Harry and Meghan signal new multi-year Netflix deal

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have introduced they’re extending their deal for movies and TV exhibits with Netflix.

This has been described as a “multi-year, first look deal”, which might give Netflix a primary possibility on proposals from Prince Harry and Meghan’s Archewell manufacturing firm.

It’s a looser association than their earlier deal – but it surely disproves claims that the Sussexes and Netflix are going to fully half firm.

Meghan stated that she and Harry have been impressed by the partnership with Netflix to “create thoughtful content across genres that resonates globally, and celebrates our shared vision”.

It’s not recognized what number of years the deal is ready to final or what monetary association is hooked up. The earlier deal, launched in 2020, was believed to be price about $100m (£75m).

The announcement comes forward of the second sequence of the cookery present, With Love, Meghan, being screened later this month.

Audience figures from Netflix confirmed the primary sequence was not even within the streaming service’s prime 300 hottest exhibits within the first half of 2025.

With Love, Meghan, a life-style sequence which confirmed Meghan cooking with superstar pals, had 5.3 million views. In comparability, the most-watched programme on Netflix throughout that point was the drama Adolescence with 145 million views.

A earlier Netflix documentary, Harry & Meghan, recounting the couple’s departure from their lives as “working royals”, had an even bigger viewers, with 23.4 million views following its launch in December 2022.

Archewell has additionally introduced a particular Christmas season version of With Love, Meghan, which invitations viewers to “join Meghan in Montecito for a magical holiday celebration”.

With Love, Meghan has been accompanied by a foods and drinks vary, known as As Ever, which incorporates rosé wine and jams.

And there might be a present on Netflix later this yr, with Harry and Meghan as producers, known as Masaka Kids, A Rhythm Within, about an orphanage in Uganda being a beacon of hope in a scenario “where the shadows of the HIV/Aids crisis linger”.

Bela Bajaria, Netflix’s chief content material officer, stated: “Harry and Meghan are influential voices whose stories resonate with audiences everywhere.

“The response to their work speaks for itself – Harry & Meghan gave viewers an intimate look into their lives and rapidly turned considered one of our most-watched documentary sequence.”