PRINCE Harry and wife Meghan have been crowned the “biggest losers” by Hollywood’s showbiz bible.
The couple got the unwelcome title after being slammed for their moaning rants — as their charity was revealed to be running at a loss.
LA magazine The Hollywood Reporter listed them among the “biggest losers” of 2023 amid the fallout from their “whiny Netflix documentary” and Harry’s “whiny biography”.
It left 2023 bringing back memories of the late Queen dubbing 1992 her annus horribilis after a string of royal scandals and a blaze at Windsor Castle.
Meanwhile shock figures revealed donations to their Archewell Foundation dropped almost £9million in a year.
The couple’s various attacks on the Royal Family and their own waning popularity have already resulted in a string of woes.
These include a money-spinning podcast being dropped, comedy show South Park taking the mickey and Harry failing to be given a front-row seat at his father’s coronation.
His view was even blocked by Princess Anne’s plumed hat.
There were furious bust-ups over Harry’s book Spare and its follow-up biography Endgame by Omid Scobie, and the couple’s behaviour saw them lose their Frogmore Cottage home in the royal grounds of Windsor Castle.
Harry’s claims that the media ignored his Afghan war comrades were proven false, following outrage over the pair’s misleading Netflix documentary.
In a withering attack, The Hollywood Reporter blasted: “After a whiny Netflix documentary, a whiny biography (Spare — even the title is a pouty gripe) and an inert podcast, the Harry and Meghan brand swelled into a sanctimonious bubble just begging to be popped — and South Park was the pin.”
It went on: “Still, all the scorn and mockery beats otherwise having to attend 200-plus official royal family engagements a year, which sounds hellish.”
The attack is sure to sting Harry and Meghan — who were branded “f****** grifters” by a Spotify executive after producing just one 12-episode series of their Archetypes podcast.
They have been venturing out into LA celebrity life this year, attending Katy Perry and Beyonce concerts.
And Meg has enlisted Beverly Hills talent agency William Morris Endeavour ahead of her long-planned relaunch in the New Year.
Last night talent agent Prof Jonathan Shalit OBE said: “The last few months haven’t been good from a PR perspective but equally the Duke and Duchess of Sussex are far from out.
"They are a magnetic couple who the world is hugely interested in.
“Yes, they are still trying to find their place in the public arena. But in the greater scheme of things there’s a lot to play for.”
The fact the Archewell Foundation appears to be stalling will also stun the Sussexes.
New figures for 2022 showed it pulled in almost £9million less in donations than in the previous year.
It was left operating at a £536,357 loss, though it was kept in the black due to earlier donations.
According to US tax documents, Archewell — named after four-year-old son Archie — received £1.6million, down from £10.3million.
The two major donors contributed nearly £800,000 each. With costs put at £2.12million, Archewell recorded an annual loss of £536,357.
Neither Harry nor Meghan took a salary, but five staff were paid a total of £509,285 for the year.
They included executive director James Holt, considered the Sussexes’ right-hand man since Megxit.
He got £180,835 — including a bonus of £15,904 — amounting to a £133,000 rise on his starting salary of £47,641 the year before.
Herlihy Loughran, a firm run by former palace aides Clara Loughran and ex-Hollyoaks actress Beth Herlihy, received more than £100,000 for what was listed as “programmatic strategic support”.
Sources close to Archewell said the foundation received significant initial funding which will be used over the course of several years.
They added it would be “fiscally irresponsible” to continue raising huge donations when it still has more than £6million in the bank.
It is also believed that donations for the past year are set to increase to almost £4million.
