And aside from the risk of Harry not being particularly able to contribute much for his 6-figure non-exec director's salary, you also couldn't very well get rid of him, could you?
Anyone firing Harry would probably have some pretty awful PR and an angry Queen to deal with
So it would be a pretty large gamble, no?
Well I think they'd know what they were getting if anyone were to appoint him, not exactly a "normal" non-exec appointment... the guy has 2, rather bad, A-levels in spite of plenty of money being thrown at his education (and allegedly some significant help/cheating from his art teacher).
And no not all non-execs are going to be competent business types with loads of knowledge of corporate governance etc... defence companies appoint former high ranking military officers for their connections, domain knowledge (Major General Pontyby-Smythe (Retd) with no degree and a lifetime spent in the army knows **** all about running a large company, he does however know all the people in the MOD involved in procurement (OK that might be overly cynical but isn't too far off in some cases)) , various companies appoint former politicians (ministers can certainly be useful, Lords add a bit of status etc..).
Other poster isn't really correct for criticising you, we're not talking regular board appointments - status appointments absolutely do happen - for a really egregious example look at former "Unicorn" start up Thranos - they had a load of useless non-exec types purely appointed to give them a bit of status... what did those former politicians/generals add? (answer - naff all), they're there purely for show/accepting a big annual payment for token work/lending their name and helped a dodgy company raise ridiculous amounts based on pseudoscience. First she appoints an academic who's presumably happy to get a stake in a start up, then goes from there to appointing a bunch of high status types:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theranos#Management
Over the next three years, Shultz helped to introduce almost all the outside directors on the "all-star board," which included
William Perry (former
U.S. Secretary of Defense),
Henry Kissinger (former U.S. Secretary of State),
Sam Nunn(former U.S. Senator),
Bill Frist (former U.S. Senator and heart-transplant surgeon),
Gary Roughead (Admiral,
USN, retired),
James Mattis(General,
USMC),
Richard Kovacevich (former Wells Fargo Chairman and CEO) and
Riley Bechtel (chairman of the board and former CEO at
Bechtel Group).
[114][115][116] The board was criticized for consisting "mainly of directors with diplomatic or military backgrounds."
Though I think this might be a bit of a step too far in terms of what Harry and Megan are allowed to do in terms of cashing in (especially if they're keeping the titles/HRH etc...).
More likely to carry on with their usual, being appointed as representatives/token heads of charities/non-profits etc.. that they have varying degrees of interest in.
I wonder if they'll get into sponsorship deals though as per Zara and Mike - certainly Megan could end up getting quite a nice sum for wearing/using products from certain brands - would have to make sure it isn't too blatant.
In terms of status, they're the only "royals" even if officially non-working, in North America and that's a huge market with plenty of Royal Fans etc... also Megan well liked there, ticks the right boxes in terms of being pretty, caring about the environment, feminist etc... etc... They've got a status even the biggest pop stars, best Hollywood actors can't attain. If they play it right they could be massively popular there and be worth some serious $$$.
Because I say so. Look - so easy isn't it. So low-effort to trot out that kind of crap. Anyway don't bother replying you're back on ignore. I occasionally take you off to see if you've climbed down off your high horse, but you never do.
