Meghan Markle Net Worth: Bio, Age, Career, Husband, Contracts & More

With the death of Queen Elizabeth II on September 8, it was said that the Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle, would not go to Balmoral right away to be with the family. Instead, she would stay in England, at least at first.

The BBC says that royal reporter Omid Scobie confirmed her absence on Twitter. He also said that Kate Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge, would not be there because she cared for her three children in Windsor.

In the last few months of 2021, Markle's lawyer, Jenny Afia, fought back against claims that Markle bullied Kensington Palace staff. Markle also wrote a letter to her father to try to make up with him after they had grown apart.

And Meghan Markle, mother of two and wife of Prince Harry, performed on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” in a way that “embarrassed the royal family,” according to one royal author.

Meghan Markle Net Worth

Markle's tendency to get into trouble was one reason she may not have traveled with the family right away after the Queen died. According to ELLE, this was especially true because it had strained her relationships with family members like Prince William and Prince Charles.

Meghan Markle: Early Years

Meghan Markle was born in Los Angeles, California, on August 4, 1981. She grew up in Hollywood because her father worked on T.V. and won several Emmy awards for his work.

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After she graduated from Northwestern University in 2003, she started acting. She had a few minor roles before her big break in the popular T.V. show “Suits.”

Meghan Markle and Her Wedding to Prince Harry of England

In 2016, it was said that Meghan Markle was dating Prince Harry of England. Two years later, they married and are now known as the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.

Less than two years after they married, Harry and Meghan both asked to step down from their royal duties, so they could leave the country and try to make their own money.

Meghan Markle Net Worth

Queen Elizabeth II let them do it, but she asked them to give up their titles of “Royal Highness.” Since then, the couple has signed a production deal with Netflix for five years worth at least $100 million and a podcast deal with Spotify for three years worth $18 million.

Markle and her husband, Prince Harry, bought a home in Montecito, California, for $14.7 million in 2020. They also paid $3 million to fix their abode in Frogmore, United Kingdom.

Career Before Meeting Prince Harry

Markle grew up in Hollywood, where her mother taught yoga, and her father was a lighting director who had won an Emmy. Markle went to private schools and got her degrees in theatre and international studies from Northwestern University.

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She went on to become an actress. She worked as a model and had a short stint on “Deal or No Deal,” which gave her extra money. In the early 2000s, she played small parts in “General Hospital,” “Century City,” “CSI: N.Y.,” and “Fringe.”

After appearing in a few movies, including “Horrible Bosses,” Markle joined the cast of “Suits” in July 2011. According to Celebrity Net Worth, she was paid $50,000 per episode, or $450,000 a year. She made about $4 million by being on the T.V. show until 2017.

Meghan Markle Net Worth

While filming “Suits,” she also started a lifestyle website called The Tig and set herself up as an influencer. Eventually, Celebrity Net Worth said, she got three million Instagram followers, 800,000 Facebook followers, and 350,000 Twitter followers. The site says she made about $80,000 a year from the blog before she shut it down and put the materials in an archive in 2017.

What is the Net Worth of Meghan Markle?

According to Celebrity Net Worth, when Meghan Markle's wealth is added to that of her husband, Prince Harry, it comes to about $60 million.

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The specialized site also says that Markle's net worth before she got married was about $5 million, while her husband was $20 million.

Meghan Markle: Real Estate

Meghan and Prince Harry bought a $14.7 million home in Montecito, California, with the money they got from their new media contracts in 2020. They live there with their two children.

Celebrity Net Worth says they put down $5 million in cash and took out a $10 million mortgage to pay for the rest of the property. They also gave back the $3 million they used to fix their home in Frogmore, U.K.