What happened to Harry and Meghan's American dream?
Watch: How Harry and Meghan are ending their 'American dream' Shaimaa Khalil and Regan Morris in Los Angeles When the Duke and Duchess of Sussex quit working for the Royal Family in 2020 and moved to California, they brought something even Hollywood can't manufacture: royalty. But while Harry and Meghan enjoyed some success in showbusiness, their Hollywood reign proved short-lived and California has greeted news of their departure back to the UK with a shrug.
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- Fact 1: Watch: How Harry and Meghan are ending their 'American dream' Shaimaa Khalil and Regan Morris in Los Angeles When the Duke and Duchess of Sussex quit working for the Royal Family in 2020 and moved to California, they brought something even Hollywood can't manufacture: royalty.
- Fact 2: In their 2021 blockbuster interview with Oprah Winfrey, Meghan described the freedom to make her own choices as "liberating".
- Fact 3: Their multi-year Spotify deal, reported to be worth up to $25m (£18.3m), produced Meghan's 12-episode podcast Archetypes, featuring guests such as Serena Williams and Mariah Carey.
- Fact 4: In 2023, however, Spotify and the couple's Archewell Audio announced that they had "mutually agreed to part ways".
Watch: How Harry and Meghan are ending their 'American dream' Shaimaa Khalil and Regan Morris in Los Angeles When the Duke and Duchess of Sussex quit working for the Royal Family in 2020 and moved to California, they brought something even Hollywood can't manufacture: royalty. But while Harry and Meghan enjoyed some success in showbusiness, their Hollywood reign proved short-lived and California has greeted news of their departure back to the UK with a shrug.
In pursuing their American dream, they said they were seeking more than financial independence. In their 2021 blockbuster interview with Oprah Winfrey, Meghan described the freedom to make her own choices as "liberating". Harry later said America offered his family a degree of privacy and freedom they "undoubtedly wouldn't be able" to enjoy in the UK - and that it was the life his mother, Diana, would have wanted for him.
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Original source: BBC News World
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