Meghan Markle & Harry ‘aren’t seen as A-listers in Montecito’ – their star is ‘on the wane, people have lost interest’

PRINCE Harry and Meghan Markle whitethorn person swapped royal beingness to unrecorded successful the personage vicinity of Montecito but it allegedly hasn’t been each it’s cracked up to be.

According to royal writer Tom Quinn, the Sussexes “hate that they aren’t seen arsenic existent A-listers” successful the area, which is location to the likes of Oprah Winfrey and Jennifer Aniston.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex ditched royal beingness successful 2020 to unrecorded successful a £12million mansion with Prince Archie, five, and Princess Lilibet, three, but it hasn’t been each plain-sailing.

Tom, writer of revelatory caller publication Yes Ma'Am, The Secret Life of Royal Servants, exclusively told Fabulous: “The information is that Meghan and Harry hatred the thought that they aren’t seen arsenic existent A-listers successful Montecito. 

“They volition person seen caller surveys published successful the American property that assertion the couple’s prima is connected the wane; that radical person simply mislaid interest.”

The Sun previously spoke to a section successful the area who said: “We permission Harry and Meghan be.

“There are loads of celebrated radical astir present truthful nary 1 bats an eyelid astir 2 much affluent people.”

While the Sussexes appeared to person had a palmy tally of securing lucrative projects for their caller life, it hasn’t been a locomotion successful the park.

Work struggles

The mates were blasted arsenic "f****** grifters" by a Spotify main after the £18m Archetypes podcast was axed.

The mates were dropped from the streaming elephantine pursuing reports they did not conscionable "productivity requirements" by creating lone 13 episodes successful 31 months.

Meanwhile, Prince Harry's caller Polo documentary was criticised for being “out-of-touch” and struggled to marque Netflix's apical 10 successful immoderate market.

One enforcement allegedly told MailOnline Meghan’s upcoming cookery show, With Love, Meghan - which was pushed backmost to March from January owed to the LA fires - volition request to beryllium "an tremendous hit" to crook their fortunes around.

The couple's five-year Netflix woody comes to an extremity successful August next year.

Evidence of the couple’s waning popularity successful the UK tin beryllium seen by the alteration successful their Gov canvass ratings. 

In 2019, Harry was seen favourably by 71 per cent polled, and Meghan 49 per cent, nevertheless this slipped to 32 per cent and 19 per cent respectively by the extremity of 2024. 

Friends lost

There person besides been reports that Meghan and Harry person drifted from immoderate of their caller Hollywood pals.

The likes of Oprah Winfrey, Tyler Perry and George and Amal Clooney failed to stock posts connected their Instagrams astir her caller jam for her manner marque American Riviera Orchard.

Previous reports person described the Sussexes arsenic “super-reclusive” successful California, suggesting they bash small but beryllium wrong the seven-acre grounds of their 16-bathroom home.

However, the proprietor of their adjacent integrated deli told the Sun: “They’re not precisely wandering astir municipality each day, each day, but they bash marque an effort to mingle and beryllium arsenic mean arsenic possible.

“Well, arsenic mean arsenic it’s imaginable to beryllium with information successful golf buggies ­driving astir the perimeter of your home.”

Tom added: “Meghan and Harry person been unfastened astir wanting Archie and Lilibet to person arsenic mean a puerility arsenic imaginable – similar Kate and William they’re determined to debar the accepted Royal upbringing successful which paid unit bash each the work. 

“But we should instrumentality ‘normal’ with a pinch of brackish due to the fact that Archie and Lilibet be 1 of the astir exclusive and costly schools successful Santa Barbara. 

“Their chap pupils see the offspring of immoderate of Hollywood’s astir celebrated stars.”

Harry reportedly doesn’t nip into the section hardware store oregon pharmacy for bits and pieces but connected juncture has been spotted with his information item when he's riding his bike, taking a walk, oregon heading retired for lunch.

In the past the mates person enjoyed a “date night” astatine the town’s lone Michelin-starred restaurant, Sushi/Bar.

The intimate abstraction serves lone 10 diners astatine 1 time, offering a £109, 17-course ­Omakase tasting paper including otoro, kurodai, bluefin tessin, ­albacore tuna and scallops.

Carnivore Harry is simply a regular astatine Lucky’s steakhouse, and the mates person sat connected an outdoor array connected a treble day with showbiz pals David Foster and Katherine McPhee.

One waiter, who did not privation to beryllium named, added: “They travel present rather a bit, but we were asked not to sermon them oregon speech astir them.

“We were besides told not to speech to them, and that photos were not allowed. So they don’t get bothered whenever they travel here.”