Prince Harry & Meghan were seen in Santa Barbara amid claims they feel ‘unlucky’

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex were seen and photographed this weekend in Santa Barbara! I don’t know exactly what they were doing or where they were, TMZ just says that they left an office building in Santa Barbara. Given the casual way they’re dressed – Harry in jeans and worn polo, Meghan in shorts, shades & a hat – I would assume they were not doing business meetings, but probably just hanging out with friends or something. I really don’t know.

This appearance came amid a weekend full of Salt Island obsession. The Daily Mail ran several stories about Harry and Meghan’s business, and it’s all just so stalker-y. The Mail’s Alison Boshoff wrote an overwrought piece about how Meghan and Harry’s careers are diverging now, and Meghan is going to do more entertainment-industry stuff while Harry focuses more on charity and humanitarian work. It’s left unsaid that their next big Netflix project is something Harry put together: Heart of Invictus, which will come out this summer.

Boshoff also made a claim which has been widely picked up by British and American media, namely that the Sussexes “feel unlucky” because of global and family events. As in, the pandemic hit just as they were trying to build their new lives in America, and then Harry’s grandparents passed away in 2021 and 2022. Then there were market corrections when it came to Netflix and Spotify. Which… you know what, I’m actually glad they got their Netflix and Spotify deals when the money was good. Now Meghan has WME to help her get even better deals. Anyway, objectively speaking, they have been “unlucky” with how some things are timed. That being said, who f–king cares and why is the British media still writing these creepy, obsessive stalker articles?

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  1. Amy Bee says:

    The British press are exhausting. They need to start focusing on the “relevant” royals.

    • Mary Pester says:

      @Jais, IF Harry or Megan ever felt unlucky, their reply would probably have been along the lines of “only in our dogsht dysfunctional families”

    • Jais says:

      True @mary pester! And yes @amy bee, they should focus on the relevant royals. Also, I love Meghan in shorts. She always looks so cute. They are such an attractive and interesting couple. Maybe that why the BM just can’t let them go.

      • Lorelei says:

        I wish I could wear shorts like she does! 😫 But I don’t have her legs (lol) plus I’m pasty white and would look overall awful in them. She wears them so well, though!

  2. Ash says:

    If Meghan and Harry didn’t say it, why are people running with such stories? The British media DO NOT know what’s going on within the Sussex household, so why are they speaking on them? This is what annoys me so damn much, the Sussexes have said the British media continue making up lies about them and attributing quotes and feelings to them when in reality they know nothing, so why’s it being ran with?

    • Dee(2) says:

      And then accuse them of always whining when they never said a word to begin with. I’m starting to appreciate the long game they are playing. They write all these overwrought stories saying all these insiders say all these things and then they come out with something and completely destroy the narrative. It’s clearly going to be a long boring summer for the BM, I’m going to enjoy their hiatus and not get worked up.

    • Dee(2) says:

      I’ve said for a long time there’s a certain circling of the wagon’s that goes on, and people should expect more of that from the American media. Some just regurgitate BM nonsense, and there’s going to be some in certain fields that aren’t happy with the success the Sussexes have in initial attempts after they’ve been striving for years. Everyone doesn’t wish them well, even people that acted like they did in the beginning. Thankfully They seem to just want to be treated fairly not convince the entire world that they have to love them, some fans are going to have to accept that as well.

    • Jais says:

      Meghan and Harry have been clear that others don’t speak for them. There is no evidence this was ever said.

    • Mary Pester says:

      @Ash, they are running with it because the British rags are projecting. The press are the unlucky ones because THEY helped the Royal rats drive them out of the UK, and now they realise that without Harry and Megan the Royals are as boring as all hell and they have nothing of value to write about

      • BothSidesNow says:

        Yes @ Mary Pester!!! This is ALL projection as they are kicking themselves for their stupidity!! They bought into their own narrative that H&M would fail and they simply can’t stand it. How pathetic they are all looking now.

  3. Shawna says:

    I definitely think they are unlucky. Queen Elizabeth’s passing really shut the door on their European tour, pressed pause on Archetypes and that magazine cover (IIRC), and trapped Meghan in England. It would be interesting to know in a parallel universe without Covid what their launch would have looked like. In some ways, it might’ve been a fortunate for them to have had time to think. Remember that they were shopping Quibi? Dodged a bullet there!

    • Duch says:

      Funny I’ve always thought of them as extremely lucky. Their farewell trip was like just one week before everything quickly and fully shut down for 6 weeks. Then after that big events were mostly closed for a year. I was glad they were able to get the Farewell tour in, because it would have been another year otherwise.

      • Nicki says:

        @duch Agree their timing has been very lucky. They’re just so charismatic and interesting, they’re guaranteed clickbait. That’s why the tabs can’t leave them alone. Stories about H&M probably get stratospheric engagement, especially compared to King Chuck and Bill and Cathy.

    • Nerd says:

      It sounds as if you take the words of habitual liars as their own thoughts and opinions. I actually think the events of last year were actually lucky for them, with exception of the Queen dying. I think their trip and her passing while they were there in the UK was very fortunate. The only things that didn’t go accordingly as far as like seeing the Queen prior to her passing had nothing to do with being unlucky but because of the actions of cruel and vindictive people. They were both able to do one of their projects (Meghan’s speaking engagement and Harry’s Invictus Games tour in Germany) prior to the Queen’s death. They received word of her death prior to the WellChild event that would have been swarming with UK media who don’t deserve them but still were able to participate in WellChild later through Zoom, which would have been harder or impossible for their other events. They showed more love, compassion, poise, grace and respect than any of the others through that whole ordeal. Their other events in the states were pushed back, but if you look at how everything was released almost perfectly once they returned. The podcasts, the Harry and Meghan docuseries, the Live to Lead docuseries and the release of Spare. Everything seemed to flow and give us an endless flow of Harry and Meghan material that was impressive, groundbreaking and some even award winning. I would say they are definitely lucky.

      • swirlmamad says:

        This is all very well stated! Agree 100%.

      • Shawna says:

        Dude, call off the hounds. I had this thought all on my own before this article came out. Because it was on topic, I shared the thought here.

      • TurquoiseGem says:

        This beautiful couple are blessed. What they have achieved in the face of endless obstacles and also hostility from too many, for no good reason is so admirable.

        I’m wondering what Meghan made of IPSO’s findings. Did not expect that outcome – against all odds – at all!

      • one of the marys says:

        The events around the funeral were eye opening for a lot of the public and the international press. The royal family and tabloids could not contain themselves and the horrible treatment of M&H was there for all to see

      • BothSidesNow says:

        @ TurquoiseGem, I do not think we should inquire or question as to how Meghan feels about the IPSO ruling. IF Meghan has anything to say about it, she will certainly make her thoughts known.

    • BlueNailsBetty says:

      Counterpoint:

      The pandemic shut down happened as/after HM were leaving the “working” royals. If they had left a month or two later it would have been too late and they would have been trapped for much longer.

      Philip and Elizabeth were both very old and in poor health. Their deaths were not unexpected and I’m sure HM were prepared for that as well as for the ceremonies.

      Even the timing of Elizabeth’s death was beneficial to HM. Her death may have temporarily stifled immediate charitable plans but it also freed up HM’s ability to really lean into Archetypes, the docuseries and Spare.

      I’d say the Universe’s timing has actually helped HM and they are most certainly not unlucky.

      • Shawna says:

        Good point about them leaving before they got trapped. That is a scary thought.

        I still think Meghan being trapped in England, away from her kids and at Kate’s mercy, was unlucky.

        Overall, they’re too charismatic and hardworking for bits of bad luck to keep them down. I know that. I think some responders here thought I was implying that somehow, my thinking they’ve had some bad luck somehow casts shade on their success. I don’t think it does; it in fact makes their success all the more impressive.

      • TurquoiseGem says:

        @BothSidesNow, maybe I should clarify a litle given your comment.

        I’m perfectly aware that should she wish to Meghan will make her viewpoint known regarding the IPSO ruling. She of course may choose to keep her opinions to herself, as she is perfectly entitled to do.

        My thinking is more about the possible implications and whether little by little, millimetre by millimetre over time, no doubt with great resistance there will be some positive change in the British media.

        I was so happy to see this small measure of justice for Meghan and in a nod to her went to one of the Luminary Bakery shops here in London to celebrate. Fabulous Orange, Cardamom and Pistachio cake, ladies…!

  4. Snuffles says:

    I prefer to think of everything as blessings in disguise. The pandemic forced to escape to America which fave them opportunities they probably wouldn’t have thought of if they had stayed in Canada. It also gave them a great excuse not to have to return to the UK and allowed them to get settled into their new life and have Lili in private. Time and space for Harry to reflect and work on Spare.

    They got those Spotify and Netflix deals while money was still flowing. And was able to get out of the Spotify deal after producing an award winning podcast which helped give them leverage to sign with WME.

    Every roadblock has steered them to better opportunities.

    • BothSidesNow says:

      Yes @ Snuffles and they will simply continue to thrive and live peacefully in Montecito with their beautiful children and continue to love each other unconditionally.

      What comes next will be the choices that Harry and Meghan make together without any other influences or distractions in the background.

    • Agreatreckoning says:

      Beautiful post @Snuffles! Agree blessings in disguise. Is it really a loss or unlucky to not be connected to a corporation that values a Joe Rogan or Bill Simmons? Or a company in flux with other big name people exiting stage left? Man, ESPN has been problematic, they fired Simmo @ss. But, sure, H&M were the problem.lol Man bro culture will only work for so longl

      Escaping the cult of the BRF/BM is so “unlucky”. Tyler Perry sending Meghan a note-someone he didn’t know-was so unlucky. /s Tyler giving them a place to stay to catch their breath was so unlucky. The disconnect from Spotify (who benefitted from Meghan’s Archetypes), is a sideways/downward loss for Spotify, not Meghan.

      LOL. The Sussexes could announce a food truck venture tomorrow and peeps would fly in to see/buy from it. My suggestion for a name: Avocado F*ckin Toast!

  5. LadyE says:

    Saying Meghan and Harry feel unlucky, and even more so saying that they have been unlucky, is not the flex that the BM thinks it is. Oh what’s that? Your plans were derailed by a once in a lifetime global pandemic, the death of multiple family members, a second pregnancy and birth, and changing social media landscape? Oh. Ok. So, that award winning podcast, award nominated and record setting Netflix documentary, record breaking global best-selling book, and the incredibly successful NL Invictus Games? That was all what H&M can do with one hand tied behind their back from bad luck and timing? LOL!!!!

  6. Julia says:

    I agree. They have had some bad luck but good luck too. They left the royal family and survived. Harry was lucky he had Diana’s money to cushion them until they signed their Netflix and Spotify deals. The British press obsession with them has helped make their Netflix series and Spare not just successful but record breaking. The incessant media attention must be extremely annoying but it helps their projects in some ways.

  7. Harla A Brazen Hussy says:

    I don’t know about “unlucky”, in a few short years they’ve had the most watched Netflix series, 2 best selling books, an award winning podcast, bought their own (beautiful) home, had their baby girl in privacy and have continued to work on causes and issues that matter to them. I don’t imagine that either of them consider themselves “unlucky” but given what we know of them, they consider themselves blessed.

    • Giddy says:

      Yes, many of us would wish to be so unlucky. These two found each other and fell in love. They escaped salt island after trying hard to give their all to Harry’s homeland. Yes, the pandemic happened just as they were trying to find their new home, but since that happened to the entire world I don’t feel as if they were specifically unlucky. Then, oh to be so unlucky as to live in Montecito! They have now had their darling children, and continue their work. I think they are some of the luckiest people ever: in love, 2 healthy children, important, fulfilling work, living in one of the most gorgeous places on earth. Best of all, they know who they are, and who they are is incredible.

      • BothSidesNow says:

        Well said @ Giddy!! You have spoken the truth.

      • Eurydice says:

        To add an extra bit of luck – Harry was miserable and languishing in a dead end role until he met Meghan. With her, he was finally able to break free of the toxic royal system and get the life he always wanted.

      • Christine says:

        Word, Giddy! I think they know how lucky they are.

  8. Jan says:

    I think Meghan and Harry went through enough, that anything life throws at them, they will be able to handle, the miscarriage was heartbreaking.
    They’re planners, tabloids publishing crap to get a response, haven’t work in the last 3 years.

  9. ML says:

    One of Harry’s battles with the tabloids is close to wrapping up, it’s clear that the current Fab4 (they cannot count) of CRex, Camzilla, Peggington, Keen, Sophie and Edward doesn’t sell, and someone had a hissy fit and demanded that the RR refocus on H&M.

  10. HeatherC says:

    Wait…..they shared a joke and laughed. Together? At the same time? How dare they! Don’t they know there are royals starving for attention in Britain?

  11. Chelsea says:

    Yeah I don’t really think they feel unlucky especially since Harry has literally said the opposite when he was asked during his mini press tour for Spare. He says that things turned out the way they should and that life they’ve made for their family is better than he imagined and i think he’s telling the truth. I mean the pandemic and everything shutting down(including Canada’s borders) came at a terrible time for them especially with losing their security but then they got the best luck imaginable: Tyler Perry stepped in with his generosity.

    When you watch their doc and Harry is talking on camera during their “Freedom Flight” from Canada he’s all smiles while talking about how they were starting a new life thanks to “yet another” friend who they hadn’t met which i always took to mean that there had been a few people who helped them out along the way which is why Harry always says he’s so grateful for the kindness he’s received from strangers and how welcomed he’s felt in America. There have been bumps but tbh i think this has probably turned out better than they thought it would; i mean they have a pretty quiet peaceful life in a huge mansion in a community where no one ever really bothers them,they have friends, Doria’s nearby, and they have pretty much full privacy for their kids. Yeah Spotify didnt work out but Harry’s book did even better than expected, they’ve still got Netflix, and they have WME representing them- they’re fine. ( If the UK press could stop their obsessive hatred of them and just let them live they’d obviously be even better but i won’t hold my breath for that and i doubt they would either. )

    Also superficial side note: they look hot in those pics lol

  12. Over it says:

    Is almost as if no one gives a flying F about the royals on salt isle . Obsessed about Harry and Meghan much?

  13. Kingston says:

    There will come a time…….and I can see it already, altho I don’t believe that those with a vested interest in seeing H&M fail will ever acknowledge it even when everyone else can see it……..when the sensationalist, clickbait lies of the britshidtmedia & their cohorts in other places, will see their hits dwindle to almost nothing & will try to push a narrative that no one is interested in reading/hearing abt H&M anymore.

    Meanwhile, everytime a H&M product drops, it’s gobbled up in record-breaking millions from consumers around the globe. And everytime H&M appear in person anywhere around the globe, hundreds of thousands swarm the venue just to be near them.

    I anticipate having a lot of belly laughs at Shidthole Cuntry and the losers therein. As well as all the other gingy flies on utube and whatnot who hv jumped on the hate-for-profit bandwagon.

  14. QuiteContrary says:

    This groundless “unlucky” comment is meant to gin up resentment against the Sussexes (how dare this wealthy couple feel unlucky??). I’m not buying into it.

    It’s just made-up crap.

    I’m guessing — and it’s only a guess — that H&M feel very fortunate and grateful for the things that matter: their marriage, their children.

  15. Lady Digby says:

    This Brit doesn’t believe anything she reads about Meg and Harry in the rags especially NOT the ones that they are suing. It is all BS and designed to generate hatred to a scary extent whilst simultaneously fawning over the rest of the RF whom I am expected to feel gratitude towards for setting me a moral example!! I remain a clear sighted citizen not a grovelling subject who swallows all the propaganda being broadcast by BM.

  16. B says:

    The Sussexes are “unlucky” the same way they are “flops”. It’s just another delusion of the British press who resent that Harry & Meghan excel at leaving sinking ships.

    • Christine says:

      I love the way you put that!

      • Feeshalori says:

        Why should Harry and Meghan turn their lifeboat around to return to the Titanic?

    • Lucky Charm says:

      In British English, words have different meanings than they do here in the US, clearly, lol.

      BE vs American English:
      chips = fries
      crisps = chips
      flop = success
      unlucky = blessed

  17. HeyKay says:

    I reject any and all talk of “Unlucky”.
    They have found love, healthy kids, moving forward in creating a happy new life and home and are doing interesting work.

    Just as many of us, they will likely move on to new work projects. They are fine. 👍

  18. Beverley says:

    The gorgeous Sussexes need only to step out of their homes to be front page news. Pegs must be smashing his clenched fists into gilded palace walls! The British media is now stuck with the dried up, boring RF leavings. They are starving for Sussex content.

    It never ceases to amaze me that the BM actually expected H&M to stick around and just put up with all the racism, hatred, and abuse. They are truly shook that they chased the Sussexes away permanently.

    Be careful what you ask for…

  19. Jaded says:

    Everyone is faced with tough times; bad people, mean families, friends that turn on you, it’s called being human. Those who rise above the ugly stuff will inevitably find their way out of bad situations and go on to better times. But it’s not luck, it’s by dint of hard work. They both went through therapy (especially Harry) to release the trauma and stress that resulted from the terrible situation they found themselves in. They both managed to turn their lives around and do what they’re both so good at, and they’re thriving just fine.

  20. Hyperbolme says:

    What? I am visiting Santa Barbara and I didn’t see them?! Sad day.

  21. Afken says:

    This is the 3rd time ive seen this harry and meghan are diverging nonsense. Nobody claimed harry was leaving meghan behind when he got the better up job, just him. they’re also ignoring that its not just meghan signed to wme: their production company is too, the company they both founded. harry has a job (better up), and hes the president and patron and founder of many things. look at these people making up divorce rumours and separate page rumours because meghan doesnt either stay barefoot and pregnant or do something exactly the same as harry or doesnt do something with harry. its just misogyny. she’s not allowed to do anything apparently. reminds me of tessa dunlop saying poor harry when meghan was doing interviews for archetypes as if the first half of the year didnt belong to harry with invictus and they knew he was coming out with a memoir. sexism, i say.

  22. Rnot says:

    The media just love to characterize them as self-pitying whiners.

  23. tamsin says:

    Yet another attempt to diminish Harry and Meghan. I would say that a few obstacles and set-backs have come their way- as they do in any meaningful life that is more than mere existence. Harry said the stars seemed to have been aligned when he met Meghan, obviously his soul mate, and there’s something very believable about that. If I recall correctly, Tyler Perry said he reached out to Meghan because his mother was a Diana fan. Harry said his inheritance from his mother helped him and Meghan establish themselves in Montecito. I would say Diana has been Harry’s guardian angel, and his and Meghan’s hard work, humanity, and talent has and will carry them forward. As others have mentioned, Harry and Meghan have been blessed with great love, children, and meaningful work in life.

  24. Well Wisher says:

    The propagandists should be careful, negativity have a subtle way of boomeranging back to its manufacturer….
    I am truly amazed that the brazenness of the Sussexes’ detractors and their ability to write utter rubbish…

  25. JILLYBEAN says:

    Shame on TMZ for giving regurgitating the daily mail story and giving the DM any credit.

  26. blunt talker says:

    Always look for who owns the articles or corporations which will usually lead back to the Maggot Murdock-tmz belongs to Maggot Murdock-Harry and Meghan has said noone speaks for them except the people they assigned to give statements from them

  27. AC says:

    The right word is more like “together”. Can’t say the same for the “other”
    Couple who lives 5000 miles away from Santa Barbara.

  28. ChattyCath says:

    My bus driver yesterday, and I was the only passenger , was well aware of the frothing opinion pieces the BM spouts. We never get News here just some hysterical Murdoch mouthpiece. Sadly the folks in my retirement community believe all the sh*t in the newspapers that passes for news. Also old people dying at 99 and 96 can’t be described as ‘unlucky’. A whole generation of my family have recently passed . Luck didn’t come into it. Very sad bit inevitable

  29. Athena says:

    I don’t see Harry and Meghan ever using the word “unlucky” to described any part of their lives including the pandemic years. This is someone else’s projection.

  30. JudyB says:

    The British media are clearly frustrated and in fear for their jobs. They are posting ridiculous things and trying to make connections that are just plain silly because they have no real information to report. For example, one article pointed out that they were photographed for the first time since they were “unlucky.” This hints that they have been hiding because they were embarrassed or felt awkward about their supposed unluckiness. Another headline said they were caught smiling in spite of being “flops.” More insinuations about their imagined feelings.

    Plus, news sources are pulling out old articles and posting them as if they are new news. The Hindustan Times, which no one really cares about, posted that Queen Elizabeth was insistent on actually seeing the Oprah interview before commenting on it–how shocking! Was she supposed to make up comments like the two royal “experts” did before the interview??

    Hello Magazine just posted an article about Prince Harry giving a tour of his private jet, except this took place in 2020. And throughout the article, they keep referring to the plane as Harry’s private jet, and then at the very bottom note that, “It is not known if the plane is rented by the couple for their trips or if they own it.” If they don’t know this, why do they keep calling it the “Sussexes’ private jet” and listing the purchase price?? And, if this took place three years ago, shouldn’t they have real facts by now???

    Just plain misleading and desperate on the part of the news media!!!