Netflix deal to end

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https://www.thesun.co.uk/royals/35969847/prince-harry-meghan-netflix-deal-axed/

Netflix deal is over

• Both decided a statement won’t be released “Publicly, there will not be a statement and of course, if things change dramatically, they’d be open to a one-off project down the line.”
• Talk about Paramount plus

It’s been pretty obvious for a while. No talk about the Archewell productions arm, the film they were making etc.

How long can As ever last when they won’t have NF to back it up with WLM infomercials.

He just looks so angry and victimy in interviews. Sulky and unhappy that he isnt getting what he’s entitled to etc etc.

To the average person - it’s just not a good look. It doesn’t go down well with people who have real problems.

He’d be best keeping his ‘moaning’ side private and only letting the world see his ‘fun/carefree’ side.

He can’t seem to manage that .. he’s zero self awareness although I think she’s the same but she definitely has grasped the whinging pushback and is much more upbeat and positive than he manages to be. He looks terrible and unhappy. I suspect he knows he’s on borrowed time ..although it really bothered him playing second fiddle to his brother .. not sure how he will manage or playing second fiddle to his wife

The thing is her appearing upbeat and positive is not selling for her, very few are convinced by it, most people see that the person she is presenting is not who she is, it's so fake and not in the least bit genuine or authentic. I think this is the main reason she is ridiculed and appears so unlikeable.

That’s why he was so popular back when he was so popular pre Meghan, he came across as the cheeky, lovable rogue. As soon as their relationship became official, his image shifted: he came across as sulky, surly, and constantly complaining.

He often criticises the “men in grey suits,” but they were the ones who worked to cover up his poor behaviour and rebuild his public image. It’s remarkable how sharply his popularity dropped once he stepped away from the royal fold and their PR advisers.

Yes - maybe he was always a bit like this but protected.

A friend of ours worked with him in the army air corps and said he was good fun, a good helicopter pilot (he taught on the training course) a bit tight with his money (never bought a round etc) but overall popular. He says that not one of their army group of friends got an invite to the wedding - they were all dropped… and were quite saddened by that. There does seem to be a change in personality and attitude since he met Megan..

So true

Does this mean the “Female Founder” era is over too? Does this mean we will be treated to more insta-twerking as a means of making money? Will she become the real life Dance Mom (one for fans of Hacks)?

They'll need to make the children the focus now. It was said on another thread, but it's true; the daughter was called Princess Lilibet Diana for a reason.

Who knows what she will end up doing. Their lifestyle easily costs 4 million a year. Between the house, running costs, staff, security etc.

Thats completely unsustainable for them.

I seen on another forum, someone commenting that who on earth buys a home and keeps all the previous owner furniture- down to the kitchen table and all the pots and pans, light fittings, all the potted plants. It’s one thing, if it was newly built and with new interiors- but they are living with the 2003 decor choices of a Russian oligarch. They have been there five years. They clearly don’t have the funds needed to do a refit. Would cost millions to get the house redone. Plus the gardens too are very dated. You see many of the mansions in Cali have an up to date, drought tolerant, native planting scheme.

I don’t think long term they can’t afford to keep that home.

She and her self absorbed "me me me" transformed him. He was likeable (albeit daft) before her, then the victim mentality appeared, the looking inward, and his brand became toxic.

It's him who is the name, he (by way of status) is the star. She was a nobody, a jobbing actress no-one had heard of. Had they never met and he maintained his personable manner he would have been a major asset to the new era of royals while she would have been what she was before.

It seems he had a problem with rules and authority from the start. He was a handful with Diana and had a difficult theme at Eton (but it wasn’t the right fit for him, tbf, and I think was chosen mainly so he could be with William and near Windsor Castle).

Those men in grey suits were just another manifestation of those tiresome rules and restrictions which Harry can’t accept.

Harry’s in a nice old mess of his own making isn’t he. Everything the pair of them touch turns to rubble. I don’t believe she was ever interested in him for himself. He was just a money-making opportunity. Totally embarrassing

https://www.express.co.uk/news/royal/2085714/meghan-markle-mystery-instagram-silence/amp

She’s actually not posted since mid June. All the photos and videos since- there’s no way to prove they all haven’t just been stock images/pre- Recorded videos. The last real time update we had from ber was the Disney pics and Father’s Day. She was even quiet around the wine launch. No videos of her or pics to prove they are up to date.

I suspect she won’t post anything for another 3 weeks. Until build up to the new WLM series and the next As ever drop. She knew the NF deal crashing would come out too. So effectively, she not doing anything for two months. She’s taken the royal two month holiday. How is this someone who is building a business? You can’t take a day off when you’re building a brand. She’s been awol for weeks now.

This is why her businesses will never work….there no commitment and hard graft. She expects millions of dollars for the bare minimum of effort.

All she does for As ever, is take a day every few months and commit to a day of photos/videos around her house and garden. She then slowly pumps these out over the next 6 months. Nothing is up to date, nothing is happening now. Slowly her fans will catch on that she’s not committed at all to her fanbase. Even her reels on her insta- there’s nothing to prove that it’s her posting these or her commenting on them. This will be someone at Method Communications.

She seems to have totally checked out of her ‘own’ business.

I suspect she doesn’t approve of the Method communications plan of using nano and micro influencers (100s to 1000s of followers) to promote her brand. The aesthetic will be completely off for her.

Why launch a brand, ‘curated by a duchess’ that she says is about ‘heritage’, gold and even has a coat of arms…..to have grim pics of crappy crepes in bad lighting in an average joes kitchen. It doesn’t make any sense? But I think she has zero power to control this….hence why she’s checking out and putting in the bare minimum.

Polo might have been more successful if it had included more of Harry or if the people they chose to focus on were interesting, pleasent characters. Unfortunately neither choice was made.

I don't believe the narrative that Harry was a lovely cheeky chappy who met Meghan and turned into an entitled arrogant whinger with a chip on both shoulders. Even reading clips from Spare it is clear that the men in grey suits deserve an award for services to PR for their scrubbing of Harry's image. Meghan might have been the catalyst that revealed his true self but that is who he always was.

Forgot she gave up the podcast too. Because she was too busy!

• So that’s the NF deal over.
• No more podcast
• No more WLM filming or any other tv show
• No Meet me at the Lake film to produce
• Shes checked out of As ever, putting out the bare minimum insta posts from stock images.

What the hell is she actually doing with her time? Not a lot by the looks of it.

People have now announced the end of the Netflix deal, so I guess thats the official Sussex announcement.

https://people.com/meghan-markle-prince-harry-netflix-deal-not-renewed-11777345

Wow, it def is!

No wonder she’s gone to ground

Plus no posts on ShopMy for two months.

From the People article above:

‘As ever launched in partnership with Netflix’s CPG division, and Netflix's CEO Ted Sarandos said in March, "We’re a passive partner in Meghan’s company, and it’s a big discovery model for us right now."

This is proof that As ever isnt designed to last. It’s an exercise in brand development for NF, which without the tv show to promote the products….will die a death in 18 months. She’s already built in the silences between drops….so when the last drop comes….there will just be more silence and that will be the end.

Like it never even happened.

Yes!

Still can’t figure out why she would launch just to drop it so quick.

Im guessing it was to discover her conversion capabilities. How much she really can sell. Once they got the figures in- she’s dropped it.

It all seems to have happened around the same time. All the staff sacked, end of podcast, no longer using her shopping page, she’s gone awol and not putting time into either insta account.

I'm not surprised, it was all so fake , you could tell that she doesn't cook much just by looking at how she chopped fruit and tried to zest a lemon, she was so cack handed.
They/she should have chosen something that she was genuinely interested in, trouble is, I don't think there is anything.

So what now for her ? I can't see As Ever lasting, her fans might buy stuff from the next drop but this isn't going to bring in nearly enough money and will they buy the same old runny spread, flower sprinkles and expensive wine? It says that As Ever was going to sell household and home decor goods but if she can't advertise them on a Netflix show will she even bother?

Surely if she really wanted to make a go of a cookery programme, she could have had some professional lessons. Is she just basically lazy or completely delusional about her abilities? Her instagram account is just crap as well. Even if she’s the one uploading content to it, ie she’s not getting any professional help, it’s still crap by amateur standards. Sometimes I respect that she’s plodding on and trying to achieve something, unlike H, but I can’t believe how poor her efforts are. I sometimes wonder if there’s a lot of stress going on behind the scenes and that’s why the efforts are so poor. After all, apparently the Tig was pretty good.

What is Meredith doing through all of this? An information vacuum is not a narrative. The list of things nolonger happening needs to glide into coverage of new things that are happening.

I wonder how much longer Meredith will last.

Maybe Meghan is lying low hoping for a ‘where’s Kate’ type thing to build so that she can have a bit of a moment like Kate’s appearance at Wimbledon 2024. Or hopefully she has decided to have the summer (at least) off and just live quietly away from the public eye for a bit.