Meghan Markle options laid bare: Expert breaks down chances for memoir, doc, tell-all or acting

Questions have been on the rise, wondering how the Duchess of Sussex would professionally respond to offers drying up within the Netflix sphere and according to a spokesperson for Joe Lyons, Pundit Arena there are a few things that the royal could opt for, down to the exact percentage.

For those unversed, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have been financially independent without much backing from the Firm as far back as 2018. However, right after they landed in the US the couple snagged a few offers with Spotify and Netflix worth millions of dollars.

But now with one having been cut short and another re-negotiated but at a lower payment, the idea of Meghan having to opt for things like a memoir or tell-all are rising.

A recent update even warned she may go all in. but according to the rep the things with the most to least chances are as follows, “A memoir leads the market at 8/11. Entering the world of fashion is another plausible avenue for Meghan, priced at 3/1.”

But “a return to acting also remains on the table for the Duchess of Sussex” they added since “she’s 6/1 to reappear on our TV screens as an actress.”

Prince Harry, Meghan Markle's Life Since Megxit:

As for what happened afterwards, 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.