Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are said to be shooting a “documentary at home” for Netflix as part of their $100 million streaming deal, and even welcome cameras at their 14 million-plus Montecito mansion. This will cast doubt on new fears within the monarchy over what other bombshells the couple might release to the royals.
Second page six Sussex has been working with the production teams for several months on a show “in house Duke and Duchess style” that the broadcast giant hopes to release to coincide with its release later this year. .
However, sources suggest the Sussexes are aiming to delay the documentaries until next year.
“Time is still up for debate, things are up in the air,” says a well-known producer.
News of the couple’s alleged documents will no doubt raise serious concerns behind the scenes at Buckingham Palace over the allegations they might make in front of the cameras about the royal family who accompanied them on their trip to New York last September. They also reportedly had access to Harry, 37, and Meghan, 40, at their home in California.
It’s unclear whether Netflix cameras were allowed to film the couple’s two children, three-year-old Archie and 11-month-old Lilibet.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are said to be making a “House with Sussex” documentary series for Netflix, giving them camera access to their home in Montecito.
According to Page Six, 37-year-old Harry and 40-year-old Meghan have been filming for several months, but it is unknown whether Archie and Lilibet let them be in front of the camera.
Exclusive photos to DailyMail.com showed a team of two women and a man grouping photo equipment hidden under jackets and bags from the couple’s luxury home to 860 during Meghan and Harry’s trip to New York and New Jersey in September. . Join them in the Airstream van on their way to United Nations Plaza and even a veterans gala.
Another Page Six insider has revealed his docs series plans in case Netflix “takes over” from the Sussexes, which has yet to create actual content for the streaming giant, despite signing lucrative deals with the company in September 2020.
DailyMail.com reached out to a spokesperson for Netflix and Archewell Productions for comment.
The news comes amid growing concerns over Harry’s recent $20 million memoir, which is expected to go public with his relationship with his estranged family.
Royal insiders are deeply concerned about Harry’s decision to secretly collaborate with Pulitzer Prize-winning ghostwriter JR Moehringer on what his editors describe as “a definitive account of the life experiences, adventures, losses and lessons that have shaped him”.
The Queen, Prince Charles and Prince William are said to have been completely taken aback by the shocking announcement that Harry has been secretly working on the as-yet-untitled memoir for over a year.
Royal experts had previously warned that the potentially explosive book could burn more bridges to the distant Duke and Firm.
But for Netflix, which has suffered major budget cuts due to dwindling subscriber numbers, the claims of documentaries couldn’t come at a better time.
Earlier this month, Netflix announced it was abandoning the Meghan Pearl animated series, amid a string of cuts and a wave of layoffs due to the streaming giant’s decline in revenue and massive subscriber loss.
Designed by the Duchess of Sussex through the couple’s company, Archewell Productions, the show was still in development.
Sources say the Sussexes were filming a documentary series in which they were seen with a split television crew while in New York in September (pictured).
During their trip to New York, the couple attended a veterans gala (left) and also took a trip to Harlem, where they had lunch (right).
The documentary allegations couldn’t come at a better time for Netflix, which has seen its stocks plummet in recent months, leading to cuts and layoffs.
Meghan and Harry founded Archewell Productions in fall 2020 to create scripted series, documentaries, documentaries, feature films and children’s programs. Pearl would be the first animated series created by the production company.
However, in addition to the alleged documentary series, Meghan and Harry have another project in the works for Netflix, Heart of Invictus, a documentary about Duke’s Invictus Games, a sporting event for disabled and injured military veterans from around the world.
The Sussexes were joined by a Netflix TV crew on their recent trip to the Netherlands for the latest Invictus Games, where they will shoot footage to be used in the documentary.
It’s unclear whether the cameras allowed the Queen to pay an under-the-radar visit on her surprise trip to England ahead of the Games.
At the time, the couple was accused of trying to “exploit the queen for Netflix,” and some have suggested they made the trip simply to visit Her Majesty to appease the streaming giant’s producers.
Speaking to MailOnline, Meghan biographer Tom Bower openly described the Sussexes as “the royal family’s worst traitors” and accused the couple of “exploiting an old and sick woman to boost their credibility and their coffers”.
“I have no doubt that everything was made for Netflix documentaries,” Bower said. “While the Queen’s counselors were unable to protect her from the exploitation of the royal family’s worst con artists, the Sussexes exploited an old and sick woman to boost their credibility and treasure.”
After Netflix’s financial crisis became public, royal experts suggested that the streaming giant could increase the “pressure” on Sussex to produce “more real content” in hopes of increasing subscriber numbers and revenue.
In April, royal commentator Richard Fitzwilliams warned of “pressure from Netflix executives to get more real content” but added that it’s “very unlikely” to shoot something with other members of the royal family.
Meghan and Harry were joined by a TV crew on their recent trip to the Netherlands for Invictus Games, where they filmed for another Netflix project, the upcoming documentary Heart of Invictus.
Fitzwilliams told MailOnline at the time: “When Harry and Meghan joined Netflix in September 2020 in a $100 million deal, the company seemed to be on top with huge and growing reach due to the pandemic.
“Having two royals with a high-profile global profile and producing the controversial international success The Crown was undoubtedly a prestige.
“After a year and a half they didn’t actually produce anything.”
He added: “Netflix’s dramatic news [is] now the loss of viewers, the initiation of ads, and attempts to curb the “password sharing” that cost them their revenue have caused their shares to drop by 25%.
“It will undoubtedly raise a lot more questions from the Sussexes, including some factual content. The original announcement included documentaries, children’s programs, scripted shows, and feature films. It’s time for Netflix to get their money’s worth, and it looks like they need it too.”
He added: “There may be pressure from Netflix executives to have more authentic content when they produce it. This is unlikely to be a shoot or an interview with members of the royal family.
One of the reasons the Sussexes were forced to resign as true old workers was that business ventures had to be separated from royal duties. They have chosen the path they are now following.’
Netflix’s customer base dwindled by 200,000 subscribers in the January-March period and now expects to lose another two million in the April-June period.
The streaming company said the COVID outbreak “caused a lot of noise” and attributed the delay to a return to normalcy after a two-year lockdown.
It also blamed password sharing for the proliferation of deleted accounts, as an estimated 10 million families worldwide access the service for free using a friend or other family member’s account.
The company has now started testing different ways to block password sharing in Chile, Costa Rica, and Peru, and if successful, it could expand elsewhere. Leaders are also considering converting the service to a low-cost, ad-supported plan.
Source: Daily Mail
