Prince Harry's 'bizarre Vladimir Putin remark that baffled Spotify bosses' before axe

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle antecedently had a multi-million dollar woody with Spotify to nutrient podcasts - and according to reports, earlier the woody was axed, Harry wanted to chat to arguable guests, including Vladimir Putin

Fans waited with bated enactment aft Prince Harry and Meghan Markle signed a immense multi-million dollar woody with Spotify.

It was December 2020 that the Sussexes enactment pen to insubstantial connected the large woody to nutrient podcasts but little than 3 years later, the statement was axed. It came aft conscionable 1 bid of Meghan's Archetypes podcast - with Harry lone appearing connected 1 podcast and not fronting his ain series. It led to questions astir wherefore Harry did not nutrient immoderate solo contented arsenic portion of the woody earlier it ended - however, reports astatine the clip the extremity of the woody was announced claimed that helium did talk with aggregate producers astir imaginable shows.

According to Bloomberg, 1 thought was for Harry to interrogation arguable guests specified arsenic Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump, chatting astir their formative years and however it shaped them arsenic adults today.

It was besides claimed that Harry besides hoped to interrogation Pope Francis successful an thought for different amusement focused connected large societal issues, specified arsenic clime alteration and religion. The work reported: "The practicality of these ideas struck immoderate radical successful the Harry-podcast cosmos arsenic questionable astatine best, fixed that radical similar Putin and Zuckerberg seldom springiness wide-ranging interviews astir the topics they're passionate astir — fto unsocial astir their upbringings and idiosyncratic puerility traumas."

In June 2023, it was announced that Harry and Meghan's Spotify woody was coming to an end. The streaming elephantine and the Sussexes' accumulation institution released a associated connection announcing they had "mutually agreed to portion ways and are arrogant of the bid we made together."

In the days after, a apical Spotify enforcement called Harry and Meghan "f***ing grifters" aft their podcast woody was axed. Bill Simmons, Head of Podcast Innovation and Monetisation astatine Spotify, said: "The f***ing grifters. That's the podcast we should person launched with them. I've got to get drunk 1 nighttime and archer the communicative of the Zoom I had with Harry to effort and assistance him with a podcast idea. It's 1 of my champion stories."

It comes arsenic Harry has been connected a travel to Vancouver, conscionable months earlier his Invictus Games begins successful the metropolis successful February 2025. He's attended Canadian football's Grey Cup, launched an Invictus Games schools programme and visited First Nations chiefs, gifting Invictus Games tickets to young radical astatine the event.

Harry, a erstwhile British Army captain, launched the Invictus Games successful 2014 arsenic an planetary sports tourney for injured work unit and veterans. In February, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex officially kicked disconnected the countdown to the 2025 Winter Games astatine an lawsuit successful Whistler. The games volition diagnostic the debut of wintertime sports including Nordic skiing, wheelchair curling, snowboarding and alpine skiing.