Just months after Prince Harry and Meghan Markledecided to depart from royal life, the pair signed a contract with Netflix inSeptember 2020that would eventually culminate in the creation of their production company,Archewell Productions, and set into motion plans to produce documentaries and scripted series.
The deal was said to have been “in the neighborhood of $100 million,” perThe New York Times.
Because the Duke and Duchess of Sussex forfeited royal funds and were made to repay $3 million in taxpayer dollars used for home renovations Harryrevealed to Oprah Winfrey in a bombshell interviewthat the deal came about because “my family literally cut me off financially, and I had to … afford security for us.”
The Sussexes' docuseries has a release date
Even the creation of the series itself has caused speculation, with the Sussexesswapping one director for anotherandallegedly panickingover its release.Meghan Markle and Prince Harry were reportedly in hot water with Netflix, too.Page Sixreported that tensions were high because the couple allegedly wanted to cut swaths of the series and edit certain parts due to the passing of Queen Elizabeth II, according to a Netflix source.
The Sussexes were also said to have wanted the show to air next year, a request that Netflix has seemingly denied.
Despite the drama, the series premiere is now fast approaching, witha scheduled release dateof Dec. 8, 2022, according to industry sources.
While the royals might be holding their breath as several “truth bombs” regarding members of the royal family are said to be in store, per Page Six time will tell how the docuseries is received.
