An important new article from vanity fair The magazine has reviewed the five years since Harry and Meghan left their senior positions in the British Royal Family.
Despite initially signing major deals with streaming giant Netflix and podcaster Spotify, with one or two exceptions, the pair are considered to have produced some notable work.
Among their rare success stories are the couple’s controversy netflix docuseries Harry & Meghan, during which they shared information about the Royal Family.
Prince Harry, 40, published his famous memoir Spare, in which he describes his brother, Prince William, 42, physically attacking him, and describes his hair loss as an “alarming baldness.”
Other projects haven’t been as successful: The couple only released one podcast through their Spotify deal: Meghan’s Archetypes, which sought to dismantle stereotypes imposed on women, and featured interviews with famous friends, including Serena Williams.
The couple’s Spotify and Archewell Audio issued a statement confirming that they had mutually agreed to separate in June 2023.
Among the claims made in the article, which the Sussexes declined to comment on, was that some people who worked with Meghan ended up needing therapy.
Here, FEMAIL looks at the top 10 revelations from Vanity Fair’s savage takedown of Prince Harry and Meghan…
Vanity Fair (pictured) has published an article about the five years since Mexgit was successful for the Sussexes.
1. ‘The staff needed therapy after working with Meghan’
While allegations of bullying of staff by Meghan have been made, and the duchess has strenuously denied them, the issue arose once again in the Vanity Fair article.
According to two anonymous sources, after working on Archetypes, a colleague took a leave of absence after a three-episode stint.
This was before they abandoned Gimlet completely.
Others are alleged to have described “taking extended breaks from work to escape scrutiny, quitting their job, or undergoing long-term therapy after working with Meghan.”
The source told the writer that he felt that if Meghan decided to “acknowledge her own shortcomings or personal contributions to situations” instead of adopting a perpetual victim role, her perception might be “better.”
The couple was made famous by podcaster Bill Simmons, who worked with the Sussexes at Spotify. In June 2023, he referred to the pair as ‘fucking scammers’ and added: ‘I have to get drunk one night and tell the story of the Zoom I had with Harry to try to help him. with a podcast idea. It’s one of my best stories… Screw them. The scammers.
2. ‘They have become local villains’

Meghan Markle appears in her office at the home she shares with Prince Harry in Montecito (seen August 21)
As a Montecitano told the outlet, the former royal couple is known locally as the prince and ‘the star’.
And according to several other residents of the high-profile celebrity enclave, some consider the couple “local villains.”
Among the negative aspects attributed to the couple were the increase in visits from out-of-towners, the inability to get a walk-in reservation at Lucky’s, a steakhouse the couple frequently frequents several times, and the increase in restaurant prices. housing.
3. ‘Meghan didn’t come up with the idea of Archetypes’

The article also claimed that during the couple’s deal with Spotify, during which they only produced one project, Archetypes, Meghan did not create the idea for the series.
Vanity Fair cites a source who says the idea for the Sussexes’ solo creation, Archetypes, actually came from another employee.
However, he noted, the ‘“The employee did not own any intellectual property.”
Because it took Archewell Audio so long to handle the production, Spotify’s Gimlet studio was called in, meaning the production was more expensive and required more resources from the podcasting giant than expected.
4. ‘Meghan “re-parents” Harry’
A source familiar with the couple described their dynamic as Meghan having a “caregiver and facilitator” role in which she is the one who “makes things happen.”
They noted that Harry has changed since the relationship began, saying that he previously visited the Palace press office, where he can seem a little bored while asking questions, but also interested.
However, they added, they cannot imagine today’s Harry willing to interact with the media “in search of purpose.”
They concluded: “I don’t want to say, oh, it’s an Oedipus thing or whatever, but in some ways it feels like she’s raising him.”
5. ‘Harry “didn’t understand” the repercussions of the tell-all book

One source claimed that Prince Harry simply did not understand the implications of publishing his memoirs during such a troubled time.
A source told Vanity Fair that they believed Prince Harry simply had not believed that selling a tell-all book about his famously private family would have the impact it did.
This, they added, was particularly shocking as the tome was published in the midst of the public relations crisis between the Royal Family and the Sussexes, a crisis that had been going on for years.
They added that they wondered if Harry understood the “power of the written word and the power of narrative” while doing the project.
6. ‘They are the most false and entitled people on the planet’
Another disgruntled Montecitan described the couple as “the most legit, fake people on the planet.”
They added that while the Sussexes claimed they left England to avoid media scrutiny, they appear to constantly attract media attention in the United States.
7. ‘I don’t think she didn’t know she would have to bow to the Queen.’

Much was made of Meghan’s theatrical bow during Netflix’s Harry & Meghan documentary series, but some don’t believe the former actress didn’t know she would have to bow before the Queen.
Cultural and fashion commentator Tom Fitzgerald, who also lives in the Sussexes’ native Montecito, recalled a story in which a waiter at a restaurant told him that Meghan had called the restaurant before eating there to ask how private They were the seats. was.
Because of her reputation as an investigator and planner, Fitzgerald told Vanity Fair that she didn’t find it “particularly credible” that she “met the royal family completely cold, without any investigation,” adding that her opinion is based on information Meghan has shared about herself.
8. “It’s a farce: they try to monetize everything”
Another project that was criticized in the article was Meghan’s American Riviera Orchard brand.
According to Vanity Fair, in fact, it is Santa Barbara that is known today as the American Riviera; all of the Montecitans interviewed for the article said they had not heard their area referred to in that way.
One resident said: ‘“It’s a kind of charlatanism,” says one resident. “It’s just about finding every possible way to monetize something.”
9. ‘They had no ideas’
Despite the great opportunities that were offered to the Sussexes upon their arrival in California, in the form of Netflix and Spotify deals, they failed to generate consistent and successful content.
According to a former Spotify employee, they were unlike other famous podcasters, who would “turn on the mic and talk.”
Instead, the former employee said, the couple “wanted a big theme that explained the world, but they had no ideas.”
10. ‘Harry was “challenging” to relate to’

A former Spotify employee described Prince Harry (pictured September 2023) as ‘a challenge to interact with’
A former Spotify employee described Prince Harry as “a challenge to interact with.”
They added that while the couple were interviewing someone for a job, Prince Harry gave an air of ‘why should I do this?’
This led the employee to wonder, “Didn’t Spotify pay you a lot of money to do this?”
A person who knows the couple added that they believed Harry would be happy for Meghan to win all the money.
Instead, they believe, Harry would prefer not to have to and focus on charity work.