In a stunning development, leaving Tinseltown in disbelief, it has emerged that Meghan Markle has been secretly pleading for cash from A-list stars as her once-glitzy lifestyle brand faces collapse.

Buried under death by a thousand cuts of lawsuits, broken promises, and debts that she can never hope to pay off herself, just as quickly as the Duchess of Sussex was flaunting how she had built a billion-dollar empire on the back of her powerful voice.

It seems to have crumbled when hit by financial insolvency like a house of cards. With Prince Harry reportedly refusing to bail his wife out in their new home state, no less.

Insiders say Meghan, 44, went cap-in-hand to stars including Oprah Winfrey and Serena Williams to ask for multimillion-dollar infusions of cash after the flop of her Netflix projects and amid mounting legal action.

“She’s desperate, calling in favors from her old circle,” a source whispered. “The brand was her Achilles’ heel, and it’s a sinking ship of broken deals.”

Harry’s reported ban on the spending spree has left Meghan isolated and led to whispers of marital strife, as their Montecito mansion comes with astronomical upkeep costs.

The scandal broke on X, trending as #MeghanDebtCrisis. “From royal to broke—karma?” wrote one, while supporters wailed, “She’s a victim of the system!”

To her critics, she is an entitled figure who splashed the cash more quickly than she banked it; to her defenders, royal exile has been nothing but a curse.

As lawsuits continue to mount—including against her own family and from business partners who no longer trust her—Meghan’s cries have spotlighted a stunning fall from grace.

Can she land the cash—or will she go bankrupt? For now, the tale of desperation and downfall itself is too riveting, laying bare as it does that fragility of her post-royal dream.