She couldn’t get into that world before Harry. Now she has used him as her entree, seems she’s realizing that the work and/or talent and/or machinations required to succeed and remain in that world are beyond her. As I had to tell my DD yesterday (about something else entirely!), if you have something that’s worth having, people will try to take it away from you. Whether it’s the tax man (which is fair and proper, of course), or your frenemy or a random on the street. People who have worked hard or struggled or hustled for what they have are going to be keeping a hawklike watchful eye out for anyone seeking to piggyback off their work and success for free. If they allow you to do so, it’s because there will be something bigger in it for them.
Hence why Archewell only “gives” small amounts, and very strategically. They need to spend their money curating their image and buying publicity carefully. There’s not much in those coffers, in the Hollywood scheme of things. It’s partly why Meghan has to constantly be front and center: Harry was her hustle, goddam it. Nobody else is entitled to her limelight. And hence why Meghan can’t get any real purchase - nobody wants her helping herself to a piece of what they have, and it would appear she has little to offer.
The Spotify exec said it out loud: they’re grifters. Harry’s podcast pitch was that he sit on a couch with people like Trump and Putin and Musk and talk to them about their shared childhood trauma. Of course, his pitch required Spotify high-ups to get these people onto that couch (as if they could), and that was the point. Harry wanted to make money out of doing nothing but co-commiserate into a microphone on a sofa with other people who he thought would also like to whine about their childhoods, while someone else did the work of pulling strings and pumping connections (which didn’t even exist) to get the guests there, structure the podcast, give him the talking points, edit and post-produce it. Why would anyone do that?
This is why it’s come down to jam on Instagram for Meghan (basically what she knew to do before Harry) and polo for Harry (again, all he can do). They’ve already sold everything else they have. Apart from the children: and I am 100% willing to believe that not even these two would put them up for sale. My cynicism doesn’t extend that far, I willingly believe they’re protecting those children from the public for all the best reasons.