Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have a new Netflix deal (Image: Getty)
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have been warned against causing “any more damage” to the Royal Family after they struck a new, watered-down deal with Netflix. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s Archewell Productions announced earlier this month that they are “extending their partnership” with Netflix with a new “multi-year first look” deal.
Netflix’s new deal will see the streaming giant have the first look at the Sussex couple’s ideas before deciding if they want to work on them. Harry and Meghan’s relationship with the Firm turned frosty after they quit royal duties in 2020 and made a series of allegations against them, including in their eponymous bombshell docuseries for Netflix, which was released in 2022.
Now, a former royal butler has given them a word of caution ahead of their future projects.
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Grant Harrold, who worked for King Charles for seven years, warned that any further damage from their deal could jeopardise their relationship with the Royal Family.
Speaking to OLBG, Mr Harrold stated the couple will likely be more cautious to avoid upsetting the royals with their projects.
He said: “I don’t think Meghan and Harry would have told the Royal Family about their new Netflix deal ahead of the announcement. But I do think they will start being more careful not to cause further upset as they move into their future business ventures.
“If they cause any more damage with these programmes, it will impact any ongoing attempts to build bridges.”
He argued the primary concern for the Royal Family is the potential for a second season of the Harry & Meghan docuseries.
Mr Harrold said: “I think the Royal Family are beyond this now.
“I don’t think they’ll be surprised or disappointed by it, because they’re used to them doing what they want now. Their biggest concern will be another tell-all documentary on their fallouts with the family.”
The Sussexes’s latest project on Netflix, Meghan’s cooking show titled With Love, Meghan, drops tomorrow, August 26
Prince Harry attends Court of Appeal (Image: Getty)
Prince Harry is facing new scrutiny over his US visa application after the Donald Trump administration dug up more than 1,000 documents on his immigration file. Now, some of that information may be made public.
Court records show 1,007 papers on the 40-year-old Duke of Sussex were found at the US Department of State, which manages visa applications. They include 217 records from the Office of the Secretary of State — equivalent to the UK’s Foreign Secretary. Court filings also show 517 “potentially responsive records” from the Bureau of Consular Affairs, as well as 271 from the Office of the Legal Advisor and two from the Office of the Deputy Secretary of State. All will now be reviewed with a Washington judge to decide what should be made public.
Questions have been raised about how Prince Harry got his US visa (Image: Getty)
This comes after right-leaning US think-tank the Heritage Foundation sued the State Department in January, having previously taken legal action against the US Department of Homeland Security.
That lawsuit led to the release of dozens of files. However, none of those revealed Harry’s visa status or disclosed whether he lied in his application.
The Heritage Foundation asserts in the new court filings that the Prince may have lied about drug taking, while publicly conceding he had used cocaine and marijuana in his memoir, Spare.
Its lawyer Samuel Dewey said the number of papers on Harry “shows they are monitoring him pretty closely”.
There has been speculation President Trump may deport Prince Harry (Image: Getty)
He said: “I think we’re going to see documents from Harry talking about the case, but other material may be withheld. Then it will be up to politicians whether that decision is overruled.”
The legal actions has led to speculation Donald Trump could deport Harry, who left the UK for the US with American wife Meghan in 2020.