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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lifestyle
Maanya Sachdeva

Harry and Meghan agreed Spotify deal because they ‘needed serious money’, says Omid Scobie

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The Duke and Duchess of Sussex signed their lucrative, yet ultimately ill-fated, Spotify deal because they “needed serious money” after quitting the royal family, royal reporter Omid Scobie has claimed.

In a new interview with The Independent, Scobie, 42, said the Sussexes’ went on a deal-signing spree, including inking agreements with Spotify and Netflix, as a way to ease the tremendous “financial pressure” they were under after relocating to the United States in 2020.

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