In 1978 when Princess Margaret put down her ivory cigarette holder long enough to sign the paperwork to end her marriage to the Earl of Snowdon, the world got very excited about how big a deal it was that a princess was getting divorced. (Cue the ‘end times’ mood music from the right.)
Truth be told, the royal family has been getting up to the same thing, or trying to, since Henry VIII decided to dump Catherine of Aragon. A real shout out to George IV who tied the British House of Lords up for months trying to legally dump his wife Caroline of Brunswick in 1820. Charmer!
Last year, rumours of a new royal split started to trickle out from the House of Montecito. Was everything quite okay with Prince Harry and Meghan the Duke and Duchess of Sussex?
Their increasingly dour faces didn’t help, along with claims that Harry sometimes took himself off to a nearby hotel on his lonesome. As the Telegraph reported in May, “The omens are bad”.
Meghan, Duchess of Sussex and Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex attend Invictus Games Vancouver Whistlers 2025’s One Year To Go Winter Training Camp on February 14, 2024 in Canada. Picture: Andrew Chin/Getty Images
Now, comes fresh news from the snowy slopes of Canada, confirming that a major Sussex change is afoot – the couple are indeed splitting. Professionally, that is.
The last week has seen both Harry and Meghan make big announcements, with a new business deal in the bag and a big new TV interview beamed around the world. However, where these latest developments differ is that each only included one half of the formerly inseparable professional twosome.
Mark the time, note the date. Harry and Meghan Inc. is officially kaput.
First, hitherto little known podcast company Lemonada Media made global headlines after it was revealed that Meghan – and only Meghan – had joined their stable of talent.
While both Sussexes were hired by Spotify way back in 2020, this time around only the former Suits star got her name up in lights on industry bible Deadline.
So what of her other half?
Last week the couple was in Whistler for a series of promotional events for the 2025 Invictus Games during which Harry gave an interview to Good Morning America (GMA) – and only Harry.
Prince Harry has broken his silence on King Charles’ cancer diagnosis during an interview with Good Morning America. Picture: GMA
While the duke has tended to undertake Invictus media outings solo, this being his baby and all, these two outings, Lemonada and GMA, one after another, really drives home that Harry and Meghan have truly divvied up their working lives and never the twain shall meet.
At some point in the last year, the couple seems to have built a sort of professional Berlin Wall down the middle of their working lives.
Remember way back when in March 2020 when the duke and duchess decided to go the full Stars and Stripes? They were signing so many deals together such that I’m pretty sure they invested in matching ceremonial Mont Blancs. Harry Walker Agency, Netflix, Spotify, and Wall Street asset manager Ethic all got both the ‘salt and pepper shakers’ that were Harry and Meghan. (Who can forget when Meghan told The Cut in 2022 “We’re like salt and pepper. We always move together”?)
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