Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have been hit by false rumours that they are splitting up following a difficult few months for the Sussex brand.
While friends of the couple have told Page Six that reports of them separating are “not true” and “literally made up”, commentators noted that Meghan did not join Harry for the promotional tour of his memoir Spare earlier this year.
Since then the couple appear to be embarking on more projects separately after their deal with Spotify ended last month, with Harry said to be travelling to Africa for his own venture with Netflix.
Some claimed that Meghan had been concerned about some of the details that Harry included in his book, which exposed his troubled relationships with many of his family members.
A source told The Telegraph: “Is this the way she would have approached things? Possibly not. But she will always back him and would never have got involved in promoting such a personal project.”
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They added: “This was about his own life, his journey and his own perspective.”
The Duke has been estranged from his family ever since the couple moved to Montecito in California, where they are raising their two children Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet.
Harry did make the journey back to London for King Charles’s Coronation in May but Meghan chose not to accompany him, with some pointing to this as another sign of a schism between them.
However it is more likely that she wished to stay with her children as Archie’s fourth birthday fell on the same day as the Coronation on May 6.
Harry too dashed back from the ceremony to get home to celebrate his son’s big day, flying back to California just hours after the service wrapped up at Westminster Abbey.
Others have claimed that the Sussexes have been experiencing a great deal of financial pressure, putting enormous stress on their marriage.
In June it was announced that Spotify and Archewell Audio, owned by the Susexes, would no longer be producing new content together despite signing a deal for £15million ($20million).
The partnership only produced one series, or 12 episodes, of Meghan’s podcast Archetypes, which saw her interview huge names such as Paris Hilton, Serena Williams and Mariah Carey.
But some said executives at the streaming service were unimpressed with Harry and Meghan’s work ethic.
They still hold onto their deal with Netflix, which is not due to expire until 2025.
