Prince Harry and his spouse, Meghan Markle, plan to deliver to the heads of Netflix after signing a massive deal allegedly worth several millions of dollars in 2020.
It has been revealed by Page Six that the British prince and the former actress will be returning to the small screen and give the Keeping up with the Kardashians stars a run for their money.
The royal couple has started filming a “juicier” docuseries for the streaming giant about their life at home in Montecito, where they reside with their two young children — Archie and Lilibet Diana.
Prince Harry and Markle moved to California after stepping down from their royal duties in 2020. According to the report, the duo was asked to premiere the docuseries later this year.
The plan was to release the project around the same time as Prince Harry’s highly-anticipated memoir. However, the Sussexes have refused and are pushing for an early 2023 release date instead.
A producer with ties to the project told the publication: “The timing is still being discussed, and things are up in the air.”
Another Hollywood head added that Netflix was finally getting its money’s worth and continued: “I think it’s fair to say that Netflix is getting its pound of flesh.”
According to royal experts with connections with the royal family, Prince Harry and Markle’s Kardashian-style reality TV series does not bore well with the British clan.
Author and royal watcher Angela Levin has revealed that many in the royal family, including Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Charles, see the series and the tell-all book as a double attack on them and the Monarchy they have worked so hard to protect for decades.
In a new interview, she stated, “the series would come as another blow to the royals and could steal the enjoyment from the Queen” during her Platinum Jubilee celebrations that will take place over the summer.
She claimed: “I think the Royal Family will be horrified because if Harry’s memoirs are coming out at a similar time – which seems what Netflix wants – then it’s a double attack on the Royal Family.”
The royal pundit went on to say she believes that these projects will expose more wild secrets about the royal family, and they are not what Queen Elizabeth, 96, deserves as she gets ready to pass the throne to her son.
She went on to predict that some senior royals might be forced to take action against Prince Harry and Markle if they use the show and the book to sell more bombshell revelations about the Palace walls.
She concluded: “I don’t know how they can manage this without taking strong action, but I don’t think the Queen wants that. At the end of her years, she wants the Royal Family around her.”
Some observers say that the power couple will probably strike a balance.
