{"id":648839,"date":"2026-11-02T15:16:20","date_gmt":"2026-11-02T15:16:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/648839\/"},"modified":"2026-11-02T15:16:20","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T15:16:20","slug":"meghan-markle-obsessed-with-one-thing-shes-always-been-after-it-royal-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/648839\/","title":{"rendered":"Meghan Markle \u2018obsessed\u2019 with one thing – \u2018she\u2019s always been after it\u2019 | Royal | News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Meghan Markle<\/a> has been accused of being \u201cobsessed\u201d with money by royal commentator Carole Malone<\/a>, who questioned the Duchess of Sussex\u2019s financial ambitions and latest television venture during the Daily Express\u2019s Royals Unscripted<\/a> podcast. Speaking to Daily Express editor James Walker, Ms Malone claimed Meghan had long been focused on financial success, pointing to comments about her ambition to become one of the world\u2019s first female billionaires.<\/p>\n

Ms Malone said: \u201cShe talked about wanting to be one of the first women billionaires. Well, she\u2019s not, of course, because that\u2019s Oprah, but she thought and she talked about being a billionaire.\u201d<\/p>\n

She added: \u201cMoney has always, always obsessed Meghan.\u201d Discussing the Duchess\u2019s upbringing, Ms Malone referred to Meghan\u2019s accounts of growing up eating relatively simple meals, saying: \u201cShe grew up in a family that didn\u2019t have much money.\u201d Ms Malone added: \u201cShe has always been after the money.\u201d<\/p>\n

The commentator then made a claim about Meghan\u2019s expectations when she married Prince Harry<\/a>, referring to an alleged remark about the prince\u2019s wealth. \u201cThere\u2019s a line that someone said that when she married Harry, she really thought she was marrying a billionaire and she was gutted when she realised she was only a millionaire,\u201d Ms Malone said.<\/p>\n

She suggested Meghan may have expected access to the kind of wealth associated with the wider Royal Family, pointing to the contrast between Prince Harry<\/a>\u2019s personal inheritance and the assets associated with the monarchy.<\/p>\n

The conversation also turned to Meghan\u2019s reported involvement in MasterChef Australia: Junior, with Ms Malone questioning whether the project would deliver the level of success the Duchess had hoped for.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe\u2019s making this sound like it\u2019s a really big, fabulous gig. No, it isn\u2019t,\u201d Ms Malone said. \u201cShe\u2019s having to go to the other end of the world to do a show with a relatively small audience.\u201d<\/p>\n

James and Ms Malone discussed the reported television appearance and whether Meghan would receive payment for her involvement.<\/p>\n

Ms Malone said Meghan had appeared on the original MasterChef Australia without being paid, adding that the network had not revealed whether she would receive a fee for the junior programme.<\/p>\n

She said: \u201cThe network isn\u2019t revealing whether she\u2019s being paid for Junior MasterChef. That would seem to suggest that maybe she does need the money.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ms Malone also reflected on Meghan\u2019s acting career before she married Harry, suggesting she might have achieved greater success had she remained in Hollywood<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cHad she stayed in Suits, maybe she\u2019d have been a big movie star by now,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

The commentator went on to compare Meghan\u2019s earlier acting work with her current television opportunities, arguing that her career had taken an unexpected direction since she joined the Royal Family.<\/p>\n

Meghan and Prince Harry stepped back from their roles as senior working royals in 2020 and have since pursued commercial projects, including television productions, publishing and lifestyle ventures. Meghan has also developed her As Ever brand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Meghan Markle has been accused of being \u201cobsessed\u201d with money by royal commentator Carole Malone, who questioned the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":648840,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[156,317888,4866,111,139,69,3164,317887,317889],"class_list":["post-648839","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-financial-ambitions","tag-meghan-markle","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-royal-family","tag-royals-unscripted","tag-television-ventures"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648839","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=648839"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648839\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/648840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=648839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=648839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=648839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}