They would have concluded an agreement worth 87.4 million euros with Netflix, in October 2020. Four years later, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle would prepare two new documentary series for the platform, revealed the site
Deadline
, Thursday April 11 . The programs in question, whose titles have not yet been defined, are currently at the start of production. The first will be themed around the interests of the Duchess of Sussex, such as gardening, cooking or spending time with friends.
The second will focus on the world of professional polo, a sport dear to the heart of Prince Harry. Episodes whose images were mainly filmed during the polo championship in Wellington, Florida. The series will discuss the daily life of professional players and how they rose to the highest level of this sport, which Prince Harry sometimes played internationally. Both programs will be partly overseen by Archewell Productions, the company founded by the Sussexes.
Meet Me at the Lake
The couple had already launched a documentary series on the platform entitled
Harry & Meghan
, consisting of six episodes, in December 2022. The Sussexes also produced
Lives to Lead – Leaders at Heart
, a program in which Greta Thunberg and Gloria Steinem. Or the documentary
Heart of Invictus
, focused on the competition for veterans and war wounded.
The duo also acquired the rights to the novel
Meet Me at the Lake
, by Carley Fortune. The story of a couple in their thirties who deal with mental health problems, the loss of a parent in a car accident and postpartum depression. A new project for the Sussexes, after Meghan Markle announced the launch of her new podcast with Lemonada Media, and her company American Riviera Orchard, dedicated to lifestyle.