Last week, Prince Harry was back in England, taking the stand in one of his many ongoing lawsuits against the British tabloid press. Despite my unnecessary amount of knowledge of both the U.K.’s royal family and its aggressive media ecosystem, I cannot seem to remember what the very litigious Harry and Meghan Markle are suing over at any given time, but I do know that Harry was near tears (according to Page Six) while recounting how Associated Newspapers made his wife’s life miserable when they lived in England.
But by Sunday, he was back stateside and promoting his and Meghan’s latest documentary film that I’m sure no one will watch. That has nothing to do with the sweet topic (Girl Scouts selling cookies!) but more to do with their history of creating content that no one really wants.
There were reportedly dozens of empty seats at the Sundance premiere, despite the draw of seeing celebrities (if you count the Duke and Duchess of Sussex as celebrities). Meghan gave a speech beforehand, thanking people for attending despite having potentially stayed out late, which honestly made me lol. If no one wants to see your film at a film festival, that seems like a problem even the most sober, early nights couldn’t solve. Plus, over the weekend, multiple outlets reported that the second season of Meghan’s inane lifestyle show, With Love, Meghan (watching it felt like getting a very soothing lobotomy), didn’t crack Netflix’s top 1,000, nor did her Christmas special.
And while her latest podcast venture, Confessions of a Female Founder, debuted favorably on the Spotify and Apple charts last spring, it dropped below the top 100 on Spotify and the top 200 on Apple within a month. (To be fair, like 98% of what does chart seems fucking awful—but I’m not sure if that’s better or worse for her here.)
The only business venture that does seem to be working for the couple right now is Meghan’s twee foodstuffs line. A glitch earlier this month revealed that her website has hundreds of thousands of units of jam, flower sprinkles, etc., in stock and while some snarky sources speculated that it means that no one wants her overpriced candles and biscuit mixes, her weird products have already sold out multiple times, so this honestly just seems like a good read of her potential customer base.
But all that leaves poor Prince Harry adrift in America. Multiple sources told Page Six that the thing he’s good at is philanthropy, and he really should get back to doing it, but even his and Meghan’s charity, Archewell, has recently downsized. Most of his friends in California are reportedly friends of Meghan’s, and he remains estranged from his brother, Prince William, and father, King Charles, who announced he had cancer in February 2024. Harry’s sister-in-law, Kate Middleton, was also diagnosed with cancer around that time, and if health scares weren’t enough to bring the family back together, I don’t know what will be. (However, I want them to patch things up, because I don’t like feeling bad for literal royalty.)
While I can’t put my finger on it, something is afoot with Meghan and Harry; they’ve also lost six different public relations staffers in the past two years. Whether that’s because there’s some bigger, unflattering story developing beneath the surface, or because making them seem publicly interesting is a nearly impossible job, only time will tell. Meanwhile, I will be eagerly watching to see what happens with the Sussexes’ (failing?) media empire, even if no one is still eagerly watching what they produce.
- Sydney Sweeney strung up a bunch of bras on the Hollywood sign to promote her lingerie line….. OK, sure. [TMZ]
- Extremely gross weather can’t dampen Cardi B’s post-game enthusiasm. (Her boyfriend, Stefon Diggs, is going to the Super Bowl.) [Instagram]
- Megan Stalter: “I believe Jesus would abolish ICE!” I love her. [Instagram]
- Huh, I guess Ana de Armas and Tom Cruise’s “relationship” ended months ago? [Daily Mail]
- “Freud would have loved this.” [Twitter]
- Zendaya gave a very boring interview to a British tabloid. [Daily Mirror]
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