Harry and Meghan may still have a bright podcasting future

After Spotify sacked/let go/‘mutually agreed to part ways’ with, in the words of one of its executives, those ‘f-ing grifters’ Harry and Meghan, there have much discussion about where it all went wrong for the podcasting pair. The general consensus is that the Sussexes may have overestimated public interest in anything they have to say beyond self-pitying tittle-tattle. Their recent statement that they’re not even going to do that any more makes you wonder what else they have stocked up in their ideas cupboard, and why the world would want to pay it their attention.

The duff duo haven’t even been paid the full $20 million (£16 million) they signed up for back in 2020. But, then again, the first episode of ‘Archetypes’ didn’t appear until two years later and only 12 podcasts in total were ever put out. If Harry and Meghan do get the cash, it would work out at roughly half-a-million dollars a pop.