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

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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/

Shes no Nigella for sure.

She would be at pains to tell us she doesn’t own a Meechro-wah-vey and wouldn’t know how to use one

When she was with that chef, she tried to get her own cooking show. She had a couple of trials, but wasn't deemed good enough.

Thanks for the interesting article @Twistybranch

Nigella is super bright and was a journalist before she did food shows. I agree, Meghan doesn't have what it takes to do cookery shows at all.

Not in the least!

There are so many cookery shows out there that I think you have to have serious foodie chops and/or be likeable and/or bring something different to it. Being married to Harry is not sufficient qualification.

If she was able to make fun of herself a little and be genuinely lighthearted about life she could do something like Jennifer Garner and her 'pretend cooking show' on Instagram - it's funny, clearly merching stuff sometimes (she's a KitchenAid ambassador) but it's cheesy in a fun way and sometimes the recipes do look pretty good. You can tell that she actually does cook for her kids on a regular basis.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C6wWMRqRUX9/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

She will want to copy the barefoot contessa and become the barefoot Duchess. Same vibes.

Ina always has friends round, and makes something ‘fabulous’ and always decorates a lovely table. She also does a bit of flower arranging at her gorgeous Hamptons home.

I think this is what she will try. But Ina had a famous deli in NY for a long time, she eats and breathes food.

Similar to the poster said above, Meghan doesn’t give that warm foodie comfort blanket that most of these cooks give.

Ree Drummond, she has a warm and inviting home and family in the middle of nowhere, so her recipes used to centre store cupboard essentials/freezer foods.

Girl meets farm, she is the most adorable and quirky young mum, who because of her background and where she lives, has all these different cultural influences and makes it so unique to watch.

Both these cooks are in the own kitchens. Ree has a gorgeous ranch kitchen and girl meets farm has a very small and very normal kitchen.

I can’t think what Meghans selling point will be?

Not in her own kitchen, cooking foods we know she doesn’t cook at home because they will have a chef.

The clue to that one is the Cut interview when it states that Meghan makes breakfast everyday. That’s because in these big houses, if you use one chef, they usually work lunch and dinner and either the occupants or the housekeeper will arrange breakfast. They're not usually used for breakfast.

So, eggs from the hens, avo toast, wheatgrass smoothies and steel-cut oats?
And jam.

Lots and lots of jam

I think Harry could have been good on a cookery show if he was willing to be a bit silly and play on the prince in America angle eg he makes boxed Mac and cheese or has American guests demonstrate how to cook an American dish that he is unfamiliar with then eats with them.
This idea obviously depends on him playing the Harry that we used to know and accepting that the episodes would be set up so the audience laugh at him sometimes.

I think having a California-based Prince and Princess of the BRF would be a real reputational problem, if that Prince and that Princess aren’t devoted to and actively furthering the influence and brand of the British royal family and only the British royal family. And I don’t see how they could credibly be doing that if all their formative years are outside the U.K. Their very existence debases “Prince” and “Princess” of the BRF. What would that even mean?

(Look at Prince Albert of Monaco as an eg of European monarchy. Say what you will of his sisters and children and further-afield relatives: none of them have spoken ill of the golden goose, despite their troubles with relationships, substances, media, money. They may not all live in Monaco but they are openly and exclusively supportive of the Monegasque royal family by their actions and their words.)

I think either we will see huge efforts from Harry and Meghan to bring their children to the U.K. for education and assimilation (probably in the most PR-friendly ways such as Ascot, polo etc), or the children will have their titles removed.

They’ve been going for a thousand years. They know how to keep the brand strong. Harry and Meghan are not the way.

I think this would be constitutionally impossible.

@Twistybranch i stand corrected !

I don't think he would do that

I'd love to see a Kate cookery show. Favourite Weeknight Family Dinners from Anmer Hall. I'm fascinated by the question of how they live at home. Does Kate decide what they are eating ? Does the housekeeper do the Waitrose order ? If she fancies making rice Krispy cakes with George who clears it up ? This dates back to Charlotte at the Taylor Swift concert and I had a vision of Charlotte covering her floor with beads for friendship bracelets like Dd and who would have to clear it up ? I thought Kate would probably make Charlotte clear up her own mess ! And does Charlotte have Taylor Swift posters up in her room ?

it then got me to wondering if Kate knocks up a weeknight bolognese like the rest of us. And what their family life is like, homework wrangling, toys over the floor and all.

I remember Kate saying how excited George was when he was little, when the supermarket order came and he liked to help unpack it. I think they've all been encouraged to cook, and certainly bake.

I recall seeing an interview with Camilla Tomney talking about this and she said if she had written an article with the stuff Harry had put in Spare, the lawyers would not have allowed it to be published

@coolmum123 - very interesting, and it just shows you how far Harry crossed the line.

What business is that of yours or anyone else's?

StiffyByngsDogBartholomew I get the feeling they're bringing their family up as close to 'normal' as possible and that includes tidying up after themselves and cooking together.

Eh? How do you have a clue whether they cook for themselves or tidy away?

It's an opinion, conclusion, impression, speculation. It's allowed. If it wasn't, t'internet would probably fold overnight. And your own posts suggest you comment on stuff you don't have a clue about either. Fun, isn't it.......

According to this fascinating legal opinion, posted a bit earlier by @Twistybranch, written by Middle Temple Master Graham Zellick KC, not necessarily.

It's a royal prerogative thing.

Charles probably won't fancy enduring the tantrum from 'litigious Harry'; but William might be up for it, if he's advised that Harry's case would be unburdened by any prospects of success. I think William's probably pretty good at 'grey rock' and focusing on the things that matter.

https://middletemplar.org.uk/to-strip-or-not-to-strip-prince-harrys-titles/

It’s been said before that Kate & Will cook the evening meal and Willa makes a good spag bog.

@AutumnCrow I'd never heard of that quote from Harry before - "she's not black or anything you know".

I'm actually shocked (although given some of his other comments on record I shouldn't be.) But I mean, how can he explain that away? How can his supporters explain a comment like that away?!

I think it's part of the whole raft of behaviours that he now puts down to 'unconscious bias' which Meghan has supposedly cured him of, or some such Hollywood narrative about her making him a better man. 'Yes I've changed, and I'm glad I've changed', yada yada.

But he hasn't changed at all. He's still the same, and it's actually much more obvious now.