Meghan saw there were deals to be made
because they were royals': Ex-Vanity Fair editor Tina Brown says former actress
couldn't resist what was on offer 'at the celebrity buffet'
- Tina Brown said Meghan desired to have wealth and
stature like Michelle Obama
- The former Vanity Fair editor also claimed Meghan
wanted to 'cash in' on royalty
- However, she said Prince Harry would have left
the royals even without Meghan
Meghan Markle saw
they were 'deals to be made' as a royal and couldn't resist what was offer at
the 'celebrity buffet', ex-Vanity Fair editor Tina Brown has
claimed.
Appearing on
Washington Post Live today to promote her new book 'The Palace Papers', Ms
Brown, who was Princess
Diana's diarist, said the Duchess
of Sussex has 'no purpose' and wanted to 'cash in' on the commercial
arm of being a royal.
Discussing Harry and
Meghan's exit from royal life, she said: 'They wanted to be able to have a
commercial arm to their activities. That was the stumbling block. Meghan certainly
saw the deals that were there to be made because they were royals.
'It's as though she
couldn't resist everything that was on offer on the celebrity buffet.
'A hunger to avail
herself of the global leverage, to live in glorious houses without strings
attached.'
Ms Brown suggested
that Meghan was inspired by Michelle Obama and wanted to have the wealth as
well as the stature. However, she also insisted that Harry would have wanted to
leave the royal family even without Meghan.
'I really think
Harry wanted out, himself. Meghan gave Harry the tools to leave. She understood
the world of agents and deals. I mean this wasn't Harry's world, but suddenly
he had in Meghan a very worldly strategist who he decided to trust above all
the other advisors.'
Tina Brown, who was
Princess Diana's diarist, said the Duchess of Sussex has 'no purpose' and
wanted to 'cash in' on the commercial arm of being a royal
Ms Brown suggested that
Meghan was inspired by Michelle Obama and wanted to have the wealth as well as
the stature
The couple have
struggled since leaving the royal family, Ms Brown believes. She thinks Meghan
is finding it difficult to find a 'brand' and the
She said: 'They both
completely underestimated what it was going to be like to be without the palace
platform.
'Meghan doesn't
really have a brand – you feel that she is grasping at the 'Twitter caring' of
the moment. Vaccinations,
'And the whole
problem, with entertainment deal is you have to produce. They've signed with
Netflix but what have we seen? Nothing.
'Creating
entertainment that works is very hard to do. Their Spotify podcast is going
nowhere. Netflix is not doing so well are they going to renew that contract?'
Ms Brown also
discussed why Meghan would have struggled so much after joining the royal
family.
She suggested: 'She
was suddenly completely dependent on her husband for money and he was
completely dependent on the bank of dad – Charles and at the same time had to
ask Granny for one of the houses on the royal estates to live.
'That kind of
infantilizing was very maddening to Meghan.
'I think the queen
and the palace set them up for a lot of success. She gave her patron of the
National Theatre and vice chairman of the commonwealth foundation – no better
platform to talk about women's education and the question of minorities.'
Her latest comments
come after she previously claimed Meghan
would not want to return to the UK for more than a fleeting visit if
Harry mends his relationship with his father and brother because 'she disliked
England',
Ms Brown has said
she believes Prince
Harry may even want to make a sensational return to the Royal Family
after the
Queen's death - splitting his time between
Her latest comments come
after she previously claimed Meghan would not want to return to the
Ms Brown has
described Megxit as a 'disaster for both sides' and claimed Harry and Meghan
caused 'maximum mayhem' when leaving the Royal Family
because they are 'addicted to drama'.
She said: 'I think
that Harry is going to want to come back when the Queen dies to serve his
country. And I think they will find a way to reel him in. And it's possible
that Meghan - maybe they will have a commuter arrangement. I don't know. I
don't see Meghan ever wanting to go back. She disliked
Ms Brown claimed
that the British public are 'very very sad' about Megxit, because they took
Harry to their hearts and also tried to support him when he found love with
Meghan. Ms Brown also labelled Prince Harry a 'very impetuous man' and
revealed how Palace advisors 'always thought he would leave'.
'So it was actually very, very sad for everybody that it went so wrong because they actually need Harry and Meghan now. You should see, the Queen is failing, and she's very frail. They kind of need Harry and Meghan to bring that star power and to be on the balcony at the Jubilee. We have to have a royal family up there. We can't have Andrew up there.'
Harry and Meghan arrived in Britain after an overnight British Airways flight from Los Angeles. They did not bring their children, Archie, two, and ten-month-old Lilibet – who the Queen has still not met.
They were driven to Frogmore where they spent the night. After his failure to attend his grandfather's memorial service last month – amid an ongoing legal row with the Home Office over the removal of his police protection – Harry's offer to visit the Queen was being viewed as an olive branch.
But the Duke of Sussex upset palace officials and reportedly his father and brother after claiming part of his visit was motivated by 'making sure she's protected and got the right people around her.'
Harry went on to claim that the Queen tells him things she feels she cannot tell anyone else.
He said: 'We have a really special relationship. We talk about things that she can't talk about with anybody else. So that's always a nice piece to it.'
