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

[Thedom]

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. "

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They love the royal stuff, which is abundantly clear. They just didn't like it when they couldn't make money on the side as well.

People were falling over themselves to watch the " real story" - it was gossipy, it was scandalous and it was entertainment. I don't feel there will be as much interest in watching a polo show ( very limited sector) or a cooking show when there are thousands of them out there. That was their moment and it has gone now. People's interest is dwindling. It was a Jenny Jones show moment.

No one is watching the Polo show.

The VP of Colombia states that H&M are symbols of resistance? No, they are symbols of ultimate privilege, wealth and the aristocracy. And you’ll see that image in the polo show.

And for a couple that claim to fighting for diversity and social justice, it’s just going to be a bunch of rich white socialites .….and Meghan inviting Serena to make out that it’s not.

Let's face it when Meghan met Harry he must have been one of the most eligible bachelor's in the UK. She was open about wanting to find a British man (no idea why). He had the 'appearance' of being a complete catch (the UK media was very Pro Harry at that point, the public loved him). She was mid/late thirties and being realistic - star was on the wane or about to be.

I think either of them with other partners would probably be successful and liked- it is a bad combination. They both need someone to help ground them - to talk them down but they are the opposite, they feed the problematic side of each other.

Sadly, if they were to separate I think we would see both of their stars rise again.

It’s only a matter of time before “Meghan - Her True Story” comes out. Andrew Morton lined up and the copycat cover shot perfected.

Symbols of resistance? Harry and Meghan?
Pretty privileged for that role, no?

Sadly, if they were to separate I think we would see both of their stars rise again

Temporarily and only out of morbid fascination

Yes, because of all the dirt that would be dished.
I do think that some people get addicted to notoriety, as it's just another form of fame.

Wonder with the symbols of resistance comment, the Colombian VP mistook the Harry and Meghan documentary series for the Hunger Games trilogy.

£100m for what exactly. Do even Netflix themselves know.

Apparently Harry stretching his arm behind that Colombian lady’s chair and his body language away from Meghan was done deliberately to get headlines as he’s sick of his wife stealing all the limelight. I can believe it. He showed no regard to that lady so I don’t think it was out of any sense of genuine familiarity. It seems H&M are vying for top spot(light) - let the games begin.

I don’t hate them. I don’t know them. But I don’t think I’m alone in being pretty disappointed with the way that they handled themselves, especially in the last few years of the late Queens life. She was the epitome of service, and I think it is genuinely very sad that she died without the situation being resolved, and there is no doubt that reports of the behaviour of Harry and Meghan made for great sadness in her last few years are true. The Royal family is an institution and is part of this country’s fabric. Love them or loathe them, it is part of all our unwritten constitution that we have a monarch and aside from the governmental aspect, the money that the history and institution brings into the country in the form of tourism is something I don’t think either Harry or Megan have a right to try and destroy or discredit. And I wouldn’t particularly, consider myself a royalist.

This was very obvious ever since they were kicked out of Spotify. There were plenty of blind items doing the rounds back then saying it would have been too expensive for Netflix to cancel the contract midway but the execs were simply waiting for it to expire in 2025 and not renew. Netflix was reportedly also stalling for time by delaying or rejecting their proposals so they don't waste any more money producing shows that would be flops. What they really wanted was a Kardashian style reality show with the Royal Family but that obviously never materialised. And with the news of Charles and Kate's cancer battles, a show that like would certainly never take place, even if by some miracle there was a reconciliation between the two families.

Robbie Williams’ daughter was bridesmaid to Eugenie and Jack and they are good friends.

I know they're not asking for career advice, but their switch to "full time celebrity" as their joint post-RF career never made a lot of sense. Maybe for her? But not really for him, and I wonder if he/they were railroaded into it by people hoping to make a LOT of off them (i.e. Netflix etc.).

The only member of the royal family to be "profit-making" is Zara Tindall. She breeds horses/jumps, and has her Longines contract. She lives in a house on her mother's estate and seems to have one of the nicest lives of any royal (speaking as someone who doesn't pay the royals a lot of attention, so I could be massively mistaken!).

She seems to be fairly in control of her life, but I suppose the difference is that she seems to have a positive relationship with her royal parent, unlike Harry, and she was never brought up to be a princess, with all the artificial expectations that brings with it.

That life was fully available to Harry and Meghan, but I think they were misled into believing that it was beneath them and that they could waltz into fame and fortune in America, as a sort of twenty-first century Prince Edward & Wallis Simpson.

A stud farm in England or Argentina raising polo ponies and babies (perhaps with a lifestyle brand built around it), and making regular friendly visits "home" would have been more on brand for him, and conveyed a much more self-assured image than their slightly disjointed appearance these days.

But don’t rule out the Sinking Low With The Sussexes reality show or the “Ex Royal Housewife of Montyshiteshow” when they divorce. I’d watch that.

Excellent points, @Netaporter .
@Bretonsweater - in truth, so much was available to Harry and Meghan. They squandered so much.

No, this is exactly what they wanted: balcony appearances together with a commercial income and watch contracts, but the Queen said no.

😂brilliant title!

I think Netflix did what they had to do, in order to get ‘their story’ docu …..it was a ratings hit. But that’s come and gone and there isn’t any use for them anymore.

Pearl was cancelled. Invictus was boring and there will be no further series. We don’t even know if the cooking show, polo show and movie will make it to air.

It’s pretty much over

The polo documentary could be quite entertaining but as these news articles allude to - the pair are very difficult to work for as they want control of everything. Harry's perception of what would make an interesting docu series about Polo are probably very different to what Netflix know would appeal and sell to viewers. The viewers would want high glam, intrigue, drama and a good side order of back stabbing (look at the FI series and also Sprint).

Harry would want to bang on about how Polo is just a front to support poor people, military vets and eradicate media disinformation. Hence the disconnect.

Haha love this. Don’t forget sneaking down Nigella style for a midnight snack

Oh yes. The "midnight snack" shots.
Giggling with women friends over a glass of wine.
Back view of a happy child scampering in the grass.

I agree with some of what you say, but you only need to look at other royals to know that they often bring themselves into disrepute. Andrew, Charles even Philip. Go further back, the royals were synonymous with debauchery. Harry isn't the first and won't be the last. I also think people have been brainwashed if they think having a royal family brings the tourists. I think what annoys people is they decided to move and not have anything to do with the UK. Maybe it's not hate, but it is a weird, unnatural obsession.

And all ingredients must be organic
I don’t think you’d actually see Megan eat anything but she might spoon something lovingly into Harrys mouth as he happens to stroll by casually ( and barefoot)
And of course the spoon in his mouth would be silver…
Im sure there would be mention of “this was the Queens favourite recipe as told to me in secret one day”