Will Prince Harry and Meghan Markle accept Obama’s post-White House career model of charity, book deals and Netflix?

It’s been mentioned that behind each nice man is a good girl. In Prince Harry’s case, it’s three rich and media-savvy girls Free from the ribbon-cutting duties of royal life, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are on the brink of changing into a brand new form of global-media energy couple.

Prince Harry owes his fortune and media savvy to 3 well-known girls: his mom, the late Princess Diana, who grew to become a worldwide celebrity; his grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II, who helped deliver the monarchy into the 20th and 21st Centuries, and his spouse, Meghan Markle, an American-born self-made former actress who had a life-style model earlier than their life-changing assembly.

The couple introduced Wednesday that they may “step back” from royal life, “work to become financially independent” and cut up their time between the U.Ok. and North America. “This geographic balance will enable us to raise our son with an appreciation for the royal tradition into which he was born,” they wrote on their Instagram account FB, +1.01%, which has 10.2 million followers.

Prince Harry is buddies with former U.S. president Barack Obama, and might take into account adopting the Obamas’ post-White House career model. The previous president and his spouse, Michelle, reportedly signed an eight-figure take care of Netflix NFLX, +2.57%  to provide a slate of high-brow historic, biographical and social-justice programing with their firm, Increased Floor Productions. Netflix would give the Sussexes a platform of 158 million paid subscribers and definitely be a coup for the streaming service, which has already received vital reward for its collection, “The Crown,” chronicling the life of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II. Media mogul Oprah Winfrey can also be a good friend of the couple and attended their Could 2018 marriage ceremony. Additionally they unveiled a modern, new web site. The royal couple have reduce their tooth in broadcast media. In 2017, Prince Harry interviewed Barack Obama when he was the visitor editor of BBC Radio 4’s In the present day program and, final 12 months, ITV within the U.Ok. broadcast “Harry & Meghan: An African Journey,” which aired within the U.S. on ABC DIS, -0.21% One other route: The Obamas reportedly inked a book deal for greater than $65 million.

For a begin, they may preserve their U.Ok. base, Frogmore Cottage, their historic Grade II-listed home within the grounds of Frogmore House in Windsor, which was renovated for two.Four British kilos ($three million), a price shouldered by the U.Ok. taxpayer. They will even prone to have a paid safety element. They’ve constructed a powerful royal/celeb private model, breaking the standard mould of the royal household.