Meghan Markle ‘couldn’t resist’ striking celebrity deals, says top author

“couldn’t resist” striking deals with other celebrities even when she was still a working royal The Duchess of Sussex married into the Royal Family in 2018 but left two years later with her husband, , for a new life in the US.

Since their bombshell exit, with various companies, including and Spotify. According to royal author and journalist Tina Brown, who is usually critical of the Montecito couple, Meghan was eyeing up deals even before her royal exit that she had to “leave at the table” due to her royal status. While promoting her book The Palace Papers: Inside the House of Windsor, the Truth and the Turmoil back in 2022, Ms Brown told The Washington Post: “Meghan couldn’t resist everything that was on offer on the celebrity buffet.

“They [Harry and Meghan] wanted to be able to have a commercial arm to their activities.

“Meghan certainly saw deals that were there to be made that they had to leave on the table because they were royals.”

Regarding their bombshell exit, the royal author said: “I really think Harry wanted out, himself. Meghan gave Harry the tools to leave.

“She understood the world of agents and deals. I mean, this wasn’t Harry’s world, but suddenly he had in Meghan, a very worldly strategist who he decided to trust above all the other advisors.

“I think they both completely underestimated what it was going to be like without the Palace platform.”

Ms Brown was also , which features a series of her celebrity pals as she cooks up dishes for them and shares hosting tips.

Writing in her newsletter Fresh Hell, she said: “Meghan has come out with a show about fake perfection just when the zeitgeist has turned raucously against it.

“Trump’s America is a foulmouthed and dishevelled cultural place where podcasters in sweaty T-shirts, crotch-rot jeans, and headphones achieve world domination on YouTube.”

The duchess of Sussex has never commented on Ms Brown’s 2022 claims.