Prog on Meghans finances tonight

[LadyJaneGrey18]

Channel 5 at 7.30 there is a programme called Duchess for Sale looking at her business operations.

She was being paid well for Suits - the problem with the $5m claim is that was what a newspaper had estimated she earned from being in Suits for x number of seasons.

But it doesn’t take into account taxes, agent percentages, PR firm fees (we know she was with Subshine Sachs while in the BRF and they are not cheap) general living costs - TV actress hair, face, makeup and clothes upkeep is not cheap.

The repeated line is that she entered the marriage with $5M in savings/assets but that doesn’t seem realistic or possible.

Who really cares? H&M are no longer tax payer funded. They can do what they like with their money and it is not the public’s business.

Must have quite a sad and empty life if this programme genuinely interests you..

Must have quite a sad and empty life if this programme genuinely interests you

And yet you opened, read and commented on a thread about it 🤔

Wow what an awful comment. She was working earning her own money that allowed her to buy a house. What is so unsuccessful about that? She would have been warnong more than I earn...thats pretty successful to me. I'd also add that getting onto a tv series as an actress for multiple seasons is also something to say is a success. That isnt easy to do, Hollywood as we know is full of people trying to get a break.

I consider myself a successful self made woman. I have a job paying me money that I've used to buy a modest house in outer London without help from anyone or having a partner contributing towards it. I think that is can say im self made in thay respect and been successful so far.

So what do you consider a self made successful woman should be? Someone who paid for a million pound house on their own?

She didn’t buy her own house, she rented it.

Netflix CEO faces investors on 17th July for Q2:2025 earnings call so it is interesting that these new, lower numbers for the H&M deal that lost Netflix money, are out in the public arena via "sources".

"The Sussexes’ Netflix deal – reported to be worth up to $100 million, though sources say it’s actually closer to $20 million – is also up this year."

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle cut back on staff to save some cash: sources

Are you sure she even had her own rented house? I thought she lived with Cory Vitiello, at least she was when she met Harry.

Yes that was what was reported!

She also didn’t own a car .

That's a good point. There was no mention of him.

A financial expert explained about the Netflix deal and how the money didn't end up directly "in their back pockets", but had to pay for the programme production, essentially.

Harry has had a lot of taxpayer funding, especially in the last year
He'd like a limitless amount of course, but fortunately the Court said "no".

Oh, that sofa story 😂! I just don't know why Harry says stuff like this, which is obvious nonsense. It's all to do with the victim narrative, we know that, but it gets a bit silly.

I mean, I don't want to send the thread in another direction, but the M&C, M&H relationship timelines really don't add up.

I don’t have a tv licence anymore but one thing that drove me to stop watching normal tv was the copious amounts of ‘talking head’ programmes all channels seemed to churn out. Can’t stand that format!

Indeed....🤔

Okay rented then, and then so what tons of people rent? Are you not successful if you rent? Its more acceptable to rent houses outside of the UK compared to owning.

The point is she earned her own money and was living in a modest place and that isn't seen as successful? Thats crazy.

No one is saying she wasn’t successful at the time, but she was a third rate actress no one had heard of.

So? What's the issue? Millions of people buy a car on finance particularly through work as it works out better, or if self employed more tax efficient.

Whars your point about her not owning a car? Is this something to really criticise someone over?

No, I just wanted it to be truthful and unbiased. It didn’t start off like that in my opinion.

Agree!

H&M did themselves no favors by putting out numbers that anyone with a modicum of financial analysis skills would immediately side-eye. Production deals are not the same as the take-home cash because production expenses need to be subtracted and the taxman must be paid.

Also, if the production deal was for $20 million then H's desire to shove production expenses onto Invictus and Sentebale (polo match) makes more sense as shooting scenes at these events would help stretch the budget.

What H failed to understand was that he could not simply use these charities as the backdrop for production due to a host of financial and legal regulations that prevent exactly this scenario!

So you only want to watch something with gushing praise? Like singing into an echo chamber.

I don't think you'd need to be an 'expert' to know that figures widely quoted about their NF deal were a complete fantasy. Some of us here have been saying for years that media giants don't hand over huge sums just like that. They won't have made much (relatively speaking) from Spotify either as the contract was cut short.I would say 'Spare' has been easily the biggest earner for them over the past few years, but that's not something that can really be repeated.

I can't see 'As Ever' being a major money spinner, and their value as a couple has dropped significantly in the past few years. So other than investment returns and interest from savings, I really don't know where they can earn big money going forward.

Good points, @IcedPurple , and they compared the merchandise to that of Royal Duchy products. I genuinely don't know how she keeps getting it so wrong, they must have financial and/or business advisors?

Perhaps, but it's shitty of them to make money off their titles, off the back of the royal family and also by doing pretendy fake royal visits for cash ... they are, and look like grabby idiots