How Harry is about to be cut from Meghan’s Netflix deal by the person who calls her ‘The Rock Star’: Insiders reveal ‘Face-Saving’ deal to Alison Boshoff and the truth about ‘Slappe’ reviews

What a terrible week for Prince Harry. Although he announced that he devoted himself to a life of ‘service’ after Megxit, he does not make Time Magazine’s list of 100 ‘most influential philanthropists’, published this week.

Even worse, his brother Prince William (described in reserve by Harry as his ‘arch enemy’) is on the list, together with wife Kate.

That lack of recognition is no surprise, because this year Prince Harry got off the charity he founded, Sentebale, amid a fall -out with his chairman of the board.

There has also been the Saga of the charity institution African parks – of which he was president for six years until he was elevated to the board of the board of directors in 2023 – which admitted to human rights violations.

And both setbacks are hard on the heels of Harry’s loss in the Court of Appeal on his right to automatic security from the taxpayer, something that he called a ‘good, old-fashioned location stitch’ in a memorable Tell-All-All BBC Interview earlier this month.

The interview has absolutely let everyone talk, but probably not in the way Harry was meant because he came up bitter and right.

But while 2025 is to be another Annus -Horribilis for Harry, for wife Meghan, all seems to be sunshine and roses.

Because, as I can exclusively reveal, despite reviews that insiders were ‘weak’ and ‘disappointing’, it is ‘almost certain’ that her Netflix lifestyle TV program, with love, meghan, will be repaired for a third series to be shown next year (a second is already in the water) and that the deal with the streamer will be in September..

A well -placed source tells me: ‘What people don’t understand about the situation is that [Netflix CEO] Ted Sarandos is a huge, massive fan of Meghan personally. He calls her “The Rock Star”. There is no way that her deal is not being renewed. ‘

The source adds: ‘Ted is in the Meghan activities and that is not going to change. He is completely in it. ‘

So although the deal will be reactivated, my source says that it is based on Meghan’s presence on the screen and her ideas in the lifestyle arena.

And not because of some ideas that Harry has had. The first Netflix deal was both Meghan and Harry, and reportedly worth £ 78 million over a period of five years. The couple promised to ‘make content that informs but also gives hope’.

Their Tell-All documentary from 2022, Harry & Meghan, was a run-away success and achieved 97.7 million hours in the first week.

However, it was followed by the heart of Invictus, which, although a worthy look at the work of Harry’s charity for wounded soldiers and women, was one of Netflix’s worst artists of 2023.

Last year’s Polo, a documentary behind the scenes about the sport that the Sussexes barely contained, did not mapped.

Those who do business with Netflix believe that the new deal will be a much reduced offer compared to their current agreement will be fully focused on Meghan and this time without a generous payment will be in advance.

A senior TV and film producer said: ‘The renewal will be crucial in saving face all around, not least for Netflix. It is as if Amazon endlessly renews the deal of Phoebe Waller-Bridge, even though she does not think of anything. It means that the executive power that has made the rent does not look like he made a mistake. I can see why it makes sense to renew money for much smaller.

‘Meghan has nothing on the screen as a producer – none of the script [films or TV shows] She talked about having flourished – but people are fascinated by her at a global level, and that does not apply to many people. ‘

From her scripted shows, the animated children’s series Pearl Junked was before he went into production and an adjustment of the best -selling romantic novel, measures me at the lake, has an approved script.

Nothing has been heard of their planned feminist view of the great expectations of Charles Dickens in more than a year. But Meghan clearly remains a source of enormous interest – as it could be seen this week when she shared a ‘love story’ Moodboard to mark her seventh wedding anniversary with Prince Harry.

And she is now planning to earn income with that attraction with her elegant fingers in different cakes for making money.

Her brand launched the brand, with its ‘fruit spreads’, tea and cookies and crepe mixes sold out in less than an hour on 2 April.

Of course we do not know how many items have been produced, so the jury is still out if that is impressive, or whether it was just a smart PR stunt.

And what is not impressive is the fact that seven full weeks later nothing was topped up. “I would bet someone will be fired in logistics,” says a source. ‘Where are the products? If there is a lot of demand, sell them! It is a basic company. ‘

Asked for comments on the delay this week, her PR team in Archewell said nothing.

Certainly, the brand launch, of which Meghan says it was done in collaboration with Netflix, seemed painfully messy, slow and chaotic.

But although there is still a long way to go for the ‘female founder’ as always counts herself a food stuffes tycoon, even her opponents must admit that her commercial companies show a sign of promise.

As an influencer, Meghan – the famous ‘Aktetas girl’ appears to have found her niche on the deal of the American TV or not before she makes her name in legal drama suits. Her store, my website seems to be a booming. The $ 395 (£ 290) striped Jenni Kayne Cashmere sweater that she wore on her Netflix show, and which she could be seen in an Instagram post, is sold out in all sizes.

It is the same with the Carolina Herrera dress that she wore for a Beyonce concert earlier this month. Although hers was last season and was no longer available, it was a reason for a peak that demand for the current pleated denim mini dress of the designer – which is sold out in all sizes, despite the cost of $ 1,600 (£ 1,182).

Idem A Pretty, $ 400 (£ 295) Black Layered Doens Sundress worn in a photo posted in honor of International Women’s Day.

The powerful influence of Meghan on shopping cannot be disputed, and the move to e-commerce has been an easy victory for her.

Harry, who inherited millions from his mother and grandmother, complained memorable to Oprah in their Tell-All interview in 2021 that his family “literally cut me financially”.

Shortly thereafter, Royal Accounts made it public that Charles had actually continued to support the couple until the summer of 2020 of a £ 4.4 million Clarence House pot that was used to support his two sons and their families.

Less successful have been her recent TV companies.

Her series, With Love, Meghan, had streamed 12.6 million hours in the first week, which just squeaked the Netflix Global Top that week. It was number seven in the UK

In the first week before you fall out of sight.

It was also not a critical success, because they sprinkle a lot of edible dried flowers on just about everything: ice cream, hummus, cakes and in drinks.

Despite all Meghan’s conversation about ‘authenticity’, it was not even filmed in her own house, but in a nearby mansion near hers – for reasons of privacy and because her own kitchen is not large or clear enough to house a crew. Sources say that she was happy with the series.

Netflix -Baas Ted Sarandos – who has a weekend house near the Sussexes in Montecito with wife Nicole Avant and shares some mutual friends with Meghan – tends not to talk about her in interviews, but it is clear where he sees the potential of the Hertogin. In March of this year, just afterwards, Meghan started to stream, he spoke about her in a long -term piece in the Bible Variety in the industry and said: “I think Meghan is underestimated in terms of her influence on culture.

‘When we dropped the trailer for the Harry & Meghan Doc series, everything on the screen was dissected in the press for days. The shoes she wore sold out all over the world. The Hermes blanket that was sold out all over the world in the chair behind her. People are fascinated by Meghan Markle. She and Harry are exaggerated. ‘

Asked if Netflix was serious to be involved in the Meghan brand, further than just ‘a marketing trick’, Sarandos replied: ‘It’s good for marketing and branding. These are all expressions of Fandom. ‘

He added: “We are a passive partner in Meghan’s company, and it is now a major discovery model for us.”

From which you could intuitively that Sarandos is not going on as always becomes the next Heinz, but it regards as a useful way to attract the public to the Netflix show and to commercialize the global fascination that Meghan exercises.

His belief in Meghan was so strong that Meghan was a second series of eight episodes from Love, Meghan was filmed with the first last spring, and it will go out this fall.

As I revealed last week, one of the guests will be model and TV presenter Chrissy Teigen – perhaps a step further from Mindy Kaling, a comedian who clearly knew the Duchess after she was famous (and snippily) when she called her Meghan Markle.

“It’s Sussex now,” the Duchess told her.

But the only guest that Meghan really wants to land for series three – who can go into production later this year – will be the ruling queen of Montecito, Gwyneth Paltrow.

Paltrow had made a fairly cool observation about Meghan earlier this year and said: ‘I don’t know Meghan and Harry. I am surprised how close they live. I mean, I met Meghan, who seems really beautiful, but I don’t know her at all. ‘

She added: “Maybe I will try to get through their security detail and bring a cake.”

This was followed by an Instagram video of Paltrow who made breakfast that seemed to dig in Meghan, while she drank tea from a mug with a crown on it and the store purchased on a plate decanted.

Paltrow closed rumors about a feud by getting Meghan to make a surprising appearance in a video filmed in Paltrow’s Kitchen, who eat cake, a few days later.

Asked if she would appear in Meghan’s show this week, Paltrow said: ‘Of course! Why not? You never know. I don’t bake so well, but I can always try it. ‘

As is the case in the famous world, the true barometer of their friendship can be found on Instagram: neither follows the other.

Ted Sarandos now both follows.

It is only a matter of time before Meghan returns the hospitality of Gwynnie – this time with Netflix who pays the bill.