PRINCE Harry is set to give a lecture on the importance of taking a break – despite making just one podcast since signing an £18million mega-deal with Spotify.
The Duke of Sussex – who took five months off work when daughter Lilibet was born in June – will discuss burn-out during a seminar to CEOs.
The talk will be screened to 100,000 people who subscribe to BetterUp. Harry was made the firm’s chief impact officer last year.
Promos for the lecture show a photo of Harry alongside the slogan: “Breakthroughs happen when you take a break.”
He will be joined at the Inner Work Day seminar by Meghan’s friend Serena Williams.
News of the conference comes after Spotify took the Sussexes’ podcast “into their own hands”.
The couple signed multi-million pound deals with both Spotify and Netflix back in 2020 – a decision Harry says he was forced to take after he was stripped of his security detail during Megxit.
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The streaming giant said it was looking forward to a “full-scale” launch of shows in 2021 – but nothing appeared.
And after the lengthy wait, a host of in-house producers have been hired to finally deliver content for the royals.
Bosses are currently recruiting new in-house staff to work with Harry and Meghan’s Archewell Audio for a show that features “the voices of high profile women.”
Despite the delay in recording podcasts, the Sussexes are believed to be making plans for an Oprah-style media empire that could reportedly see them fronting their own talkshows.
Leading royal commentator Angela Levin says the couple “want to earn loads more money” after they filed 11 companies in tax haven Delaware – seven of which are linked to showbiz ventures.
It provides an intriguing blueprint for the couple’s plans as they forge a life outside of the Royal Family.
‘HOLLYWOOD DREAMS’
Elsewhere, it’s reported that the royal pair are making more celeb connections.
Meghan and Harry are understood to have asked for secret talks with Spider-Man couple Tom Holland and Zendaya, despite them never meeting previously.
The Duke and Duchess were reportedly eager to rub shoulders with the stars, whose recent release took £1.27billion at the box office.
Harry vowed to become “financially independent” when he and Meghan, 40, quit their lives as senior royals in 2020 and moved to the US.
Ms Levin, who spent a year working with Harry for an authorised biography, told Sun Online: “This all seems to be a big turnaround from their philanthropic and non-profit work to just pure entertainment.
“It suggests they want to earn loads more money.”
Highlighting Harry’s appearance on James Corden’s show last February, and Meghan’s on Ellen’s back in November, Ms Levin said there are “rumours” the pair will hit Hollywood.
“Meghan feels that she wants to be a star in every way she can, and perhaps philanthropic work isn’t giving them enough of that celebrity,” she said.
