As they return to the UK, Harry and Meghan search for a brand that sticks

The couple have other income sources, from inheritance to the sales of Harry’s memoir Spare, which was the fastest-selling non-fiction book in the UK since records began in 1998. A return to acting for Meghan even appears possible.

The BBC has learned she is in talks about a role in Netflix series The Gentlemen, a comedy series created by Guy Ritchie about a duke who becomes a drug baron. No details have yet been revealed, but this would be Meghan’s first significant acting role since her marriage to Prince Harry.

Since 2024, Meghan’s professional focus has been on her lifestyle range, As ever, which was initially supported by Netflix before that partnership ended in March. As ever sells jams, teas, candles and other products “crafted to elevate your everyday and inspire moments of joy”, and there is no indication that it will end when she moves across the Atlantic.

One potential opportunity is their mooted move to the A-list haven of the Cotswolds, where they are believed to have spent time earlier this summer.

Laura Stoloff, an American stylist and creative director who lives in London and the Cotswolds with her British husband Harry, sees “a natural connection” between Meghan’s lifestyle brand and Cotswolds life.

“I actually think it could make her brand more distinctive,” Stoloff tells the BBC. “There is still a lot of fascination with English country life, particularly in America, and she has the ability to bring that to a very large, global audience.”

Stephen has a warning, though: “A return to the UK could be a useful brand reset, but a postcode does not reposition a brand. Behaviour does.”