What next for Prince Harry and Meghan on Netflix? What we know about the new streaming deal

Five years on from signing a record-breaking $100 million deal with Netflix, Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan are now ready to negotiate a new contract. Reports suggest that the streaming giants are very eager to renew.

The previous five-year deal was signed back in 2020 and spanned five major television projects. The first, and most explosive, of those titles was the docuseries ‘Harry & Meghan’, which became the most-watched documentary on Netflix.

What followed were the less successful ‘Live to Lead’, ‘Heart of Invictus’ and ‘Polo’. The final Netflix production to emerge from that initial deal was ‘With Love, Meghan’, a lifestyle offering that covers food and home living with the Duchess of Sussex.

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That last series was a real success and the show reached the Netflix Top 10 in 47 countries. It has already been renewed for a second season and Netflix has decided to partner with Meghan on a lifestyle brand called ‘As Ever’. The relationship between the couple and Netflix is only just getting started.

Speaking on the Confessions of a Female Founder podcast, Meghan paid tribute to the relationship, saying: “Netflix coming on as my business partner is huge.”

“Just having a global powerhouse that believed in me, and the site selling out in the first 45 minutes of launch—everything, every single piece that we had been working on. That told me that customers—people—believed in me and this vision. That’s all you really want as a founder. That becomes your proof point that those late nights and the midnight musings are worth it.”

For his part, Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos has been equally effusive about the partnership. Sarandos told Variety that the Sussexes had been “overly dismissed,” adding that Meghan “is underestimated in terms of her influence on culture.”

Royal biographer Andrew Morton told Harpers Bazaar that he believes that Sarandos and Netflix are ‘all-in’ on Meghan Markle as a creator, pointing to the huge investments already made in her.

“Netflix would not have invested both monetary capital and social capital in Meghan’s lifestyle brand if they didn’t think it was going to be a winner,” he said.

Morton continued: “You can see the direction she’s going, and it’s not a foolish direction… It’s quite a clever direction.”

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