Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, and Prince Harry engaged in a direct conversation about the ongoing partnership they have with streaming service Netflix, but a royal expert believes she was “extraying the truth.”
Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, has had a busy few weeks, from making an unexpected appearance at Paris Fashion Week to meeting with high-profile friends in New York City and accepting a prestigious award alongside Prince Harry.
In one of her most recent appearances, she participated in a comprehensive discussion about her business plans and discussed how things are with Netflix now that Harry and Meghan’s relationship with the streaming service giant underwent a significant change.
Meghan compared the couple’s “first look” agreement, which allows Netflix to submit any ideas they have first, but if the company fails, they can move them elsewhere, to that of the Obamas, but one royal expert is a little more skeptical about the current state of affairs.
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Meghan and Harry signed a significant, exclusive deal with Netflix in 2020 that was reportedly worth £75 million.
Although the Duchess’s own lifestyle show, With Love, Meghan, received mixed reviews, the self-titled documentary series about their love story broke viewership records for the streaming service.
Meghan praised the new agreement during the conversation for the Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit 2025 as a positive step forward, saying: “My husband and I were in an overall agreement with Netflix, and then, once that had come its term, the extension of it was now being in a first-look deal.
Which is also exciting because it enables us to shop content that might not be appropriate for Netflix but has a home elsewhere at the same time as it does our partners.
The Duchess also said she was “grateful” for the “creative partnership” she has with the streaming company. However, expert Jennie Bond, formerly royal correspondent for the BBC, told the Mirror exclusively that she thought Meghan’s comments were “a bit of a stretch”.
The expert argued that the new Netflix deal is a sign of strength, which is “well, I think it’s a bit stretch to say.” Who wouldn’t, however, put a positive spin on something like that? And from what I understand, Netflix is currently commissioning programs in a fairly routine manner. Meghan is free to try her ideas elsewhere because it lessens the pressure on her because she is no longer bound to a certain number of projects.
The royal commentator added that Meghan’s professional life opened with the focus on “being an influencer and businesswoman.”
“She has now reverted to being an influencer and is learning how to become a businesswoman. Good for her, ” she said, “I’m sure it’s important she keeps her profile as high as possible by speaking at summits and conventions. And diversifying to share her recipes and tips on social media seems an obvious move which, I think, could prove both popular and very lucrative. She’s an independent woman forging her own way in the world after her brief incarnation of being ‘Royal’.”
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Source: Mirror
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