It’s really an interesting story if you read about it. It’s impossible to include all details here, but here’s a snapshot:
Meghan has no full siblings. She has several half-siblings and many nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles and such. Her father was an Emmy Award-winning lighting director for Married With Children and Meghan spent time with him on that set after school, and for a time, they lived together just the two of them. (Where her mother was at that time is controversial.) They seemed to be happy times, from photos and her own previous writings. Her Dad helped put her through college at Northwestern University (where she obtained her degree in Theater and International Relations!). It seems the only person she is now close to in her family is her mother. Harry has talked to her Dad but never met him in person. Her Dad has never met their children even though he has begged to, and they live just a relatively short distance from him. By all accounts, he was a good father. He messed up after she began dating Harry because he naively accepted money from tabloid journalists to do a fake photo shoot just before the wedding, which caused their relationship to sour. He has apologized. He’s also had a serious heart attack and serious stroke in recent years and won’t be around forever. Her siblings seemed to be happy for her until Harry made a remark that went viral about the RF being “the family she never had”. Her sister Samantha gave interviews to say that she, in fact, came from a big family, and subsequently went on to write a book about their family history.
Harry has money from his mother’s estate, and they also have deals with Netflix, Spotify, and who knows who else. The Netflix deal alone was reported to be worth $100 million. They started their own production company. CBS was reportedly paid $7 million for the Oprah interview, but supposedly H&M weren’t paid for it. For a long time, Harry’s Dad, King Charles, was helping them out financially, as well. There are likely other sources of income, too. They reportedly both have book deals totaling $20 million. Harry is about to come out with a tell-all book that may be devastating to the RF. Members of the RF seem to be hesitant to trust H&M because of the pressure they are under to produce material for their Netflix and book deals. Some reports express worry about their stooping as low as to wearing microphones to events. (Not going to post pics but you can google ‘Meghan microphone’ to see pics, even from last week’s events, and judge for yourself.) So it’s not just as simple as just “making up” with Harry’s family members. The trust is gone, and there is lots of anger toward them because of their unprecedented behavior. The Oprah interview trashing the RF was devastating, as will be the book. As late as a few days before The Queen passed Meghan was interviewed by American magazine The Cut and stated that she “can now say anything” (that she is no longer a working member of the RF). The fact that they happened to be in the UK on business when The Queen passed launched them into RF events that must’ve been very uncomfortable on both sides.
