Meghan and Harry believe they have been ‘repeatedly unlucky’ amid their feeble fortunes

Meghan and Harry believe they have been ‘repeatedly unlucky’ and blame Covid, economic woes, the Queen’s death and Price Philip’s health decline for their hesitant attempts to launch post-royal careers, sources say .

The Duke and Duchess have only one major deal left since Megxit – the $100 million contract signed with streaming giant Netflix – after being embarrassingly dropped by Spotify last month.

Netflix also reportedly plans not to renew their deal with the Sussexes when it expires in 2025.

However, the pair are said to be convinced that their apparent demise has nothing to do with them, feeling instead that they have been “repeatedly unlucky” with other world events.

Attempts to launch themselves as global do-gooders, free to make money once they relieved themselves of royal duties, were hit hard by the Covid pandemic, which followed within months of their Megxit announcement in January 2020.

The Duke and Duchess have only one major deal left since Megxit – signed the $100 million contract with streaming giant Netflix – after being embarrassingly dropped by Spotify last month (pictured Meghan promoting her podcast)

Meanwhile, their deal with Netflix coincided with a huge and painful “correction” in the streaming economics – as was their deal with Spotify.

Neither company is reportedly able to save the kind of money that was mentioned when those deals were signed.

Further incidents of so-called bad timing, including the launch of Meghan’s podcast – publicity for which was reportedly affected by the Queen’s death in September.

The pair also reportedly felt their explosive Oprah interview was overshadowed by the poor health of the Duke of Edinburgh, who died shortly afterwards.

A source in Los Angeles said: “It is said that they think they have been really unlucky.”

It comes as it was claimed this week that Harry’s next big idea is to return to his ‘second home’ of Africa – but without Meghan – for a new solo Netflix documentary about his love of the continent, its people and its animals in the wild.

The Duke of Sussex released his controversial memoir, Spare, earlier this year

The Duke apparently stunned Spotify executives with some of his podcast ideas, including claims he pitched to interview Vladimir Putin, Mark Zuckerberg, and Donald Trump about “childhood trauma.”

A Netflix insider confirmed to Page Six that a Harry’s Africa-esque show was one of the father-of-two’s more warmly received suggestions.

Another source said: “Harry clearly has a lot of roots in Africa and feels at home there.” He previously called Africa his ‘second home’.

The only Duke and Duchess documentary to date for the streaming service was Meghan & Harry, which came out last year.

Prior to the docuseries, Harry starred solo in an Apple TV series about mental health titled The Me You Can’t See.