Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have allegedly slashed their workforce in California, cutting staff by around two-thirds in recent months amid mounting financial pressure on the couple.
He suggested that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, who left frontline royal life in 2020 and now live in Montecito, have been forced to 'cut back' and are currently 'wildly unhappy' with how their post-royal chapter is unfolding. None of these claims has been independently verified, and representatives for the couple have not publicly responded.
Prince Harry, Meghan Markle and their two childrenrelocated to the United States after stepping down as working royals, arguing they wanted financial independence and greater control over their public roles.
In high-profile interviews, Harry has repeatedly pointed to his inheritance, particularly the money left to him by Diana, as a crucial buffer in the early stages of this transition.
According to Wakeford's account, that cushion may be thinner than many assumed. He writes that the Sussexes previously employed 16 full-time staff in the US, a number he says has now dropped to five.
The roles allegedly affected have not been specified, and there is no official staff list to cross-check those figures. If accurate, it would represent a steep contraction for a couple who were building a small but ambitious operation spanning media production, charitable work and public advocacy.
It is not unusual for high-profile households to quietly reshape their teams as projects launch or stall, and as legal, security and production costs fluctuate.
What makes this instance stand out is the suggestion that the driving factor is money rather than strategy, with Wakeford framing the cuts as evidence that the Sussex experiment in reinvention is running into hard financial limits.
Prince Harry has previously acknowledged that his inheritance enabled him to leave the UK. In televised conversations, he credited the money left by Diana as having 'saved' him at a moment when royal stipends and security funding were withdrawn.
Reports over the years have also pointed to an inheritance from the Queen Mother shared among the Queen's grandchildren, including Harry, though exact amounts and current values have never been officially published.
Source: International Business Times UK
