Prince Harry and Meghan Markle cannot afford to compete with Prince William and Kate Middleton's charity donations, a royal expert says.<\/p>\n
The reality of financial independence appears to have come as a \"shock\" for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, who in stepping down as senior royals, lost a lot of time to do good, Daniela Elser writes.<\/p>\n
Despite their best intentions to make the Archewell Foundation a roaring success, Ms Elser claims the parents of two have to balance their charity efforts with paying the bills. <\/p>\n
She said that the \"reality of their new life would appear to suggest that big, sweeping projects are not a possibility right now\". <\/p>\n
Unlike the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Harry, 36, and Meghan, 40, made the decision to work for a living which comes at a cost of time. <\/p>\n
In her News.com.au column, Ms Elser writes: \"Despite the Sussexes having laudably pronounced they wanted to work towards becoming financially independent, facing what that meant in reality would appear to have come as something of a shock to the duo.\"<\/p>\n
She adds: \"Since launching in October last year, Archewell has not held a single fundraiser, as far has been made publicly known.<\/p>\n
\"Now, a year or two down the road, things might look very different with Covid and the pandemic relics of the past (fingers and toes crossed here) and with the world reopened.\"<\/p>\n
Ms Elser continues: \"Harry and Meghan will be able to focus on cosying up to their AAA+-list chums to raise cash to support their ambitious and exciting philanthropic efforts.<\/p>\n
\"But for the time being, the Cambridges and the Sussexes are operating on totally separate, far from equal, playing fields, one fully established, well-funded and helmed by two people able to dedicate their days to it.\" <\/p>\n
During his chat with Oprah Winfrey, Harry claimed that he and Meghan had been financially cut off by the royals. <\/p>\n
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The couple went on to sign production deals with Netflix and Spotify to support themselves and fund their charity work. <\/p>\n
Earlier this month, a former royal correspondent claimed they would have to produce six shows for Spotify by the end of a year. <\/p>\n
Speaking on his daily news show, former Metro royal correspondent Neil Sean said: \"What we can tell you first here on the show is Spotify itself is looking to see product before the end of the year, particularly a six-part series they hope to start prior to the festive season.\"<\/p>\n
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