{"id":332071,"date":"2025-08-10T02:46:35","date_gmt":"2025-08-10T02:46:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/332071\/"},"modified":"2025-08-10T02:46:35","modified_gmt":"2025-08-10T02:46:35","slug":"meghans-new-goldmine-insiders-tell-alison-boshoff-why-she-and-harry-are-set-to-make-more-money-next-year-despite-being-horrible-at-making-decisions-but-its-not-all-good-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/332071\/","title":{"rendered":"Meghan’s new goldmine: Insiders tell ALISON BOSHOFF why she and Harry are set to make MORE money next year despite being ‘horrible at making decisions’ – but it’s not all good news"},"content":{"rendered":"

Revealed: Meghan and Harry\u2019s new goldmine<\/p>\n

\u2018Deal scrapped!\u2019 \u2018Executives are angry!\u2019 Reports have flown across the globe this week saying Harry and Meghan are being dumped from their five-year exclusive deal with Netflix<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The deal, touted as being worth $100million (\u00a375million), but in reality a fraction of that, has been their biggest payday so far and allowed them to lead enviable lives in Montecito, California<\/a>, in a $14million mansion and security.<\/p>\n

Many have reported that it will be allowed to run out in September because Netflix has \u2018lost interest\u2019 in the Duke and Duchess of Sussex<\/a>\u2026 but that isn\u2019t right. At all!<\/p>\n

As reported, the current deal will come to an end in September. But the couple are still firmly attached to the Netflix money hose.<\/p>\n

Netflix boss Ted Sarandos remains a huge fan, of Meghan\u2019s in particular, and his support is a powerful secret weapon.<\/p>\n

There will be a third series of the Duchess\u2019s lifestyle show With Love, Meghan, if she wants to make one. And I hear she does.<\/p>\n

Multiple sources say the couple are getting a new \u2018first look\u2019 deal with the streamer, which will be in line with the $65million deal Barack and Michelle Obama now have \u2013 and it doesn\u2019t get bigger than that.<\/p>\n

I also hear there are options on the table for other lifestyle shows from the Duchess, tied to hosting gatherings at Thanksgiving or Christmas. The idea is to announce those in September when the second series (already shot) of With Love, Meghan drops.<\/p>\n

\"Netflix <\/p>\n

Netflix boss Ted Sarandos remains a huge fan, of Meghan\u2019s in particular, and his support is a powerful secret weapon. There will be a third series of the Duchess\u2019s lifestyle show With Love, Meghan, if she wants to make one<\/p>\n

In fact\u2026. one well-placed source believes the Sussexes are going to make MORE money next year from Netflix and Meghan\u2019s Netflix\u2013backed brand, As Ever, than they did this year.<\/p>\n

Projects \u2018put on ice\u2019\u2026 forever<\/p>\n

But it\u2019s bad news for their own large team at Archewell Productions, which has been funded up to now by the Netflix exclusive deal. Insiders suggest that running the team and the office costs around $3million (\u00a32.25m) a year.<\/p>\n

Although their team won\u2019t comment, some belt\u2013tightening on the production side looks inevitable. The fate of projects in development \u2013 including a rom\u2013com film based on the book Meet Me At The Lake and a retelling of Charles Dickens\u2019s Great Expectations \u2013 is not known.<\/p>\n

Many believe they will just go on ice \u2013 forever \u2013 as the Sussex team has not yet come up with a script which appeals enough to Netflix bosses Ted Sarandos and Bela Bajaria to get the green light.<\/p>\n

However, sources close to the couple themselves say we can expect more projects from them BOTH for Netflix.<\/p>\n

Despite truly poor ratings for his documentaries Polo and Heart of Invictus, Harry will also be a part of the first\u2013look deal. He is said to be intending to make more documentary shows for Netflix, most likely in the areas of mental health and the environment \u2013 which are twin passions.<\/p>\n

Insiders point out that although With Love, Meghan only made No 383 in the streamer\u2019s What We Watched list, this still put it in the top 5 per cent of Netflix output. It rated higher than the well\u2013established Queer Eye series, with over 5 million viewers.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile Harry\u2019s Polo documentary drew only 500,000 viewers globally, rating number 3,436 in the chart.<\/p>\n

\"Sources <\/p>\n

Sources close to the Sussexes say we can expect more projects from them both for Netflix<\/p>\n

\"Sources <\/p>\n

One close source said of Harry and Meghan: ‘They are horrible at making decisions. They ask everyone, then don’t take their advice’<\/p>\n

By far the most successful thing they ever did for Netflix was \u2013 as you might expect \u2013 that 2022 tell-all documentary Harry & Meghan. It was a storming international success, although one that will be hard to replicate.<\/p>\n

Meghan\u2019s polarising little problem<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Meghan is busy focusing on the best ways to grow her lifestyle brand, As Ever. That was launched in partnership with Netflix this spring, with Meghan registering the trademark and Netflix managing it and providing some staff.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m told she is mulling the best ways to \u2018evolve\u2019 her brand, which she wants to keep affordable. She also wants to make sure that it maintains quality as it grows.<\/p>\n

So far there have been crepe and biscuit mixes, the infamous flower sprinkles and a controversial $30-a-bottle (\u00a322.50) ros\u00e9 wine, which hasn\u2019t been a hit with wine experts. Nonetheless, all have sold out instantly.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s not entirely good news for Brand Meghan, though. Lauren Sherman of news site Puck describes the business as \u2018excruciatingly small\u2019 and adds: \u2018Sure, stuff sold out, but that was because they didn\u2019t make a lot of it.\u2019<\/p>\n

She adds: \u2018I\u2019ve never understood why Markle, who legitimately moves product when she wears or endorses something, didn\u2019t team up with a licensing firm, Foster sisters-style, or go ahead and raise capital from her inner Montecito circle to start a Goop-style business. (With the knowledge of where Gwyneth Paltrow\u2019s Goop brand succeeded and failed, of course.) And perhaps she\u2019ll still do something of the sort.<\/p>\n

\u2018But there are a few things holding her back. First, she is terribly polarizing, even more so than Gwyneth. A lot of people who might buy a sweater Markle is wearing from J.Crew or La Ligne would be embarrassed to serve a bottle of her wine at a dinner party.\u2019<\/p>\n

And the other issue? Sherman adds that an ex-Sussex employee told her: \u2018The one thing Meghan and Harry have done consistently is make the wrong decision.\u2019<\/p>\n

That\u2019s not for want of trying. Because, as another close source told me: \u2018They are horrible at making decisions. They ask everyone, and then don\u2019t take their advice.\u2019<\/p>\n

And that\u2019s a problem all the Netflix money in the world can\u2019t solve.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Revealed: Meghan and Harry\u2019s new goldmine \u2018Deal scrapped!\u2019 \u2018Executives are angry!\u2019 Reports have flown across the globe this…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":332072,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7708],"tags":[7709,92,7721,7719,7718,7720,1281,451,447,7710,519,813,7711],"class_list":{"0":"post-332071","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-royals","8":"tag-british-royal-family","9":"tag-dailymail","10":"tag-duchess-of-sussex","11":"tag-duke-of-sussex","12":"tag-harry","13":"tag-meghan","14":"tag-meghan-markle","15":"tag-netflix","16":"tag-prince-harry","17":"tag-royal-families","18":"tag-royal-family","19":"tag-tvshowbiz","20":"tag-uk-royal-family"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115002185505823619","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332071","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=332071"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332071\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/332072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=332071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=332071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=332071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}