Why a 'Limited Role' Deal for Prince Harry & Meghan Markle Might Be on the Table Amid Royal Scandals

Prince William and King Charles have been busy with Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s issues lately, but one royal expert is telling the family to start paying attention to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.

The Sussexes have been in the headlines frequently in the U.S. with the shifting nature of their relationship with Netflix and their book deal with Penguin Random House. In her March 24 Substack, Fresh Hell, former Vanity Fair editor-in-chief Tina Brown is calling on William and Charles to wake up about Harry and Meghan’s reported financial troubles.

“Just how desperate does the House of Windsor want Harry and Meghan to get? The royals and their advisers don’t seem to see the iceberg looming from sunny Montecito,” she wrote, implying that the couple’s “blown opportunities” in the U.S. are about to reach a Sarah Ferguson crisis level.

Brown is warning that the negative Harry and Meghan backlash is about to get worse with the release of Tom Bower’s book, Betrayal: Power, Deceit and the Fight for the Future of the Royal Family. It’s currently not available for sale in the U.S., but the author reportedly describes the Duchess of Sussex as “a deluded diva with an infallible belief in her own star-powered, misunderstood specialness” and the Duke of Sussex as “a dazed, distraught figure who stumbles around in a state of explosive chagrin.”

With a possible royal implosion about to happen, Brown is emphasizing that now is the time to offer Harry and Meghan “a limited international role” with perks like an apartment at Buckingham Palace and U.K. security when they need it. She thinks the royal couple is about to “crash and burn,” and it will be up to the royal family to “grip the problem.”

But every time someone from the British media doubts the Sussexes, they have another trick up their sleeves. Amid all the headlines about a Netflix feud, Harry and Meghan announced their latest project on the streamer on March 23. The untitled scripted drama will revolve around the world of polo with “two rival teams and the families who lead them,” according to Deadline.

Let’s see if they prove Brown wrong.

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