Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are allegedly struggling with their brand as the royal family keeps distance from them.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have been making several public appearances lately. They also seemingly hinted that they were willing to spend Christmas with the royals but hadn't received an invite yet.

Royal commentator Kinsey Schofield, author of "R is for Revenge Dress," spoke with Mark Dolan in a GB News interview. They talked about the phone call between the Sussexes and King Charles III that reportedly happened on the latter's 75th birthday.

Dolan said he took the claims about Markle being on the call with a pinch of salt. However, he was happy about the idea of King Charles and Prince Harry speaking to each other again.

"OK, here, let me tell you what happened. What we're hearing over on this side is that Harry and Meghan are struggling to prove their value without association with the royal family," Schofield replied.

Schofield claimed that no projects without a royal link worked for the Sussexes after they left the royal family in 2020. To clarify her point, she took Markle's "Archetypes" podcast as an example, where she talked to popular women like Paris Hilton and Mariah Carey. However, Spotify didn't renew her podcast for another season.

"That's why they lost their Spotify deal. What did blow up, even though it was a year ago, was their Netflix series, where all they did was trash the Royal family," Schofield continued. 

"So to buyers, to people like Amazon, who might be looking at them for a podcast series. For Netflix. They're looking at them going really where their value is, [which] is their connection to the Royal family. Harry and Meghan need to get back in the good graces of the Royal family."

Meanwhile, other royal commentators also shared their thoughts about Prince Harry and Markle expressing their willingness to spend the holidays with the royals. 

Charlotte Griffith, editor-at-large at The Mail on Sunday, told GB News TV presenter Patrick Christys that the couple probably "need more materials for their next documentary." 

Prince Harry's biographer, Angela Levin, seemingly shared the same opinion.

"And I feel rather cynically that they want to go and see the royal family to actually get information that they can sell on," Levin said.

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