Prince Harry and Meghan Markle admit ‘inevitable’ staff cuts at Archewell

The enormous costs for Archewell’s return in 2024 may include Harry and Markle’s quasi-royal trips to Nigeria and Colombia.

The visits came with the former To take actress with many outfit changes and an expensive designer wardrobe, as she mingles with various national leaders, visiting schools and hosting dinners in their honor.

Markle and her husband skipped extended visits abroad in 2025, where they tried to salvage their failed business ventures at home.

The two saw Netflix drop its exclusive five-year deal in favor of a first-look arrangement for productions in August.

Markle and Harry also failed miserably with the products the streamer released, just like them With love, Meghan lifestyle series bombed despite two ‘seasons’ and his Polo docuseries had fewer than 500,000 views in the first half of 2025.

Elsewhere, Markle’s As Ever product line of fruit spreads, honey, tea and wine also fell short in attracting customers.

Data from brand intelligence platform Similarweb showed that Asever.com received 196,831 monthly visits in October, which paled in comparison to Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop.com, which stood at 812,462.

“She still views the numbers as her ultimate humiliation because she idolizes Paltrow and her success so much,” an industry insider said of Markle’s As Ever humiliation.