Prince Harry and Meghan Markle criticised for their first ‘job’ since royal split
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But PR expert Mark Borkowski has raised concerns over the sincerity of the speech – especially due to the fact the couple were reportedly paid almost $1 million for their appearance.
Speaking to the Mail Online, Borkowski said, “They’ve got to make a lot of money and they are going to slip up on the way.
“The worry is how many of these type of gigs are there going to be? How often can Harry play the card about his mental health?”
He added, “They clearly have the money to afford them, but Harry and Meghan need to avoid being perceived as tacky.”
Mark believes the pair need to be careful about cashing in financially for speaking about personal issues, as well as being hypocritical when it comes to climate change.
NOT SO ECO Eco-warriors Prince Harry and Meghan Markle slammed for going to summit hosted by bank that finances fossil fuel firms
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PR guru Mark Borkowski said Harry and Meghan’s association with JP Morgan was “not the best look”.
He added: “How they accept money, and from whom, is going to be a challenge going forward.”
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/10928194/prince-harry-meghan-markle-jp-morgan-fossil-fuels/
Meghan Markle: Expert claims Sussexes risk ‘being seen as tacky’ after JP Morgan talk
The Express
Now PR guru Mark Borkowski has come forward to slam the pair in a scathing new interview with the Daily Mail, as he questions Prince Harry capitalising on his personal issues for financial gain.
He said: “This shows how difficult it is going to be. They’ve got to make a lot of money and they are going to slip up on the way.
“The worry is how many of these type of gigs are there going to be?
“For JP Morgan, it’s an extraordinary “get”. They clearly have the money to afford them, but Harry and Meghan need to avoid being perceived as tacky.”
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle face heat for supporting fossil fuel bankroll firm
International Business Times
“PR guru Mark Borkowski said Harry and Meghan’s association with JP Morgan was “not the best look,” and added: “How they accept money, and from whom, is going to be a challenge going forward.”
CASHING IN Meghan & Harry risk making Brand Sussex ‘tacky’ after JP Morgan gig that could have earned them £775k, expert warns
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PR guru Mark Borkowski said to The Mail on Sunday that there is a danger of lucrative appearances like this being perceived as “tacky”.
He said: “This shows how difficult it is going to be. They’ve got to make a lot of money and they are going to slip up on the way.
“The worry is how many of these type of gigs are there going to be? How often can Harry play the card about his mental health?
“For JP Morgan, it’s an extraordinary ‘get’. They clearly have the money to afford them, but Harry and Meghan need to avoid being perceived as tacky.”
Harry and Meghan’s fabulous weekend: Private jet to Miami, J-Lo dinner, $1 million paycheck — and Oscars?
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“It’s a great get for JP Morgan,” top British branding expert Mark Borkowski told The Daily Mail. He also estimated that the couple could have raked in at least $500,000, plus expenses, for attending the mega-bank’s Alternative Investment Summit. However, other estimates say the Sussexes could have earned up to $1 million for the gig, the Daily Express and the Sunday Times reported.
“(JP Morgan) clearly has the money to afford them, but Harry and Meghan need to avoid being perceived as tacky,” Borkowski added.
Harry and Meghan’s gamble with Brand Sussex: Royal couple risk being seen as ‘tacky’ after taking JP Morgan gig that could have seen them paid $1million, expert warns
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PR guru Mark Borkowski told The Mail on Sunday: ‘This shows how difficult it is going to be. They’ve got to make a lot of money and they are going to slip up on the way.
‘The worry is how many of these type of gigs are there going to be? How often can Harry play the card about his mental health?
‘For J P Morgan, it’s an extraordinary “get”. They clearly have the money to afford them, but Harry and Meghan need to avoid being perceived as tacky.’
What Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s post-royal life might look like
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British PR and branding expert Mark Borkowski told The Post (via Page Six) that Harry and Meghan could begin careers in public speaking, where they could expect to make at least half a million per speech. Another possibility for the couple, said Borkowski, is that they create a documentary channel. “With the kind of work that Meghan and Harry want to do, they have to be free from palace protocol and politics,” said Borkowski. “You can’t speak out properly with the Palace breathing down your neck.”
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Meghan Markle & Prince Harry Have Big Plans for Their New Non-Royal Life
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Mark Borkowski, a British PR and branding expert, told the New York Post that Harry and Meghan could each stand to make at least half a million dollars per speech. Additionally, the couple may be mulling around setting up their own documentary channel.
“With the kind of work that Meghan and Harry want to do, they have to be free from palace protocol and politics,” Borkowski said. “You can’t speak out properly with the palace breathing down your neck.”
Even with their newfound freedom, however, there’s a certain way Harry and Meghan should go about their business model, the PR expert says.
“There is a very clever way of being Kardashian-like. People joke about the Kardashians, but look at their enormous value,” he said. “Meghan and Harry are clearly connected to a lot of money, they have a fantastic platform. But it needs to be the right money. They can’t be seen to take money from oligarchs and Middle Eastern princes.”
He continued, “I could see them throwing almighty parties every quarter, like Elton John does to raise money for his AIDS foundation, with the great and the good.”
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Prince Harry and Meghan could face costly fight for Sussex Royal brand
The Guardian
One leading PR said the pair should fight tooth and nail to keep it. “They have to fight for it. What else are they going to be? Harry and Meghan Windsor?” said Mark Borkowski.
Changing it would be “expensive and incredibly complicated”, he said. “There will be a lot of entrepreneurs out there who have been looking at variations of that name and who have been creating land grabs for it.”
While keeping the name might attract criticism, not keeping it would not avoid future intense scrutiny of the couple. “Nothing is going to stop the level of scrutiny, whatever they do” Borkowski said.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/jan/20/prince-harry-meghan-sussex-royal-brand
Prince Harry and Meghan: How could the couple make money?
BBC News
Public relations consultant Mark Borkowski said even without their titles, the couple are “powerful A-listers in their own right, so they’re going to attract a lot of attention”.
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s first post-Megxit plans revealed
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Top British PR and branding expert Mark Borkowski told The Post that the pair could each expect to rake in at least half a million dollars per speech — and may even set up their own documentary channel.
“With the kind of work that Meghan and Harry want to do, they have to be free from palace protocol and politics,” Borkowski said. “You can’t speak out properly with the Palace breathing down your neck.”
He said the pair is hopefully savvy enough to make themselves not look crass.
“There is a very clever way of being Kardashian-like. People joke about the Kardashians, but look at their enormous value,” the expert said. “Meghan and Harry are clearly connected to a lot of money, they have a fantastic platform. But it needs to be the right money. They can’t be seen to take money from oligarchs and Middle Eastern princes.”
He continued, “I could see them throwing almighty parties every quarter, like Elton John does to raise money for his AIDS foundation, with the great and the good.”
https://pagesix.com/2020/01/21/meghan-markle-and-prince-harrys-first-post-megxit-plans-revealed/
Harry and Meghan: Queen doles out ‘punishment’
The Australian
“They are now Mr and Mrs Ordinary,” public relations consultant Mark Borkowski. “It’s still going to be difficult, but not having the royal mark, they can be more free in terms of what they choose to fund them.”
UK’s Harry, Meghan to give up their royal titles
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“They are now Mr and Mrs Ordinary,” public relations consultant Mark Borkowski told the UK’s PA news agency.“It’s still going to be difficult, but not having the royal mark they can be more free in terms of what they choose to fund them.”
Footage emerges of Harry ‘touting’ Meghan for a job at Lion King premiere
The Scotsman
But PR guru Mark Borkowski said that the couple will need more than a couple of voiceover deals to achieve their aims of earning their own incomes.
He added: “That sort of work isn’t where they are going to recover the sort of money that they need to keep the whole thing running – you don’t see Michelle and Barack Obama doing voiceovers for commercials.
“They (Harry and Meghan) are going to have business deals.
Harry and Meghan to fund their lives as ‘Mr and Mrs Ordinary’
Times & Star
Public relations and crisis consultant Mark Borkowski told the PA news agency that by stepping back, the pair will be free to work without the “trappings” of the royal family.
“They are now Mr and Mrs Ordinary,” Mr Borkowski said. “It’s a significant statement with a significant gesture that they want to live their own lives under their own rules without the HRH title.
“It shows they want the freedom to operate as individuals without the protocol, without the baggage of being in the royal family.”
Questions have been raised about how they will be funding their lives when they no longer receive public funds, as they will not be representing the Queen.
Mr Borkowski said: “It’s still going to be difficult, but not having the royal mark they can be more free in terms of what they choose to fund them.
“The negative side of that is that they don’t have the British Royal Family sheen, but they are powerful A-listers in their own right so they’re going to attract a lot of attention.”
Harry and Meghan are unlikely to want to be constrained by a nine-to-five existence, and it is known the duchess sees herself as a “business entrepreneur” – alongside her other public roles as an actor and women’s rights activist.
The PR expert noted that a return to acting was “way beyond” Meghan’s ambition and experience after becoming a royal.
With her combination of royalty and Hollywood glamour, Meghan would be highly-prized by any publisher wanting a tome about her time at the centre of the monarchy – or even her thoughts about topics close to her heart, such as gender politics and female empowerment.
The well-paid lecture circuit is also available and may better suit Harry, an accomplished speaker who, with his Army training in leading others and experience of appearing on stages across the world, could become an in-demand motivational speaker.
Mr Borkowski highlighted that part of Harry and Meghan’s daily expenses may include their security, which may present more problems than their previous charity fundraising.
“I don’t doubt that they can raise a lot of money for patronages, for charities and good causes,” he added.
Although the pair will no longer receive public funds, The Prince of Wales will also continue to offer private financial support to the couple, expected to come from his £21 million a year Duchy of Cornwall income.
Mr Borkowski added that while the pair will not be constrained by the policies of the royal family, they are still likely to be funded by sources with a positive image.
“They’re going to be significant social and political figures in all sorts of areas related to areas they care about,” he said.
“They’re not going to pick up any nasty oligarchs on the way because that would strip them of their credibility, and it will they have a lot of ambition to create good so by being associated with dirty money is going to be difficult.”
https://www.timesandstar.co.uk/news/national/18170842.harry-meghan-fund-lives-mr-mrs-ordinary/
Intellectual property lawyer ‘trademarks Sussex Royal brand in America to teach Harry and Meghan a lesson about having a proper plan’
Daily Mail
PR expert Mark Borkowski, who has worked with Noel Edmonds and Graham Norton, suggested that the Sussex ‘brand’ could rival that of the House of Windsor.
He said: ‘Harry loves Meghan and can see what she’s going through and, influenced also by what he saw, what he experienced with his mother, he didn’t want to see the woman he loves go through it.
‘They’ve had their time to think about it and they’re now separated totally from the royal family and we will now see the Sussex brand, you know, and we’ll see something which is going to be a very powerful foundation or brand outside the royal family.
‘And that’s possibly the most dangerous thing for the royal brand. Could they become more potent? Could they have a world focus in a way the House of Windsor can’t?’
Mr Borkowski said Meghan and Harry stand to make ‘a fortune’ due to the demand for the Sussex brand in countries such as China, India and the US.
He said: ‘They are going to, they have to make a lot of money to fuel the lifestyle and everything that they need.
‘It’s not that easy to separate yourself, security issues alone are enormous, and they are a target for security – how they live, how they operate.
‘I think around the world – China, America, South East Asia, India, parts of Europe – people will be falling over to get brand connections with them. They will make a fortune.’
Speeches, books and Instagram posts: How Harry and Meghan could make their own money
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However they move forward, Harry and Meghan will come under considerable scrutiny related to their income, said Mark Borkowski, founder and head of British public relations firms, Borkowski PR.
“It’s going to be incredibly difficult to generate clean money, not just over one year, but year in and year out to maintain that,” Borkowski said.
The couple Prince Harry and Meghan Markle own total assets of over 1 trillion, where did that money come from?
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PR expert, Mark Borkowski, who has worked with big TV stars like Noel Edmonds and Graham Norton, said: ” They will earn a huge fortune. I think corporations around the world will bow to connect their brand with them . ” Retail expert Andy Barr also predicts that the couple’s “Sussex Royal” brand may be worth up to TWO BILLION pounds (about VND15 MILLION VND) in the near future.
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Public relations experts predict that Harry and Meghan Markle could become the highest-paid celebrity couple in the world
Public relations guru Mark Borkowski, who worked with television stars Noel Edmonds and Graham Norton, said, “They will make a fortune. I think people all over the world are going to fall for brand connections with them.