News broke this week that the second season of Meghan Markle's "Archetypes" podcast with Spotify will not be renewed. And royal pundits are speaking out about the termination and what it means for the couple, with royal biographer Angela Levine speculating that the two are "not as valuable as they once were," and, according to The Sun, their upcoming projects will be "a disaster."

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Royal commentator Richard Fitzwilliams also agreed, calling the termination of the lucrative deal a "failure," according to Page Six.

"The idea was that several series would be produced. Since only one was produced, there is no doubt that the deal was a failure." Clearly, the relationship was not mutually beneficial."

Harry and Meghan signed a $20 million deal with Spotify in 2020, shortly after stepping down as active members of the royal family. A source told the Post that Harry and Meghan had not produced enough content to justify the full fee.

In a joint statement, Spotify and Urswell Audio said they "mutually agreed to part ways and are proud of the series we created together." However, Bill Simmons, Spotify's head of podcast innovation, apparently commented on his podcast that Harry and Meghan were "frauds" about 24 hours after the announcement of the couple's dissolution of their partnership with Spotify.

"I wish I had been involved in the negotiations of Harry and Meghan leaving Spotify," Simmons said. 'Those scammers. That was the podcast we should have launched with them." One night they get drunk and tell the story of Zoom trying to help Harry with his podcast idea. Those crooks." [Harry and Meghan still have a Netflix deal worth $100 million, and Harry reportedly made about $20 million from Penguin Random House for his memoir Spare, which was released earlier this year.