Meghan Markle’s riches continuously grow after leaving her senior working royal role with her husband, Prince Harry. After being left with no job following their infamous Megxit, the couple is now doing several media appearances.
Meghan is recently seen in the hit Netflix docuseries Harry & Meghan and the recently concluded first season of Archetypes podcast on Spotify. With these and several other projects to her name, how wealthy Prince Harry’s wife is today?
Meghan Markle’s Wealth as an Actress
Before the Duchess of Sussex became a royal, she was a Hollywood actress famous for her role in Suits. Thanks to her solid acting career, she became $5 million rich.
She made over 100 episodes of the said legal drama, earning $50,000 per episode. She also made about $360,000 from her roles in the movies Remember Me and The Candidate.
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Back then, she also had a lifestyle blog, The Tig, earning around $80,000 annually from sponsorships, endorsements, and branding. However, she had to decommission the site after starting a serious relationship with Prince Harry.
Meghan Markle’s Wealth After Becoming Duchess of Sussex
After marrying the Duke of Sussex in May 2018, the couple had a combined net worth of about $25 to $40 million.
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After stepping back as working senior royals in 2020, they remained $60 million rich.
Where Did Meghan Markle Get Their Riches?
Following their several media appearances, Meghan and Prince Harry may make paid speaking engagements after signing with the Harry Walker agency in 2021.
It’s the same company that represents the Obamas and the Clintons. Their speech fee may go as high as $1 million.
The former actress may have also gotten residual payments from Suits through reruns and streaming on Amazon Prime and Netflix.
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The Sun added she, too, might have gotten a $700,000 advance for her book, The Bench. In addition, she and Prince Harry reportedly received $25 million after signing an exclusive deal with Spotify for their Archewell Audio podcast series.
Their Netflix deal, alternatively, is believed to be worth about $150 million, though some claimed there might be a discrepancy in those numbers.
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