‘It’s unbelievable’: Royal insider Lee Cohen claims ‘grifter’ label will haunt Meghan Markle and Prince Harry forever

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are reportedly still “haunted” by the label “grifters” more than one year after a Spotify executive lambasted the Sussexes with the barb.

Spotify’s Head of Podcast Innovation and Monetisation Bill Simmons infamously took aim at Harry and Meghan as “f***ing grifters” in July last year after the streaming giant tore up a content partnership with the couple.

Royal commentator Lee Cohen believes the cruel barb still hangs over the Sussexes amid speculation Netflix could follow suit and tear up a contract with Harry and Meghan.

“It all started to change through so many factors and then you have executives in Hollywood calling them… ‘expletive’ grifters,” he told The Sun newspaper on Wednesday.

“Now that (was) just broadcast everywhere, and social media created hashtags calling them ‘Harry and Meghan are grifters’ – what a terrible label to have.”

Mr Simmons reportedly labelled the Sussexes grifters over their workshy attitude after Harry and Meghan produced just 13 hours of usable content in about two years.

Spotify insiders claimed the royal couple failed to meet the productivity benchmarks to receive the full payout from the estimated $35 million deal.

“The f**king grifters. That’s the podcast we should have launched with them,” the Spotify exec said at the time.