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Netflix deal, looking like it may be over for H&M

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Thedom · 20/08/2024 20:06

The rumours have been doing the rounds for a while, but Puck News now reporting it, which means it is very likely that their contract with Netflix will not be renewed.

"The streamer is not expected to renew its five-year, $100 million deal signed in 2020 with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. Meghan’s passion project, the animated kids show Pearl, has already been canceled, and the unscripted cooking and polo offerings didn’t connect the way the royal couple’s Harry & Meghan did. "

puck.news/the-best-and-worst-deals-of-peak-tv-part-1/

Netflix deal,  looking like it may be over for H&M
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BasiliskStare · 21/08/2024 20:19

@CarmelaBrunella. Sorry if this hd already been said

Unlike as Meghan implied on the OW interview , Archie not being automatically prince was nothing to do with him being mixed race. According to Letters Patent only the children of the direct heir ( so William after Charles ) are automatically styled Prince or Princess. Once the late Queen died Archie and Lily were then offered the titles Prince and Princess because their Grandfather was the King . It ws nothing to do with Archie's skin colour - whatever Megan implied ( and frankly OW should have researched this better I think. - it is so easy to look this up )

AppleDumplingWithCustard · 21/08/2024 20:38

Manypaws · 21/08/2024 17:01

And she makes jam... well 50 pots of it anyway

Fifty-two. Don’t forget the raspberry. 😂

Manypaws · 21/08/2024 20:39

Jeez I missed the raspberry!

CathyorClaire · 21/08/2024 20:40

Haven't RTFT but I'm just surprised the Harolds have managed to maintain the pretence the much vaunted contract still had legs.

Writing was on the wall when the worthy but excrutiatingly dull sounding 'Pearl' got the chop IMO and all borne out by the resounding silence since.

There may have been pilots made of the polo and cookery shows but why would they have landed with a test audience who'd have been well aware of Harold's track record of cruelty to his ponies and marinated to the eyeballs in the last two decade's worth of kitchen based shows which between them must have exploited every angle going.

I read 'Meet Me At The Lake' and it's possibly the worst penny dreadful penned since penny dreadfuls were a thing. It's never getting near a camera.

Strikes me they're being allowed a more graceful exit than being branded 'fucking grifters' but the outcome's the same.

AppleDumplingWithCustard · 21/08/2024 20:42

OtherS · 21/08/2024 17:27

I'd be interested in the polo show as I can't see how you could make a 'woke', environmentally friendly, "I'm-so-down-to-earth-just-call-me-Harry" show about polo?! I thought they didn't want people to think of them as spoilt, super-wealthy and out of touch? How can it fit into the whole dedicated to a life of service, driving cultural change to make the world a better place crap they bleat on about?

I wonder if they’ll include the story of how he insisted on riding his pregnant polo pony against advice and the poor pony had a heart attack and died after the match. That was after he lacerated the poor thing with his spurs and she had blood running down her flanks. He’s a vicious, selfish bastard.

CarmelaBrunella · 21/08/2024 20:42

Yes, thanks, @BasiliskStare - they've never once apologised for that - saying Archie couldn't become a prince because of racism. What a horrible accusation.

OtherS · 21/08/2024 20:55

AppleDumplingWithCustard · 21/08/2024 20:42

I wonder if they’ll include the story of how he insisted on riding his pregnant polo pony against advice and the poor pony had a heart attack and died after the match. That was after he lacerated the poor thing with his spurs and she had blood running down her flanks. He’s a vicious, selfish bastard.

I didn't know that, that's horrific. I didn't much like him before, now I absolutely detest him and hope he really is at least as miserable as everyone speculates.

CathyorClaire · 21/08/2024 21:03

OtherS · 21/08/2024 20:55

I didn't know that, that's horrific. I didn't much like him before, now I absolutely detest him and hope he really is at least as miserable as everyone speculates.

Harold has an appalling record of casual cruelty towards birds and animals.

See the (disgracefully covered up) Hen harrier incident at Sandringham, water buffalo shooting and the Highrove moorhen.

OtherS · 21/08/2024 21:28

I knew he went shooting, and I think I heard a rumour he'd hit a horse. I didn't know he was a serious animal abuser. I heard something about his exploits on the London party scene back in the day too, he had a reputation for being an absolute bastard to women. Everything about him is just gruesome- he really doesn't seem to have any redeeming features at all.

Vespanest · 21/08/2024 21:38

What I dont understand is if the cooking show is awful it would probably be a better rating success as it will attract the car crash viewers. I cannot imagine Netflix caring as long as there is streaming. If it’s been filmed why not air it unless the contract relies upon material being produced and aired to access the money.

WatchOutMissMarpleIsAbout · 21/08/2024 22:02

JSMill · 21/08/2024 20:05

Honestly what should the RF apologise for? Judging by the way MM shrivelled when the PoW glared at her in Windsor, she's the one who has apologies to make. Kate's face, to me, looked like she was saying 'I know what really happened'. Sophie's expression at Westminster Abbey when M was grinning like a Cheshire Cat said a similar thing to me.

Quite frankly if I was the RF I say publish and be damned! Hell would freeze over before I had anything to do with either of them again.

lazybrownfox · 21/08/2024 22:07

Honestly they have missed the crest of the wave. It's over and they are floundering and flapping in the shallows it seems.

JSMill · 21/08/2024 23:03

lazybrownfox · 21/08/2024 22:07

Honestly they have missed the crest of the wave. It's over and they are floundering and flapping in the shallows it seems.

You're absolutely right. When they were riding the crest of the wave' they chose to go negative without having any actual concrete proof of wrongdoing against them. If they had gone high, as Michelle Obama said, they potentially could have done very well.

WiseOwl24 · 21/08/2024 23:04

AppleDumplingWithCustard · 21/08/2024 20:42

I wonder if they’ll include the story of how he insisted on riding his pregnant polo pony against advice and the poor pony had a heart attack and died after the match. That was after he lacerated the poor thing with his spurs and she had blood running down her flanks. He’s a vicious, selfish bastard.

Hang on, is this actually true?
Where is your source for this?
How do you know in such detail?
It's a very serious claim to make....

BigWillyLittleTodger · 21/08/2024 23:18

Yeah I don’t think he cares much for animal welfare.

Netflix deal,  looking like it may be over for H&M
Vespanest · 21/08/2024 23:18

Drizzle was the pony that died of a heart attack, I’ve only read the pregnant part on Twitter and rumours. The horse with the laceration was a different horse I believe as drizzle was dark brown and the horse with blood was grey

Jessica60 · 21/08/2024 23:18

AppleDumplingWithCustard · 21/08/2024 20:42

I wonder if they’ll include the story of how he insisted on riding his pregnant polo pony against advice and the poor pony had a heart attack and died after the match. That was after he lacerated the poor thing with his spurs and she had blood running down her flanks. He’s a vicious, selfish bastard.

Oh my God. Where did you get this from? That is terrible . How hasn't this made the press?

WiseOwl24 · 21/08/2024 23:22

BasiliskStare · 21/08/2024 20:19

@CarmelaBrunella. Sorry if this hd already been said

Unlike as Meghan implied on the OW interview , Archie not being automatically prince was nothing to do with him being mixed race. According to Letters Patent only the children of the direct heir ( so William after Charles ) are automatically styled Prince or Princess. Once the late Queen died Archie and Lily were then offered the titles Prince and Princess because their Grandfather was the King . It ws nothing to do with Archie's skin colour - whatever Megan implied ( and frankly OW should have researched this better I think. - it is so easy to look this up )

But what I don't understand about this is, Harry himself would have KNOWN this.
He was raised as a Prince so he of all people would have known!
He absolutely 100% beyond any doubt would know this.
So why oh why oh why did he sit there in a filmed interview and allow Meghan to state that their children weren't given titles due to their race? He must have listened to her saying it, knowing the real reason was simply to do with royal tradition and he would have KNOWN that once the Queen had died then their children would be given titles? Which means he would have known Meghan would be shown up for what she was falsely claiming to Oprah, upon his grandmother's death? And he knew they were being filmed and that the interview would be watched by millions?
Honestly, I'm not exaggerating when I say it makes my brain ache with not being able to understand what on earth was going through his or Meghan's minds in that interview.
And what I want to know is, WHY haven't they been called to account for what they claimed, now that their children have been given titles of prince and princess following the Queen's death? This is stark evidence that there was NEVER a racist reason for them not being given titles whilst The Queen was alive. Such a wildly false allegation. Why haven't they been sued for this lie? It caused so much damage to the royal family. Why aren't they being held to account for it?
I don't understand.

Jessica60 · 21/08/2024 23:22

BigWillyLittleTodger · 21/08/2024 23:18

Yeah I don’t think he cares much for animal welfare.

This picture needs to go viral

JSMill · 21/08/2024 23:31

@WiseOwl24 I know exactly what you mean. It's mind boggling.

Chrsytalchondalier · 22/08/2024 04:20

WiseOwl24 · 21/08/2024 23:22

But what I don't understand about this is, Harry himself would have KNOWN this.
He was raised as a Prince so he of all people would have known!
He absolutely 100% beyond any doubt would know this.
So why oh why oh why did he sit there in a filmed interview and allow Meghan to state that their children weren't given titles due to their race? He must have listened to her saying it, knowing the real reason was simply to do with royal tradition and he would have KNOWN that once the Queen had died then their children would be given titles? Which means he would have known Meghan would be shown up for what she was falsely claiming to Oprah, upon his grandmother's death? And he knew they were being filmed and that the interview would be watched by millions?
Honestly, I'm not exaggerating when I say it makes my brain ache with not being able to understand what on earth was going through his or Meghan's minds in that interview.
And what I want to know is, WHY haven't they been called to account for what they claimed, now that their children have been given titles of prince and princess following the Queen's death? This is stark evidence that there was NEVER a racist reason for them not being given titles whilst The Queen was alive. Such a wildly false allegation. Why haven't they been sued for this lie? It caused so much damage to the royal family. Why aren't they being held to account for it?
I don't understand.

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Because Harry is a dick. Meghan seemed pretty clueless about most things, whose fault is that really?!

Itsjustmeheretoday · 22/08/2024 04:25

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Vespanest · 22/08/2024 07:03

@WiseOwl24 for Harry is was that the rules were changed for William, so the rules not being changed for him had to be personal. But in reality if the rules were going to be changed for him they would have been done at the same time as Williams and prior Harry meeting Meghan. It’s where the monarch at the time has to look at the future consequences of changing letters patent. Charles it may not of seemed too bigger deal as he only had two children but William has three and George could have a huge amount. As we know from spare Harry emotional truth is just as important as facts.

CarmelaBrunella · 22/08/2024 07:27

How silly of him. Harry knew full well that his children would be Prince and Princess when his father succeeded to the throne.
I don't think it was about anything emotional. I think it was about giving Oprah the racist story, which added to their professional victimhood.