Meghan Markle is now said to be “terrified” of a “financial nightmare” over affording her and Prince Harry’s new Los Angeles lifestyle after President Trump refused to pay for her security and the realities of life outside the palace cocoon sink in.

The Duchess of Sussex is even reportedly telling Harry, who has no college degree or work experience, that he needs to get a job, according to The Express.

Compounding the cascading series of disasters the couple has incurred since their not-entirely-thought-out January announcement that they were breaking away from the senior-royal fold, the coronavirus pandemic and a likely impending global recession has put on hold the opportunity for the duke and duchess of Sussex to start reaping the lucrative benefits of the paid-speaking circuit.

Compounding the cascading series of disasters the couple has incurred since their not-entirely-thought-out January announcement that they were breaking away from the senior-royal fold, the coronavirus pandemic and a likely impending global recession has put on hold the opportunity for the duke and duchess of Sussex to start reaping the lucrative benefits of the paid-speaking circuit.

What’s more, Meghan and Harry’s cherished Sussex Royal brand will breathe its last breath on Tuesday — axed by the Queen’s decision that the couple could not use the word “royal” for commercial purposes— as Harry and Meghan’s swan-song period as senior royals comes to a close.

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Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan have shared their last ever #SussexRoyal post on Instagram and ended the use of their https://t.co/bAbCSTlAO4 website. As the couple begin their Household transition on March 31, new details have been shared by a Sussex spokesperson. pic.twitter.com/VJZoCdCOA0 — Omid Scobie (@scobie) March 30, 2020

The Express also cited reports that say Meghan has told Harry, who does not have a college degree or work experience outside the military, that he needs to get a job.

Donald Trump has nixed the notion that the U.S. State Department might help pay for the duke and duchess’ security, the Daily Mail reports. But Harry’s Father, Prince Charles, has reportedly offered to contribute to his younger son and daughter-in-law’s expenses to the tune of about $2.5 million annually.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, seeking to escape the burden of owing taxes in two countries, recently fled their $12.5 million rented Vancouver Island estate, boarding a private plane that whisked them back to Meghan’s home town of Los Angeles.

Reports have indicated that this move out of a British Commonwealth state — initially, the couple suggested they’d maintain their primary residence within the Queen’s realm–and into what the IRS would define as full-time U.S. residency was long in the works. But their decamping from Canada was moved up due to the coronavirus pandemic. The couple made it south of the nation’s border with the United States just in time for it to be shut to non-essential travel.

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Now Harry and Meghan, who will retire their HRH titles and their lives as senior royals of the Windsor dynasty on Wednesday, are holed up somewhere in Los Angeles, maintaining strict seclusion with their 10-month-old son Archie out of precaution in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. They apparently plan to settle somewhere near Hollywood, possibly in tony Beverly Hills.

A royal insider claimed Meghan is terrified because of the financial pressure they are now under and suggested the Duchess has ordered Prince Harry to find a job. Speaking to US tabloid National Enquirer, the anonymous source said: “This debt is a blow to their ambitious plan to become freewheeling billionaires in the world. Meghan is terrified that her dreams of being a Hollywood queen will be destroyed by this financial nightmare and she is insisting that Harry make a move and resolve the crisis.” The insider however noted the lack of previous working experience could make the search for a new job difficult for the Duke of Sussex. Harry has given up on real life for his rebellious American wife, but his sacrifice is exploding in his face. Their marriage is tense, they could be at a breaking point.” Meghan Markle ‘terrified’ as Duchess and Harry face ‘financial nightmare’ over Megxit THE EXPRESS

Following speculation that the duke and duchess might request funding for security protection from the U.S. State Department, President Donald Trump, dismissed the possibility out of hand.

Exhibiting his more even-handed side, the U.S. president tweeted on Sunday: “I am a great friend and admirer of the Queen & the United Kingdom. It was reported that Harry and Meghan, who left the Kingdom, would reside permanently in Canada. Now they have left Canada for the U.S. however, the U.S. will not pay for their security protection. They must pay!”

I am a great friend and admirer of the Queen & the United Kingdom. It was reported that Harry and Meghan, who left the Kingdom, would reside permanently in Canada. Now they have left Canada for the U.S. however, the U.S. will not pay for their security protection. They must pay! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 29, 2020

In an opinion column in the The Washington Examiner, Brad Polumbo asserted that Trump was right to refuse such financial support to the duke and duchess.

With the U.S. possibly heading into a recession due to the economic slowdown induced by the coronavirus crisis, there’s zero reason to ask U.S. taxpayers to fund tens of millions in security for British celebrities. They can pay for private security, ask the royal family for help, or go home to England. The government takes our tax money to, ostensibly, pay for things that advance U.S. interests. This does not include bodyguards for Harry. Yes, Meghan is a U.S. citizen, but seeing as she’s no longer acting as a member of the royal family in official duties, taxpayers have no more obligation to pay for her personal security than we do to fund Lady Gaga’s bodyguards. Trump is right: US shouldn’t pay Prince Harry and Meghan Markle security costs WASHINGTON EXAMINER

In the past, both Harry and Meghan have spoken critically of Trump. Harry was the victim of a prank caller pretending to be young climate activist Greta Thurnburg, who prompted the duke to say Trump had “blood on his hands” for his climate policies. Meghan, meanwhile, lambasted Trump during his presidential candidacy as “misogynistic” and “divisive” and during his presidency went on to give him the brush at a banquet in Buckingham Palace.

Stepping up to the plate, Harry’s father, the Prince of Wales and the heir to the British throne, has reportedly pledged $2.5 million to his son and daughter-in-law’s expenses. This “private contribution,” the Daily Mail reports, will supposedly go toward defraying the estimated $5 million annual security bill for Harry and Meghan’s new life in the United States.

Security costs are expected to be so high because Metropolitan Police are not allowed to carry guns in the US, so the couple may be forced to use private guards. Meghan and Harry have insisted they never intended to ask Donald Trump for help with security costs after the President tweeted to say US taxpayers would not contribute towards protecting them. “’The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have no plans to ask the U.S. Government for security resources,” a Sussex spokesman set yesterday. “Privately funded security arrangements have been made.” Prince Charles will make £2million contribution to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s £4million-a-year security bill amid claims couple will use private guards because Met Police can’t carry guns in US DAILY MAIL

Buckingham Palace recently disclosed that Prince Charles had coronavirus. He spent a period in isolation with his second wife, Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, from which he has since emerged, as CNN reports.

Queen Elizabeth II reportedly does not have the virus. The 93-year-old monarch is living in seclusion with her husband, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, 98.

While Harry and Meghan have agreed to cut themselves off from Royal Purse funding, this promise may be essentially a smokescreen. An estimated 95 percent of the cash they rely on gets funneled out of the income generated from the lucrative Duchy of Cornwall, which Prince Charles inherited along with the rights, privileges, and burdens of heir-to-the-throne.

Page Six reports the official death of “Sussex Royal,” the global brand the duke and duchess launched with such hopeful, yet woefully naive ambition in January and which the Queen ultimately shot down like a 12-point stag atop a hill at her Balmoral estate. Her grandson, the monarch decreed, must not cheapen the word “royal” by using it for personal profit. He therefore was forbidden to use the prized word in any of his attempts to establish a lucrative business.

And so, gone is the use of the Sussex Royal brand on Instagram, in the couple’s charitable work, or on their web site. They will not simply swap in a new name for their Instagram account, but will cease making posts to it. They are also closing down The Sussex Royal Foundation.

In a final message on their Sussex Royal Instagram account, the Sussexes — who leave their lives as “working” royals on Tuesday — issued a message to their 11.3 million followers from their new home in Los Angeles. Amid the coronavirus pandemic, they wrote: “As we can all feel, the world at this moment seems extraordinarily fragile. Yet we are confident that every human being has the potential and opportunity to make a difference — as seen now across the globe, in our families, our communities and those on the front line — together we can lift each other up to realise the fullness of that promise.” Meghan Markle, Prince Harry officially axing the ‘Sussex Royal’ brand PAGE SIX

A spokesperson for the couple indicated that a new name for their brand will likely be announced on Tuesday. Going forward, their charitable endeavors will be overseen by Catherine St-Laurent, a veteran of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.