Meghan and Harry believe they have been ‘repeatedly unlucky’ amid their flagging fortunes

Meghan and Harry believe they have been ‘repeatedly unlucky’ and blame Covid, economic woes, the death of the Queen and the decline in Price Philip’s health for their faltering attempts to launch post-royal careers, sources say.

The Duke and Duchess only have one major deal left since Megxit – the $100million contract signed with streaming giant Netflix – after they were embarrassingly ditched by Spotify last month.

Netflix is also reportedly planning not to renew their deal with the Sussexes when it expires in 2025. 

However, the couple are said to be convinced that their apparent downfall has nothing to do with them, and instead feel they have been ‘repeatedly unlucky’ with other world events.

Attempts to launch themselves as global do-gooders, free to earn money once they had relieved themselves of royal duties, were severely impacted by the Covid pandemic, which followed within months of their Megxit announcement in January 2020.

The Duke and Duchess only have one major deal left since Megxit – the $100million contract signed with streaming giant Netflix – after they were embarrassingly ditched by Spotify last month (pictured, Meghan promoting her podcast)

Meanwhile, their deal with Netflix coincided with a huge and painful ‘correction’ in the economics of streaming — as was also the case with their agreement with Spotify.

Neither company is reportedly able to splash the kind of money mentioned when those deals were signed any longer.

Further incidents of so-called bad timings that include the launch of Meghan’s podcast – publicity for which is said to have been impacted by the death of the Queen in September.

The couple are also said to have felt that their explosive Oprah interview was overshadowed by the failing health of the Duke of Edinburgh, who died soon afterwards.

A source in Los Angeles said: ‘The word is that they think they’ve been really unlucky.’ 

It comes as it was claimed this week that Harry’s next big idea is to return to his ‘second home’ of Africa – but without Meghan – for a new solo Netflix documentary about his love of the continent, its people and its wildlife.

The Duke of Sussex released his controversial memoir, Spare, earlier this year

The Duke apparently ‘puzzled’ Spotify executives with some of his podcast ideas including claims he pitched to interview Vladimir Putin, Mark Zuckerberg and Donald Trump about ‘childhood trauma’.

A Netflix insider confirmed to Page Six that a Harry’s Africa-type show was one of the more warmly received suggestions from the father-of-two. 

Another source said: ‘Obviously, Harry has a lot of roots in Africa and he feels at home there.’ He has previously called Africa his ‘second home’.

The Duke and Duchess’ only documentary so far for the streaming service was Meghan & Harry, which was released last year.

Prior to the docuseries, Harry featured solo in an Apple TV series about mental health, titled The Me You Can’t See.