Rumors are swirling that the Sussexes have completely depleted their coffers after years of extravagant spending and questionable business deals gone sour. It appears that the duo vastly overestimated the profitability of their brand. With their wealth rapidly evaporating, Megan and Harry reportedly resorted to a classic aristocratic tactic: seeking financial assistance from their closest royal relative with a hereditary fortune. However, this begging bowl has been passed around one too many times. Can you imagine the audacity of ambushing the monarch and asking him to fund your lifestyle?
Most families would have disowned their greedy in-laws by now, but not the Windsors. Instead, they decided to outsource the embarrassment to Princess Eugenie. According to reports, Megan and Harry attempted to persuade Eugenie to convince her father to tap into the royal coffers and refill the Sussex vaults. It's a blatant cash grab, a desperate plea for help. Fortunately, levelheaded Eugenie saw through their transparent ruse and refused to entertain the idea.
Kudos to Eugenie for maintaining some self-awareness and respect for the institutions that raised her. She knows all too well that funneling royal funds to Harry and Megan would be like giving a couple of pyromaniac kids a few gallons of gasoline. Those two would burn through the funds in no time with their indulgent and out-of-touch spending habits. I mean, just look at their track record: $30,000 baby crib replicas from Dior? Check. $500,000 Spanish lessons? Check. Renovating a $40 million mansion for $3 million? You know they couldn't resist. This rapacious couple would blow through any amount of money on lavish indulgences before even considering the necessities for themselves and their children.
This raises a bigger question: Where did all their money go? Conservatively estimated, the Sussexes were worth north of $50 million after cutting ties with the royal family and securing lucrative entertainment deals with Netflix, Spotify, and Penguin Random House. Some experts even speculated that their investments and assets reached $100 million at one point. So how did they manage to exhaust their entire personal fortune in just three years? I understand that relocating to North America and buying their California estate would have taken a significant chunk of change, not to mention security costs, property taxes, utilities, and household staff. These overhead expenses can add up quickly. But even with a maximum expenditure of $5 million per year, they should still have a significant amount left. Yet here they are, struggling financially after just 36 months. Unless Megan has been secretly burying gold bullion in Oprah's backyard, there's no logical way they could have burned through tens of millions of dollars in such a short period. This makes me wonder what kind of shady dealings are actually going on.
We already know from their disastrous Spotify podcast that Harry and Meg have no qualms about paying exorbitant salaries and surrounding themselves with a circle of Hollywood D-listers. It's truly disgraceful. Let's not forget their propensity for shaking down deep-pocketed benefactors and corporations. One day, they're co-opting the Invictus Games for their own private publicity, and the next, they're making backroom deals with dubious financiers like Michael Mikkelsen. Maybe, once the advances and initial paydays from their media deals dry up, Harry and Meg will resort to doubling down on these unethical relationships behind the scenes to sustain their lavish lifestyle. Selling access and trading on their faux royalty to wealthy investors wouldn't be out of character for this power-hungry couple. After all, it wouldn't be the first time they broke the law and abused their family connections.
Of course, I could be completely off base with these speculations. For all we know, Netflix and Penguin Random House have finally realized the folly of supporting Harry and Megan and cut off their allowances after the disastrous rollouts.
