Daily Mirror (Northern Ireland)
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Now money-making work starts with Meghan’s team of Hollywood big shots Kate tours country to aid early learning
Nick Collins of The Gersh Agency, whose clients include Tobey Maguire and Jamie Foxx. He is handling lucrative film, TV and philanthropic offers.
Meghan’s Beverly Hills business manager Andrew Meyer is working behind the scenes too, with Hollywood lawyer Rick Genow also heavily involved.
The gurus were brought together to help Harry, 35, and Meghan, 38, become “financially
independent” despite still receiving a supply of cash from Harry’s dad Prince Charles for the next 12 months.
Already one of Netflix’s most senior bosses, chief content officer Ted Sarandos, has said the online streaming company would welcome a deal with the royals.
The couple will also discuss how to promote causes close to their hearts, including the environment and the fight against HIV and AIDS. The terms of separation from the monarchy were harsher than both Harry and Meghan had lobbied for when they announced Megxit.
They will have to repay the cost of a £2.4million refurbishment of Frogmore Cottage, in the grounds of Windsor Castle, and will now rent it from the Queen.
The Met Police is continuing to pay for the couple’s security detail but security sources have confirmed “there is no blank cheque arrangement”.
Discussions are also taking place to finalise whether Harry and Meghan can continue to use their “Sussex Royal” brand, which they have built up since they married 20 months ago.
They have amassed 11 million followers on Instagram and trademarked more than 100 items, potentially to take into the corporate world.
But Thomas Woodcock, Garter Principal King of Arms, who ensures commercial concerns do not sully the royal brand, told The Times: “I don’t think it’s satisfactory. You either are [royal] or you’re not.”
THE Duchess of Cambridge yesterday launched a landmark survey on early childhood which she hopes will trigger “lasting change for generations to come”.
Mum-of-three Kate has begun a 24-hour tour, visiting
Birmingham, London, Cardiff and Surrey to raise awareness of Five Big Questions on the
Under Fives, thought to be the largest poll of its kind in the UK.
It follows eight years of work by the Duchess, 38, who met young children at Thinktank,
Birmingham’s science museum.
Kate said: “What we experience between the ages of zero and five shapes the developing brain. It helps us avoid adversity, or certainly build resilience to adversity in later life.”
The results will be revealed in March and will determine the Duchess’s next steps for the project.