Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have left a “Sussex-shaped void” in the royal family, but although King Charles III will never “shut the door” on his younger son, he worries what will happen when finances become a concern. That’s according to a new biography.

Harry and Meghan split from the monarchy in 2020 and after settling in the U.S. signed multi-million dollar deals to produce documentaries, record podcasts and write books based on their experiences. The deals, Harry told Oprah Winfrey in 2021, were not part of their plan but were necessary to provide his family with financial security after his father “literally cut me off financially.”

Now, veteran royal writer Robert Jobson has written in a new biography titled Catherine The Princess of Wales that it is when Harry and Meghan can’t secure millions for their projects that the royals might have to worry.

King Charles III photographed in Wales, July 11, 2024. And (inset) Prince Harry photographed in Los Angeles, July 11, 2024. A new biography claims that the king is concerned about his son’s future. CHRIS JACKSON/GETTY IMAGES/KEVIN MAZUR/GETTY IMAGES FOR W+P
“The Sussex-shaped void in the Royal Family has never loomed so large, yet there is no question of them stepping in to help. [Prince] William remains adamant about that,” Jobson explained in an extract recently published in Britain by the Daily Mail.

“As for King Charles, he’s let it be known that he’ll never shut the door on his second child, though there seems little chance of a meaningful reconciliation for now.”

Harry last saw his father in February when the 75-year-old monarch announced he had been diagnosed with cancer. Their meeting was brief and when Harry visited Britain again in May his spokesperson said that the father and son would not meet due to the king’s busy schedule.

Jobson wrote that Harry and Meghan’s “biggest paydays” could now be behind them with their Spotify deal brought to an end prematurely in 2023—though their Netflix partnership remains ongoing.

“Now that the public have wearied of their constant complaints, they’re trying to find an income stream (jam, anyone?) that doesn’t involve dishing dirt on the Royal Family,” the author said.

“The ‘Harry problem’, as it’s known among Palace staff, continues to plague the King. ‘What worries His Majesty, and his top team,’ says a Palace official, ‘is what is going to happen when all the money runs out.'”

Jobson’s book is a reflection on the life of Princess Kate as she recently announced her diagnosis and treatment for an undisclosed form of cancer.

An area he has explored is the royal’s repeated and consistent comparisons to her late mother-in-law, Princess Diana.

“In marrying the elder son of Prince Charles, Catherine was aware she’d one day have to tread in her late mother-in-law’s footsteps —but the prospect of becoming the Princess of Wales held little appeal,” he wrote, going on to add that Kate considered “refusing” the title Diana had once held.

Princess Kate photographed at Buckingham Palace, November 21, 2023. Robert Jobson writes that Kate finds comparisons to Princess Diana “stressful.” KEVIN MAZUR/GETTY IMAGES FOR W+P
“She knew she’d inevitably be compared with Diana, whose untimely death had provoked such a tsunami of anger and grief. And she was right. The similarities and differences between the two women were dissected ad infinitum, and even discussed in the royal household.

“Kate found all such talk stressful. Indeed, it got to the point where she felt she might follow Camilla (who opted to become Duchess of Cornwall) in refusing — when the time came — to be known as HRH Princess of Wales.”

This did not happen however, and when King Charles III announced that he had created his eldest son, William, the new Prince of Wales in 2022, he made clear that Kate would also be known as the Princess of Wales.