By Molly Claire Goddard
8:09am PST, Jan 15, 2026
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After
Prince Harry made a brief appearance in Season 2 of Meghan Markle's Netflix series,
With Love, Meghan, royal expert
Richard Fitzwilliams observed how out of place he seemed. "Harry has started to look like an extra who sometimes longs for home," he told
Daily Express. "He's a mere cameo when Meghan's on screen."
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In the years following their 2020 exit from The Firm,
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's public favorability waned as they've struggled to find success. "The couple lost their halo and it became clear that they had few celebrity friends — though
Serena Williams was an exception and she wisely avoided Meghan's cookery series [
With Love, Meghan]," Richard Fitzwilliams said. "The bond between them remains strong, but one of the legacies of Megxit is that the couple are actually pretty mediocre, save for projects such as the Invictus Games, which predate Meghan. Harry resented being a spare with
Prince William as heir."
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While Meghan Markle is involved in multiple different ventures,
Prince Harry doesn't seem as ambitious. "Harry is unkindly described as the 'spare' to Meghan's endeavors. In reality, he has been giving her the space to flourish," a source told the
Mail on Sunday.
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"Now it is his [
Prince Harry]'s time to throw himself into exciting new work. Invictus will always come first, but he has also been working on commercial ideas of his own," the source said.
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Despite
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle banking off their ties to the royal family with a tell-all interview with
Oprah Winfrey and his 2023 memoir
Spare, their goodwill in Hollywood has run out. "People are sick of them. The act has gotten stale," a source told
Page Six. "They're just hopeless in professional settings."
