‘Terminally strained’: Inside Netflix’s relationship with Harry and Meghan
Six years and many jam jars later, the love affair has soured beyond repair. How did it all go so horribly wrong? And why was it ever considered a good idea?
Sources say Prince Harry was repeatedly spoken over and interrupted by his wife, Meghan Markle, during business meetings.
Alexander Larman
“We’re done.” This terse quote, delivered to the film industry magazine Variety by an anonymous Netflix insider, is a predictable, probably even inevitable, judgment on the deal that was struck with Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan Markle, by the streaming service in 2020.
Back then, shortly after their quasi-abdication from the royal family, the exiled Duke and Duchess of Sussex were the hottest properties not only in the entertainment industry but in business circles as well. Every major company competed to get a piece of the pair, and Netflix’s chequebook proved to be more tempting than the others.
