He said the royal family cut him off financially when he and Meghan decided to step back from their roles, and that without the money he inherited on his 30th birthday (around $14 million) they would not have been able to create that distance between themselves and the UK. Harry said that he and Meghan were cut off the first quarter of 2020, around the time of their not-so-bombshell announcement they’d be stepping down (Harry also revealed to Oprah that the royal family had been made aware in advance of his and Meghan’s plans) and thanks to the money left to him by his late mother they were able to afford their own security, and that of their son Archie. Last year the couple made lucrative deals with Netflix and Spotify, but Harry said these deals were “never part of the plan.” The inheritance from the Princess of Wales isn’t the Sussexes’ only source of funds, of course. The duke and his brother Prince William also inherited £14 million ($17.9 million) from their great-grandmother, the Queen Mother, with Harry receiving most of the “bulk of the cash” because William would “benefit financially by becoming king.” Let’s not forget that Meghan Markle had a glittering acting career in her own right before marrying Prince Harry when she was 36. She starred in over 100 episodes of the legal drama Suits, each of which were earning her $50,000 (according to knownetworth.com) towards the end of her acting career. She also made about $360,000 from her roles in the 2010 movies Remember Me and The Candidate. She also ran a lifestyle blog called The Tig, which she, unfortunately, had to decommission once her relationship with Harry got serious. All in all, Meghan’s net worth before she became a royal was valued at $5M. Next up, Oprah says it was not Queen or Prince Philip who raised concerns about Archie’s skin color.
