Prince Harry and Meghan Markle has made a decision to move their family back to Britain six years after fleeing royal life after their grand plans to conquer America have failed.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex swept into California in 2020 with Hollywood seemingly at their feet, armed with their royal titles, global fame and blockbuster deals worth tens of millions of dollars.
There was a reported $100 million Netflix agreement. A $20 million Spotify contract. Podcasts, documentaries and television shows were promised.
Archewell Productions was supposed to turn the Sussexes into serious Hollywood power players, while Meghan later attempted to reinvent herself as a lifestyle entrepreneur.
They settled into a $15 million mansion in sun-kissed Montecito, surrounded by billionaires and A-list celebrities, as they embarked on what was supposed to be an extraordinarily lucrative second act.
Their early multi-million dollar agreements failed to sustain long-term commercial momentum.
The duchess’s With Love, Meghan only lasted two seasons.
Now, the couple are heading back across the Atlantic after six turbulent years.
Their decision marks a dramatic retreat from their initial ambitions of building a commercial Hollywood empire.
Their early multi-million dollar agreements failed to sustain long-term commercial momentum or critical acclaim.
News that Harry and Meghan plan to return to Britain for an extended period and enroll Archie, seven, and Lilibet, five, in an English school suggests the couple have accepted that their American adventure has not delivered the glittering commercial empire once envisaged.
