Archewell

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[laughs] Archewell That Ends Well.

Oh, God.

You, you, you two should be headline writers at The Sun.

When I worked at Spotify, a big part of my professional portfolio was to make good in the form of a podcast or hopefully several podcasts.

The deal that they struck with Meghan Markle and Prince Harry was with their organization called Archwell.

But at the heart of it was the goal to make podcasts with Meghan and Prince.

Prince Harry, which I did make one by launching the award-winning Joe Rogan number one defeating show, Archetypes with Meghan.

Royal broadcaster Neil Sean told Fox News Digital, "The Sussexes have assured the King they will not hijack or derail major royal events, notably the first day of school term for Prince George at Eton.

By that, no pictures or comment from either one on that day in September." Archewell declined to engage with the claim, telling Fox News Digital, "This is not something we would comment on." Royal commentator Amanda Matta told Fox that George's move to Eton represents an important stage in his development as the future king.

"Prince George's start at Eton isn't just a personal milestone.

It's the beginning of his public-facing path as heir to the throne." The palace is incredibly protective of that narrative, and any competing headline, especially one involving Harry and Meghan, threatens to distract from the steady, future-focused brand the Prince and Princess of Wales have worked so hard to build.

There was one undeniable blockbuster.

Netflix says the six-part Harry & Meghan documentary generated twenty-three point four million views during its initial release, and has now accumulated about seventy million views, but nothing else from Archewell Productions came close.

Projects including Live to Lead and Polo failed to match that audience, and Netflix chose not to renew the Sussexes' lucrative overall production agreement in twenty twenty-five.

Instead, according to The Times, Netflix shifted them to a much narrower arrangement in which they are paid when the streamer actually picks up one of their projects.

Netflix does, however, continue to pay for Archewell Productions' office space at Raleigh Studios in Hollywood.

Meghan's With Love, Meghan followed a similar trajectory.

According to figures reported by The Times, season one attracted six point one million views.

Her, as ever, business is, is based in California and sells the California lifestyle, rosé wine, flour sprinkles, and jams.

Their production company, Archewell, has offices in Los Angeles and staff there who are developing a number of, of film and TV dramas, uh, even though we hear nothing about them.

So will Meghan be left to earn money and keep their media dreams alive in America? They still have a first look deal for their projects with Netflix while Harry returns to Britain, living probably not far from Highgrove, where he was raised, and continues with his British-based patronages and charity work.

I mean, it sounds like that's what they're going to do.

He's had an inheritance from the Queen Mother.

He's had an inheritance from his own mother, and he's been able to use that money and also leverage it with some private income coming in through their foundation, the Archewell Foundation.

And then you've got Meghan's own jam-making business.

Of course there will be fruit preserves.

The charitable stuff, a complete dumpster fire.

The Archewell Foundation effectively shuttered.

So Harry and Meghan have failed in America.

The Americans know it, they know it, and they're going back to England, and I think the plan is to be royal again-

Then you've got Invictus, which has become about Harry and Meghan.

It's my understanding a lot of the veterans are furious that it's the Harry and Meghan show now, and they're losing sponsors left, right, and center.

Archewell Philanthropies or the Archewell Foundation or whatever it's called this week has effectively been shuttered.

I think that the charity stuff is one of the worst aspects now of the Sussex brand, and the problem you've got is if Harry hasn't got the philanthropist thing, what's left?