost impossible situation.
That is the wonderful irony about our runaway royals.
Harry and Meghan may despise everything about the royal life — the endless scrutiny, the boring engagements, all those fixed smiles for the peasants when they could be hanging out with Oprah and the Obamas and the Clooneys.
We get it. We truly do.
But do
Harry and
Meghan understand and ever admit to themselves that they owe EVERYTHING to their royal connections?
Without the magic dust that royalty bestows, JP Morgan — one of the world’s richest banks — would never have flown them in a private jet to an exclusive company beano. Don’t tell Greta Thunberg!
And without his royal blood, Prince Harry would not be in talks with Goldman Sachs about a future relationship
They claim to want to be financially independent of Prince Charles and the British taxpayer.
Then they will have to grab the big pay days where they can.
They will have to earn phenomenal sums of money to fund the lavish lifestyle to which they are accustomed.
But there is absolutely nothing in either of their CVs to suggest they can make that kind of dough without flogging their royal connections to the highest bidder.
If Harry and Meghan are going to support themselves, they are going to have to get their hands dirty in the working world”
