Megxit
Behind Harry and Meghan lies "a painful year"
Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan at an appearance in London.
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A year ago, Harry and Meghan announced that they wanted to break away from the royal family. The past few months are said to have been "painful".
A year ago, Prince Harry (36) and Duchess Meghan (39) surprised the world – and probably also Queen Elizabeth II (94) – with their "Megxit" plans. In March, the couple made their last public appearances for the royal family, then the two said goodbye to California, where they now live with their son Archie (1). The past few months are said to have not been easy for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.
Harry and Meghan have had a "painful journey" since the "Megxit", claim at least the authors Carolyn Durand and Omid Scobie, who published a book about the Sussexes called "Finding Freedom". "The point where you are now, having built an empire and a charity in just over nine months, shows how hard you have worked to make this transition a success," Omid Scobie becomes in "Grazia "quoted:" But it took a lot of work to get there. The journey was painful. "
Tiring moves
For the new mother Meghan, it should also have been very exhausting to move several times with little Archie. The small family first moved to Canada from their British property, Frogmore Cottage, before looking for a suitable home in the USA. The Sussexes finally found what they were looking for in Montecito near Santa Barbara, where they bought a property that is said to have cost the equivalent of around 12.35 million euros.
An alleged friend of the Duchess is quoted by Durand: "It was just a lot. Your nanny moved back to the UK when they moved to L.A. because of the pandemic." Due to the corona restrictions, Meghan and Harry felt "all alone". In November, Meghan also revealed that she had lost her second child. In an article published in the New York Times, she wrote that she suffered the miscarriage in July.
Don't look back
In the past few weeks there had been reports that Harry and Meghan supposedly wanted to extend the "Megxit" deal by twelve months in order to keep their patronage. Omid said, citing anonymous sources, that the couple had no such plans: "They really haven't looked back." However, it should have been very difficult for Harry to have lost his honorary military posts with the "Megxit".
The Sussexes are likely to have achieved their financial independence from the royal family. The couple signed multi-year Netflix and Spotify deals, with their podcasts for Spotify expected to bring them an estimated $ 35 to 75 million. The contract with the streaming service Netflix is said to be worth up to 150 million dollars (approx. 122 million euros). In addition, they are committed to charitable causes with their Archewell Foundation, which was established in 2020.