Meghan Markle reportedly has a net worth of around $5 million. Although Markle is often credited as a former actress, that's not the only way she made her fortune. Here are the deets on how the Duchess of Sussex amassed her wealth. Long before she was royalty, Meghan Markle's family received a huge financial boost that reportedly helped put her on the path she's on today. Her now-estranged father, Thomas, won $750,000 in the lottery when she was nine years old. Her half brother, Tom, told the Daily Mail in 2017,
"That money allowed Meg to go to the best schools and get the best training."
And before Markle's acting career took off, she had her hands in the gig economy, quite literally, thanks in part to that windfall. In an interview with Esquire, Meghan explained her longtime knack for cursive handwriting after taking classes in Catholic school.
She told Esquire,
"What it evolved into was my pseudo-waitressing job when I was auditioning. I didn't wait tables. I did calligraphy for the invitations for, like, Robin Thicke and Paula Patton's wedding."
Meghan was also hired to do hand-lettering for Dolce & Gabbana's celebrity correspondence.
Meghan told the magazine,
"I would sit there with a little white tube sock on my hand so no hand oils got on the card, trying to pay my bills while auditioning."
While calligraphy isn't your average job, Meghan said it can be, quote, "super lucrative." Keep watching to hear How Meghan Markle Really Made Her Fortune!
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