Meghan Markle hosts Netflix Q&A with friend and director Misan Harriman, a year after the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s stunning documentary premiered on the streaming service

It’s been a year since Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle took Netflix by storm after releasing their six-part docuseries Harry & Meghan.

After the show became one of the most-watched subscription TV series in Britain in 2022, 42-year-old Meghan is still hard at work for the streaming company through their production company Archewell.

Meghan joined new film director and boyfriend Misan Harriman, who had just released the live-action short film The After, at an exclusive premiere at a private home in Montecito, California, where Markle and Prince Harry, 39, live, according to People.

The After, now streaming on Netflix, is about a London rideshare driver (Oyelowo) who must “reconnect with himself and society after witnessing a devastating random attack in the capital.”

Misan shared the chat on his Instagram page, where he thanked the actress for her role as moderator.

Along with an album of photos from the event, he captioned the post: ‘Here are some images from a very special screening of The After, moderated by The Duchess of Sussex. It was extra special to have her and so many of my screen idols watch this movie. Thanks for coming to all the guests and @netflix for hosting.”

“When COVID hit, my second daughter was born right before the lockdown started and the whole process, then George Floyd was killed. And I had a moment of deep reflection and realized that I wasn’t doing well,” Misan told Meghan in response to her talking about the new hit.

“And I think a lot of the trauma of the little boy still trying to shake hands in this man’s body came out in the summer of 2020. And when the opportunity arose to go into moving image, I felt that I had to do that. honestly and start to wear all our vulnerability with pride and honesty in a film that can hopefully guide you in recognizing that it’s okay to not be okay.’

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex released their $100 million docuseries Harry & Meghan on the streaming giant last December, which became Netflix’s second-highest-ranked documentary ever – behind The Tinder Swindler.

Directed by Liz Garbus, Meghan & Harry was the first project to emerge from the multi-year deal the couple signed with the streaming giant in 2020, shortly after announcing they would be stepping down as working members of the royal family.

Earlier this year, the series was nominated for a Hollywood Critics Award in the Best Streaming Nonfiction category.

Announcing the news on Twitter, the organization revealed that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex will be competing against Prehistoric Planet 2, Rainn Wilson and the Geography of Bliss, Rennervations, The 1619 Project and The Reluctant Traveler with Eugene Levy.

The nominees were chosen through an anonymous voting process of the HCA’s 27-member TV Awards Committee.

The committee is formed from a group of 180 different members of the society, and it is unknown which 27 members made the decision regarding the Sussexes’ nomination.

The members of the HCA TV Awards Committee and the Television Branch will vote on the winners starting July 18, 2023.

Meghan and Harry used their $100 million deal with the streaming giant to launch attacks on the royal family and Britain in shows described as transatlantic “TV bombs” hurled at The Firm.

The privacy-conscious couple handed over a trove of photos and videos from their relationship, including the moment Harry proposed in 2017 and filmed himself in the VIP lounge at Heathrow as he emigrated in March 2020.

The first three episodes contain a series of barbs believed to have upset his father, King Charles III, including Harry’s claim that he was “literally raised” by a “second family” in Africa, where he chose to spend three to spend months. in his late teens and twenties as he came to terms with the death of his mother.

Harry also describes a “huge degree of unconscious bias” in the royal family – in reference to Princess Michael of Kent wearing an offensive Blackamoor-style brooch in front of his wife at Buckingham Palace.

There is also a suggestion that Britain is racist and more obsessed with race than the US, with Meghan stating that she “wasn’t really treated as a black woman” until she came to Britain.

And in a swipe at his male relatives’ choice of women, seen as an attack on his father and other senior royals, perhaps even his brother William, Harry insisted his decision to marry Meghan sets him apart his family because it was ‘from his heart’ and not because they ‘would fit the mould’.

He said his wife, an American actress, was “clouding” his family’s view of her – and they thought this would not last long.

The news came after sources claimed the couple were in talks for a new Netflix documentary that would see them meet communities in South Africa.

The Sunday Mirror reported that Prince Harry and Meghan will be shown helping build homes in the villages they will visit, with the series having a ‘humanitarian’ focus as Meghan raises awareness of safe birth practices.

A source told the newspaper: ‘The cameras will follow [The Sussexes] while visiting compounds and sharing medical education.”

They added that the production will be a combined project between Netflix and the couple’s Archewell Foundation.

The source revealed: ‘Meghan especially wants to share information about safe childbirth with the women she meets.’

According to ratings, Harry & Meghan became the most-watched subscription TV series in Britain this time last year.

The first episode, which told the story of how the Duke and Duchess of Sussex met and started dating, was watched by an average of 4.5 million people in the seven days after it hit screens on December 8.

The 2.8 million people who tuned in to watch the first episode of the new series of The Crown, which was released on November 9, received more than one and a half million views.

The series followed the release of the highly anticipated fifth installment of The Crown, a fictional version of royal events, a month earlier in November 2022.

Starring Imelda Staunton, Jonathan Pryce, Elizabeth Debicki and Dominic West, the 2022 episodes dealt with the breakdown of Charles and Diana’s marriage, including the princess’ infamous BBC Panorama interview with Martin Bashir.

It has attracted criticism from leading figures including Dame Judi Dench and former Prime Minister Sir John Major, who said it was beginning to verge on ‘gross sensationalism’ and ‘malicious nonsense’.

Netflix added a disclaimer to the description of the trailer for series five, but reiterated that The Crown is a “fictional drama.”

It also raced ahead of Netflix’s other major releases, including the highest-rated episodes of Ricky Gervais’ latest series After Life (4.1 million), supernatural thriller Stranger Things (3.9 million) and historical romance Bridgerton (3. 4 million).

Stars of cult TV show Stranger Things, including Joseph Quinn and Sadie Sink, have seen their public profiles soar following the release of the final episodes.

In September 2020, the couple announced a partnership with Netflix to work on a number of projects in collaboration with their company Archewell Productions, including documentaries, docuseries, feature films, scripted shows and children’s programs.

In an official statement released at the time, they said: ‘Our focus will be on creating content that informs but also gives hope. As new parents, we also find it important to create inspiring family programs.’

They added that Netflix’s “unprecedented reach” will help [them] share impactful content that sparks action’.

In July 2021, the Duchess announced her first project at Netflix, an animated series called Pearl, in which she would take on the role of creator and executive producer.

However, in May 2022, Pearl was dropped by the streaming platform as part of a wave of budget cuts due to a decline in subscribers.