Just how “Done” is Netflix with Harry and Meghan? New Reporting Paints a Grim Picture

0:00 Ah Calorogus Shark Media. Hello and welcome to Pallas Intrigue. I am your host, Mark Francis. More details are emerging about just how badly the relationship between Harry and Meghan and Netflix may have gone off the rails. Variety Chief correspondent Matt Donnelly said on The Royalist podcast that the Sussexes deal with the streaming giant appears to have become a major disappointment behind the scenes, especially once Meghan's lifestyle brand as Ever became tied up in the wider Netflix partnership. Donnelly said Netflix paid everything. Netflix paid for the manufacturing, Netflix paid for the shipping, Netflix paid for the branding.

0:47 This is a massive investment. So if they're going from success to success to record breaking jam Hole to record breaking jam Hole, why then after a year as Netflix bail. Doesn't that contradict the responsibility they have for shareholders, which is to provide value. It defies common sense. Royal expert Tom Sykes adds the sense seems to be that the brand actually hasn't worked out either, because despite all these claims from their office that they've sold sixty million dollars worth of jam and more, than major jam manufacturers. The truth is, it's hard to imagine that Netflix would have split from them if that was the case. When Insider, quoted by Donnelly put in bluntly, the mood in the building is we're done. Megan is reportedly considering a return to acting, with a new tabloid report claiming the Duchess of Sussex's looking again at Hollywood after a run of media projects that have failed to deliver the momentum once expected.

1:39 A source alleged to Radar Online there's talk she is actively considering a return that leans into more daring, even raunchy scenes because she feels she has nothing else to try at this stage. Another added that acting is being seen as the clearest route back into relevance. Began Markel's format. Suits co star Patrick J. Adams says he may finally be ready to retire one very specific joke from his Instagram bio. Adams, who played Mike Ross opposite Megan's Rachel Zane on Suits, has long described himself online as the other guy from that show that you're watching on that app because that girl married that prince. Speaking on the Not Skinny but Not Fat podcast, Adams said, I've got to change that after the bio came up in conversation, but he also admitted he suspects Meghan would probably roll her eyes at the whole thing rather than be offended by it. It's the sort of thing that wherever Meghan is, if she's ever read that, she's going Patrick give me a break, he said. He added, I got a lot of eye rolls. That was a constant with Megan. The Daily Beast reports his source close to Harry said the Prince wants an enhanced package of security so he can stay as long as he wants whenever he wants to see his father with the children. That wording has already caused concern in royal circles, where one source pushed back hard, saying people would be horrified by any suggestion of using the King's grandchildren as a form of bargaining tool. At the heart of the issue is Harry's insistence that he cannot safely bring his family to Britain without additional protection.

3:05 The report suggests he would welcome an invitation to Sandringham, but even that appears to come with conditions. A source said he'd like an invite to Sandringham, would he go. It would depend on who was there. If the King was to say, come up and spend some time with the family, he'd love that. A friend of the king previously said, Harry has lost his security case in court and now he's trying the emotional blackmail route to get what he wants. Instead, cynically using the threat of Archie and Lulibet never meeting their grandfather again, has attacked to coerce the King. It's truly appalling. The idea that the security forces it going to allow the Sussexes to be attacked by an acid throwing or knife wielding maniac is absurd, and Harry knows it. Using it as leverage as a reason to keep his kids from their grandfather is beyond contempt.

3:49 Another old family friend quoted in the piece was similarly blunt, saying, I wonder when they are older, how these kids will feel about being denied a meaningful relationship with the King of England. To deprive one of them that experience, with all its importance and heritage, seems very misguided. Of course, he wants to see them, but if he forced Charles to choose between his duty to the crown and his personal feelings, he will choose the crown every time, just as his mother did. And a former contemporary of both William and Harry added, when Harry was being kicked out of Frogmore Cottage, one of his lines was that Charles would never see the kids again. This is him going public with that threat. In the Daily Mail, Amanda Platel writes, my first thought was that if Harry is so desperate for some family time, why not call his father himself?

4:32 Or is the Pallace's distrust of him so great they wouldn't risk a phone conversation for fear of the call being leaked. Harry must know that when the terrible day comes and we lose our monarch, his brother, the new King, William, will have no truck with him. Perhaps I'm a cynic or simply a seasoned observer, but seeing the way William turned his back on the former Prince Andrew and his kling on wife Fergie must have sent a shiver down the Sussex's spines. They must now surely realize a stubborn and by all accounts, grudge bearing William will never forgere give his brother for his terrible betrayal when we finally lose him. I can already imagine a new book from Montecito, Despair's Despair upon losing his beloved Power, then a Netflix series Harry and Meghan our last visit with the King of England. I can see a script being developed as I write, surely in advance, for that would eclipse the sixty million dollars they got from their last five year deal with the streaming platform. So imagine the disappointment when, after reports of Harry's bid for a reconciliation, us as close to the King bluntly replied, if Harry truly wishes to see his father, he would do well to encourage his supporters to allow such matters to be discussed privately, since low trust and bitter experience in this regard remains one of the principal barriers to progress. In the Independent, Tessin Dunlop suggests a summer at Sandringham could solve the Royals Harry problem. Dunlop writes, Springers in the air once more talk turns to Harry and Charles get together, this time Sandringham, far enough away from the bustle of London, but crucially not bow Moral. A repository of childhood trauma for them. If the King's schedule aligns, A Norfolk rendezvous

6:03 would certainly help reset the estate. In the wake of Andrew mount Batten Windsor's unsolicited arrival. Locals are understandably peeved at their association with a disgraced former prince. Billboards and graffiti expressing a bubbling discontent at odds with an area that has long taken pride in its royal association. A Sussex DroPIN would provide a welcome break in keeping with the Duke's promise to live a life of service outside palace walls. He is due in Britain this summer to tea up next years in Victor's Games in Birmingham. The addition of a family get together six years after that dismal Sandringham summit would bring some much needed good news to the Royals and reinforce a sense of family for all concerned. Crucially, the month of July has another in built advantage. Prince William would likely be on the other side of the Atlantic, cheering on England's World Cup efforts in Trump's America. In other words, an awkward clash between two unreconciled siblings won't get him the way of a Sussex Sandringham visit. The future King can take a head for the team overseas, while Harry reintroduces his wife to the lights of an English summer under big skies. Harry can walk barefoot in the sand while Meghan forages for berries along the Norfolk broads, little Bit and Archie in hand.

7:09 For the Sussexes, the winds are obvious. Aside from the Instagram magic that is a Norfolk vista, the touches homely as ever brand is perfectly aligned with the romantic image of English living, more palacing just a moment. Princess Anne is said to have formed an early and rather blunt view of Meghan, with author Tom Bauer claiming Anne believed Meghan was driven by what he describes as red carpet fever. Bower writes that Anne allegedly told a friend Meghan was gripped by red carpet fever and added nothing it seemed would deter her search for the spotlight. The report points to the twenty nineteen Lion King premiere in London as a defining example, when Harry and Meghan attended the film event while Harry was also expected at a Royal Marines memorial engagement. It also revives the now widely circulated clip of Harry speaking to Disney chief bos Eiger saying, you know she does voiceovers when I appeared surprised, Harry added, did you know that you seem surprised. Meghan then said that's why we're here, is the pitch, and Iiger replied, sure, we'd love to try. Rida also quotes Tom Bough reflecting more broadly on Meghan's public persona, and he said, you never see Meghan looking down, You never see her defeated.

8:21 You never get a hint of vulnerability. She disappears and only emerges as well dressed and all the rest of it when she can put a big smile on or at least looks serious and well. She thinks to be glamorous. And I think to that extent, you know she's an extraordinary survivor. And there you have it. Like to email us addresses the Palace Intrigue at Gmail and Doug Colm please follow us on Spotify, apper or the app of your choice. By Mike Francis Thanks to John McDermott. This Palace Intrigue contains