Meghan Markle, Prince Harry get beaten 'like a rented mule'

The flurry of anti-Sussex sentiment is on a rise like no other, and has been growing each day the couple is choosing to remain in the UK.

It is in lieu of this that both commentators and critics alike are taking off their training wheels and getting far more candid about what the public sentiment actually promises for the couple.

Chair of Reputation Management Consultants, Eric Schiffer is one of those few.

He recently sat down with Newsweek and didn’t shy away from his candour.

In his view, the fact that Meghan followed her husband to this side of the world, despite previously pointing out his toxic nature spells the end for any prospects in Hollywood.

“This is the kiss of death to stardom in America for both of them,” he said in his own words.

But he also didn’t end there, and in a less forgiving tone added, “they got beaten like a rented mule during this process.”

For those unversed with the couple’s initial exit from the UK, that started all the anti-Sussex sentiment and caused their popularity to plummet, the ‘transition’ is said to have happened rapidly, as seen in behind-the-scenes images the Sussexes shared in their docuseries for Netflix a couple of years later.

From Vancouver Island, Canada to Santa Barbara, California, and Tyler Perry’s house in between, the couple moved around in the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. But before that, their last leg of royal work included attending the Endeavour Fund Awards and the Commonwealth Day Service held at Westminster Abbey.

A couple of years later news came that a 12-month ‘review period’ concluded, which meant that the Sussexes would officially be confirmed as not returning to royal life. This also led to the stripping of Prince Harry’s honorary military titles, and royal patronages.

From that point on the interviews, (Oprah Winfrey, 60 Minutes, CBS, BBC) the docuseries, (Harry & Meghan) began, right after deals were signed with both Netflix and Spotify.

While the Netflix deal is said to be ongoing, despite it being in a diminished capacity, the Spotify deal fell through and fans even saw the CEO, Daniel Ek, come out and accuse the couple of being “grafters.”

A couple of years later, around 2023, in January the memoir that Prince Harry had been working on came out, titled Spare, and showcased details from the Sandringham summit, the dog bowl incident (where Prince Harry was thrown in by his brother) as well as a promise of ‘more material’ should a second book be in consideration.

In between all this (in 2021) Princess Lilibet Diana Mountbatten-Windsor joined the family, but not before Meghan suffered a miscarriage that she later penned for The New York Times, titled ‘The Losses We Share’.

The only documented returns to the UK where Meghan followed her husband was for Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee (June 2022), then later her funeral as well. However, it did not end there because then the King’s Coronation followed, Lilibet and Archie became Prince and Princess, as is their ‘birthright’ in the words of their father, following that many years later the father and son duo made their first official contact in Windsor Castle, over tea for nearly an hour. Since then the anti-royal interviews have reduced, and its said the Sussexes are working towards rehabilitation, despite Prince William’s rumored dissatisfaction