Meghan Markle is the first in the history of a mestizo who managed to become a princess of Britain. How did she do it? How much does a former actress and now a possible contender for the Queen of England earn? What financial changes have occurred in her life after her wedding to Prince Harry?
For the sake of marriage with Prince Harry, Meghan Markle went to great lengths - she gave up not only her career, but even her faith - she changed the Protestant church to the Anglican one. Evil tongues immediately suggested that the girl went for it in order to get a new, higher and more significant status, to increase her income. How and how much does Meghan Markle earn now?
Prince Harry's wife lineage and biography
Meghan Markle is a mestizo. Her father is white American and her mother is African American. The girl was born in Los Angeles in early August 1981. From early childhood, her life was associated with art, dad often took her with him to the film studio, where he worked as a lighting director.
Doria and Tom Markle tried to give their daughter all the best. Despite the divorce, they devoted the same amount of time to Megan. Her father paid for her studies at an elite school in Los Angeles, where the children of Hollywood's leading stars studied.
After graduating from basic education, the girl could not decide for a long time. What he wants to do. As a result, Megan mastered two professions at once, received a bachelor's degree in two areas - international relations and acting.
Markle did not come to acting right away. First, she tried herself as an international specialist - she worked as the director of public relations in one of the American embassies.
Meghan Markle's career
The creative piggy bank of this American actress has 29 film roles. She played her first episodic role in the TV series "General Hospital" (2002). The debut did not become a breakthrough, the girl was not noticed, offers to play the main role in film projects did not fall on her. In order to somehow make money, Meghan Markle was forced to appear in commercials, earn extra money as a model.
Fortune smiled at the aspiring actress only in 2011, when her candidacy was approved for one of the leading roles in the drama with a comedy overtones "Force Majeure". The series was filmed for 7 years, Megan's talent was finally appreciated, and her work was well paid. She received several parallel offers, while working on the series she starred in several full-length films - "Diary", "When sparks fly", "Anti-social" and others. How much the future wife of the English Prince Harry earned during this period is unknown. But the American media noted that Megan no longer needs money, stopped accepting invitations from modeling agencies and clip makers from the world of advertising.
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry - a love story
The relationship with the heir to the English throne was not the first romantic experience for Meghan Markle. Prior to that, she was married to Travel Engels, an American producer. The marriage lasted only two years; nothing is known about the reasons for the breakup of their relationship.
The girl met her future husband during her working visit to England. They were introduced to each other by a mutual acquaintance. Megan, of course, knew who her new acquaintance was, but Prince Harry had never heard anything about this American actress, had not watched films with her participation. But he really liked the girl, and after a few months he introduced her to the public and his relatives from the royal family as his chosen one.
Around the newly-made couple, heated disputes in the media immediately flared up. Journalists were waiting for the reaction of the royal court to the fact that Prince Harry is dating a mestizo. They assumed that the relatives of the heir would demand to abandon their beloved, "send" the red-haired rebel somewhere, but this did not happen. Moreover, the choice of Prince Harry was approved by the Queen of Great Britain herself!
The wedding date of Prince Harry and American actress Meghan Markle is May 19, 2018, and a few months later, in October, the couple announced that they were expecting a baby.
At that time, Megan had already completed her acting and modeling career, completely transferred to the maintenance of her husband and the royal family. How much is Markle's financial condition currently estimated? How, how much and how does she earn now? Hardly anyone from the media world will be able to get accurate answers to these questions.
Sources and size of Meghan Markle's income today
Members of the Royal Family of England do not have to have permanent jobs. That is why after the wedding, or rather shortly before it, Meghan Markle stopped working and ended her career as an actress. But how much money does she provide for her royal life?
Today, Megan has the status of the Duchess of Sussex, she has no job, she does not receive an official salary. Its maintenance costs are paid from the treasury of the British royal family. That is, now the former American actress lives on the money collected in the form of taxes from the British.
A certain, albeit very small, income is brought by Meghan Markle in the films in which she once starred. She regularly receives checks for the rental and sale of rental rights to TV channels, for example, the series "Force Majeure". The receipt of such income by the heirs to the throne is not prohibited by the law of England. It is not known what the Duchess of Sussex, the wife of the English Prince Harry, spends her income on. Perhaps this is charity or their own needs, although Britain pays for all of them.
