Netflix Boss Opens Up About Harry and Meghan's TV Future

Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex arrive at the United Nations Headquarters on July 18, 2022 in New York City

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published 4 February 2025

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's future with Netflix is bright, per one of the streamer's execs.

There have been rumours over the years that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's contract with Netflix wasn't looking good, and could suffer the same fate as their partnership with Spotify.

However, Netflix chief content officer Bela Bajaria is really optimistic about the royal couple's future with the streaming giant.

"We have Meghan's new show coming out, which is great," Bela told the Daily Mail.

"It is such a great take on a lifestyle show and showcase for California, Montecito and nature. It really has great takeaways. I was like 'oh my God, I want to really do that pasta.' There's really easy great takeaways on life. I am really excited about that coming out."

The show in question is the Duchess' With Love, Meghan, which is slated for release on the platform on 4 March. It was originally planned for release on 15 January, but was delayed amid the devastating Los Angeles wildfires. It's a cooking and lifestyle show, which will feature guest stars including Mindy Kaling, Delfina Blaquier and Abigail Spencer.

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And Bela spilled on another Netflix project of Meghan's: the film adaptation of Meet Me at the Lake by Carley Fortune. That said, she wasn't able to confirm whether the project will 100% come to fruition.

"It is in development," she explained to the Mail. "It is a great book, she had it and we are happy to do it.

"And we have things in development. Everyone is excited about what is coming. I am really excited for her show."

News broke in the summer of 2023 that Harry and Meghan had acquired the film rights to the romance novel, and we really hope the adaptation moves forward!

As for their history with Netflix so far, the couple has released the documentary about their lives Harry & Meghan (2022), as well as one about the Invictus Games titled Heart of Invictus (2023), and one about polo, fittingly titled Polo (2024).

But it's not all been plain-sailing within the partnership, as Meghan's planned animated series for Netflix, Pearl, was cancelled circa 2022.

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Iris Goldsztajn is a celebrity and royal news writer for Marie Claire. As a London-based freelance journalist, she writes about wellness, relationships, pop culture, beauty and more for the likes of InStyle, Women's Health, Bustle, Stylist and Red. Aside from her quasi-personal investment in celebs' comings and goings, Iris is especially interested in debunking diet culture and destigmatising mental health struggles. Previously, she was the associate editor for Her Campus, where she oversaw the style and beauty news sections, as well as producing gift guides, personal essays and celebrity interviews. There, she worked remotely from Los Angeles, after returning from a three-month stint as an editorial intern for Cosmopolitan.com in New York. As an undergraduate at the University of California, Los Angeles, she interned at goop and C California Style and served as Her Campus' national style and LGBTQ+ editor. Iris was born and raised in France by a French father and an English mother. Her Spotify Wrapped is riddled with country music and One Direction, and she can typically be found eating her body weight in cheap chocolate.

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