The Duke of Sussex has ‘dismissed life as an action man to become a light-hearted fairytale do-gooder’ with a ‘waking West Coast life,’ claims a royal biographer.
Prince Harry, 36, and Meghan Markle, 39, currently live in their $ 14 million Santa Barbara mansion with one-year-old son Archie, and have made a whopping £ 100 million from deals with Spotify and Netflix.
Royal expert Angela Levin, who wrote Harry: Conversations with the Prince in 2018, claims that the duke has become a ‘shadow of his former self’ since moving to California.
Writing in The Sunday Telegraph, she said that while Prince Harry “failed to be Prince William’s” reserve, he seems to accept that he would be second behind Meghan.
The Duke of Sussex has ‘dismissed life as an action man to become a light-hearted fairy warden’ with a ‘waking West Coast life,’ claims a royal biographer
The biographer said Prince Harry’s recent appearances were “ beyond character ” of the royal family she once knew, who would immediately identify with anyone he spoke to.
She was referring to his previous work with Help for Heroes, People with Disabilities and Teens from Dysfunctional Homes – but said it feels like a distant memory compared to the version of the prince she sees today.
The biographer also made reference to this year’s Remembrance Day, when Harry and Meghan celebrated by visiting the Los Angeles National Cemetery to pay their respects to fallen Commonwealth soldiers.
The couple were convicted for arranging for famed fashion photographer Lee Morgan to document their personal act of Remembrance, with many calling the visit a “publicity stunt.”
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have made a whopping £ 100 million from deals with Spotify and Netflix
Angela said Harry, in particular, would have been a great source of comfort to Britons during the Covid pandemic, but regretted being hidden in Santa Barbara during the pandemic.
Still, she noted that reports that the couple want a 12-month extension on the Megxit deal indicate that the Duke lacks “ all the privileges ” of being a royal, including his military titles and charity work.
She said, “Maybe he just realizes that royalty is forever, but celebrity isn’t.”
Her comments come days after royal pundit Hugo Vickers said Prince Harry is “ isolated from his family, the military, his friends, the Commonwealth ” in the US, telling The Telegraph, “ It’s a meaningless existence in self- exile.’
She claimed that Harry, who delivered a TIME 100 lecture from his home in California last year, has become a ‘shadow of his former self’ since moving to the US.
The royal biographer compared the actions of Prince Harry to those of Prince William, 38, and Kate Middleton, 38, adding: ‘While clapping the NHS, I thought it would have been great to have the Cambridges to have heard of him. ‘
Earlier this week, the Duke and Duchess launched the website for their nonprofit Archewell and outlined their goal of “ building a better world ” in an open letter posted online.
But the site prominently ties in with the couple’s commercial ventures – Archewell Audio, the brand they’ve chosen for their £ 30 million podcasting deal with Spotify, and Archewell Productions, their chosen name for their Netflix production connection. are worth £ 100 million. .
Since stepping down from senior royals in March and moving to the US, Harry and Meghan have been working toward this moment to officially launch, albeit gently, the website and philosophy behind their organization Archewell.
The royal pundit said the Duke’s recent actions were ‘out of character’ for him (pictured, on Remembrance Day)
Their decision to leave was based on both financial and personal freedom and the huge sums – believed to be well over £ 100 million – earned from deals with Spotify and Netflix give them the capital for their new lifestyle and pursue public goals.
The announcement follows their first Spotify podcast on Tuesday, in which their son Archie made his broadcast debut.
Commenters have already speculated that Harry and Meghan will have to attract a large audience if they are to justify the lucrative contract their production company Archewell Audio has signed.