She was in a very popular cable tv series and the younger generations knew who MM was. For most of its 9 seasons,Suits was its network’s number one show. It was also internationally popular…including in the UK…long before MM and H were a thing.
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The last season of the show garnered 1.04 million viewers. To those, she was well-known. Hardly a national figure IMO, but we can agree to disagree. My Gen Z kids never heard of her., or her more critically-acclaimed co-star Gina Torres.
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The banana?! 
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She wasn’t on the last season and the creator of the show specifically blamed being forced to cancel it on her departure.
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I think people liked them fine as runaway prince and princess but disliked their inflated projection of themselves and attacks on their birth families.
There is no shortage of celebrities and agents wanting to collaborate with their royal status. They’ll keep getting money generating opportunities.
As long as they stop playing poor victims or angels with halo and keep chatting with other celebrities over high tea in a fancy mansion, they’ll earn fine.
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Read the quotes nothing unique or even new. Just a bunch of platitudes which have been uttered over the decades by pick your celeb… Oprah, Barbara Walters, I think even Madonna has said a few things similar.
What I want to know besides talking is what has their brand actually done?
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I think you have figured out why this post royal life isn’t lining their pockets like they thought it would. 
I think everyone did…but H&M the most. And I think they may have delivered the final nail in the coffin.
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I hear Starbucks is hiring. 
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Other celebrities may offer them freebies (like the use of a private jet or holiday home). They are a lot less likely to pay H&M for joining their tea parties. So for H&M to meet their actual cash expenses (mortgage, staff, etc) them once any savings or inheritance have been spent, they actually have to earn money. I’m just not sure how they will do that: I doubt M going back to work as an actress will pay the bills (or give her the time with the kids and to attend social events that she seems to expect). And H seems to have even fewer marketable skills. I can’t see either of them making a living on the speech circuit.
I think she can do well with fashion website again. They can capitalize on endorsements.
He must be so lost though.
What products do you think would sell better if they were endorsed by H&M? Appearance fees are a lot of work: it seems implausible to do 200 per year at $50K each. And fashion doesn’t pay that well, apparently even Anna Wintour only earns $2M per year:
The only way someone in this position might earn eight digits without extraordinary skill as an actor or sportsperson is to run a business. And they just don’t seem to be good at that.
Their preferred lifestyle needs big deals with media giants or lobbyists. They may try hand on politics. Non-profit work is a must for brand image and tax purposes.
At their level, they don’t have to think of ideas, agents, consultants, companies and parties will bring it to them.
Every celebrity idiot kid seems to be raking in money off social media and product placements, I am sure they can figure it out. She didn’t do too badly with her website before.
I agree that the ideal for them is to work with media giants. But now that they’ve royally screwed that up, to judge by the bitterness expressed in the WSJ article above, what do they do next? If Netflix and Spotify both say publicly that you are lazy and incapable of execution, then what next? And why would people still want to bring them ideas, when they can’t execute?
And politics is a whole different ball game. Usually you are rich and spending your own money if you haven’t been immersed in the political process for years (see Gov Youngkin in VA). It’s not a way to make money in the short term.
How much income did she make from her website? How many “idiot kids” make $10M per year? The problem is that their lifestyle aspirations are likely to be far out of line with her actual earning capacity.
Her website was pre tik tok - now who needs or reads a blog? its all on TT and there is no need/room for them there
Somehow I am sure they will figure it out. I can’t believe anybody is worried about their income.
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It’s not that people are “worried” - there really is a sort of strange glee people seem to get in seeing these two struggle. It’s odd.
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As an actress and as the 6th lead on a cable tv show, Meghan made enough for a nice home in Toronto.
It was a nice living, it was not live in Montecito money.
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