Losing Meghan, Prince Harry and (Potentially) Billions of Pounds (Published 2020) (2024)

FAQs

How much did Meghan Markle get from newspaper? ›

Yes, Meghan was awarded just $1.35 in her privacy suit against a British tabloid. But that's only part of the story.

Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duke and duch*ess of Sussex, have amassed a combined net worth of around £48 million (more than ₹498 crore) since stepping down from their royal duties in 2020.

Either Way, Meghan and Harry No Longer Use HRH

This was established via an "agreement" the Sussexes made with the Queen in January 2020. At the time, Buckingham palace put out a statement saying “The Sussexes will not use their HRH titles, as they are no longer working members of the Royal Family.”

Britain's Prince Harry now calls himself a US resident

Harry and his wife Meghan moved to the U.S. in 2020 after leaving their senior royal roles.

Their Royal Highnesses Princes William and Harry received a $10 million (USD) inheritance from the state of their mother after her death.

A motion to dismiss has been granted to Meghan Markle in the defamation lawsuit filed against her by her half-sister, Samantha Markle.

Does Meghan Markle get royalties from Suits? In addition to getting paid just for acting on Suits, Markle likely also still gets residual payments from the series through reruns and streaming on Amazon Prime and Netflix.

Before she met and married Prince Harry, Meghan Markle was paving her own path in the world of acting and was estimated to have accumulated a net worth of approximately $5 million.

It's not possible to determine the exact net worth of a royal, but CelebrityNetWorth pegs Kate's current net worth at an estimated $10 million. Her husband's net worth, calculated by the same source, is $100 million—an estimate that doesn't appear to include a private estate reportedly worth more than $1 billion.

According to the British royal protocol, the wife of a prince can adopt the title of princess, but only if she uses her husband's name. “Henry will remain a full-blooded prince and Meghan, instead of being the duch*ess of Sussex, would be Henry's princess,” explained Seward.

Is Meghan Markle legally a duch*ess? ›

Meghan, 42, a former American actress, became the duch*ess of Sussex when she married the British prince in 2018. Harry was born Prince Henry Charles Albert David. If Meghan lost her title as duch*ess of Sussex, she would be called Princess Henry, Seward explained.

Discover Meghan and Harry's shared lineage

Markle, however, is indeed of royal descent. He is Rev. William Skipper, who immigrated to Boston in 1639.

Can Prince Archie of Sussex become king one day? It seems that the chances are not that great for Archie because she is seventh in line to the throne, however, many people love the child. Currently, according to celebrity net-worth websites, they concur that the child's estimated net worth was 10 million dollars.

Princess Lilibet, the daughter of Meghan Markle and Prince Harry, turned three on Tuesday, but according to People, the family already celebrated the big day over the weekend.

However, the Daily Express and other news outlets reported his worth skyrocketed to more than $1 billion after he took over the Duchy of Cornwall, a private estate worth £1 billion ($1.3 billion), from his father, King Charles III, upon the death of his grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II, in September 2022.

Netflix is working with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's company Archewell to produce two new non-fiction shows, the streamer confirmed to Forbes on Thursday, marking the fourth and fifth series to come out of a $100 million deal between Netflix and the royal couple.

Markle, too, has dabbled in publishing, though the works have netted much less: In 2021, she released a children's picture book entitled The Bench that reportedly landed her an advance of up to $618,000 (500,000 British pounds).

The duch*ess of Sussex has won the latest stage in her legal fight against the publisher of the Mail on Sunday over a letter she sent to her father. The Court of Appeal rejected Associated Newspapers' attempt to have a trial in the privacy and copyright case.

Prince Harry and Meghan's Archewell organisation donated grants of $1.2m (£950,000) to charities this year, its annual report reveals. Under the banner "Show up, do good", the foundation backed projects ranging from helping Afghan women in the US to tackling misinformation.