March 20, 2026
Prince Harry Reportedly Ready to Quit Hollywood (again) as Meghan Pushes Forward
Prince Harry is said to be frustrated with the pressures of the entertainment industry and reportedly ready to step away from Hollywood, while Meghan Markle remains determined to continue producing projects despite setbacks with Netflix.
Sources say Meghan is focused on moving forward with new ideas and leaning on her industry connections, while Harry appears more comfortable concentrating on Invictus and charitable work.
Meanwhile, royal commentators are mocking Meghan’s planned appearance at a luxury women’s retreat in Australia, comparing the event to a Comic-Con style meet-and-greet after reports that guests may pay around $1,700 for photos and access.And could a new dramatization of the Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor scandal be coming to television?
Insiders say studios are exploring projects connected to The Crown brand, a possibility that reportedly has Prince William furious.If you enjoy royal drama, check out our podcast series Crown and Controversy, often described as picking up where The Crown left off. You may also want to try Palace Intrigue Presents: King William, a fictional look at the future of the monarchy.
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A calorogus Shark Media. Hello, welcome to Palace Intrigue. I
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am your host, Mark Francis, and Insider tells closer Harry
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has looked taken this setback with Netflix well, it has
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tipped him over the edge, and now he's saying he's
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done with the whole entertainment industry. He's over it. But
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Megan is nowhere ready to quit. In her eyes, this
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is just a setback, a devastating one for sure, but
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it's not the end of the world. She's dusting herself
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off and coming up with a game plan to forge
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your head. If Harry doesn't want to push through, she
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won't force him. If anything, she seems to relieved to
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be doing this solo. He can focus on the Invictus
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Games and building that up, and she can focus on Hollywood.
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She insists that she still has plenty of well connected
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friends promising to help her, so there's no reason she
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can't continue to produce projects. She believes in. Trying to
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drag Harry along and force him into that world does
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not appeal to her. She'd rather he does his own thing,
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and there's really no need for help to be involved.
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The same goes for her brand. It's her baby. She's
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the one that puts in the hours and has this
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huge vision for it. The last thing she wants is
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to feel she's dragging Harry along against his will, and
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industry inside has said, I don't know how long this
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new Netflix deal is for, but if they don't have
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anything to show soon, I can't imagine it will be renewed.
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Despite the speculation, those close to Meghan say she remains
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determined to push ahead. One source said Meghan is extremely proud,
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so of course it's upsetting for her that people are
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trying to write or offers failure, but she's adamant it's
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not true. She says, the whole situation is being blown
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way out of proportion. In her view, it's the same
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old story. People just love to find fault with her.
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There's no denying that the situation isn't ideal, but the
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way she tells it is, the relationship with Netflix is
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far from over. Regardless of how bad it is or isn't,
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Meghan's determined to keep pushing forward. According to sources, Harry
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has found the pressures of Hollywood frustrating, and he doesn't
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mind Meghan's solo appearances. One inside has said, no doubt,
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Harry is relieved to be off the hook. He's always
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been very open about the fact that this whole entertainment
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world is always more Megan's thing than his. He gave
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it a try because he wanted to support her, and
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because they both believe they could use these platforms to
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tell meaningful stories, but the process has been frustrating and
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exhausting for him. Harry feels much more comfortable focusing on
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Invictus and his charitable work, which is where he believes
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he can actually make a difference. But if Harry wants
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to step back and concentrate on philanthropy, she's fine with that.
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But she can't throw in the towel. Going their own
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ways professionally isn't necessarily a bad thing either. A lot
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of people think it might actually be good for their
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marriage to have more autonomy with their work. Royal commentators
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have mocked Megan Mikel's planned appearance at a luxury women's
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retreat in Australia, comparing the event to the Duchess of
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Sussex setting of a fan booth at Comic Con. Speaking
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on the Palace Confidential podcast, The Daily Mail's Royal editor
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Rebecca English said when they left the Royal family, they
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were trumpeting one hundred million pound deals, and now it's
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kind of seventeen hundred pounds for a group photograph with them.
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They're now basically doing kind of pay per meat and
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photograph events. Diary editor Richard Eden said it kind of
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conjures images for me of kind of fan conventions. Host
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Joel and then joke that sounded like a comic book convention.
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She said, yeah, I was going to say comic con
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That's what it sounds like. Daily Mail columnist Amanda Platel
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wrote that after Megan's thirty two million dollar fairytale wedding
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to Harry in twenty eighteen, she has now been reduced
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to hawking meet and greet photo opportunities for a living.
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Seems like quite a come down from the royal life
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she and Harry anticipated on that sunny May day, and
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has drawn comparisons with Fergie from royal sources, not exactly
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a compliment. She then argued that the couple's most lucrative
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asset may still be their willingness to speak publicly about
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the Royal family. Platel wrote, I fear that without those millions,
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they may get desperate and be tempted. Former royal butler
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Grant Harold tells the Express the Royal family as a
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rule to not do Q and A sessions, and in
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fact they have never really done them, at least not
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in any way that I can recall in recent times.
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So it is quite unusual for a royal to do
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a sit down and participate in an open question and
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answer format where anything could potentially be asked. Even though
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she is a non working member of the royal family,
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she is still a member of the family. In a
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Q and A you simply cannot control what might come up.
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There could be questions about Prince Andrew, they will be
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questions about the royal family more broadly, or there could
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be questions about relationships within the family. When or if
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those questions arise, it can become very difficult to navigate
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them carefully without creating tension. Harold added that the absence
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of any formal palace oversight could add to the uncertainty.
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He said, they will be aware that there is no
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formal process in place to prepare or guide her response
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in advance, and without that kind of oversight, it can
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end up being entirely whatever she chooses to say in
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the moment more Palace entry moment. Sources say Prince William
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is furious at the possibility that Hollywood could revive the
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royal drama series of The Crown to dramatize the growing
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scandal surrounding Andrew mount Batten Windsor. According to entertainment industry insiders,
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several major streaming platforms are exploring potential projects based on
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the unfolding controversy. One source said studios are moving quickly
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because the first major dramatization of a story often shapes
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how the public remembers it. The insiders said, inside the
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major studios, there is a clear sense that this story
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is moving fast and whoever reaches the screen first will
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shape how audiences understand it. Executives know that the first
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dramatization often becomes the version that sticks in the public imagination,
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which is why there is so much urgency behind the scenes.
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The most obvious platform for such a project would be
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The Crown, the widely known royal drama created by Pete
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and Morgan, which previously ran on Netflix in chronicle decades
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of the British monarchy. However, sources close to the royal
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household so the idea of reviving the series to cover
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the Andrew scandal has caused deep frustration for Prince William.
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One palisade said, William is absolutely raging at the idea
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of The Crown coming back to cover the Andrew Windsor scandal.
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The family already felt the series pushed boundaries before, so
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that the thought of it returning to dramatize this particular
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episode is deeply unwelcome. Another insider adds, from William's perspective,
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revisiting the Andrew Windsor scandal in a new The Crown
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storyline would drag the whole issue back into the global
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spotlight yet again as he fights to rebuild its brand
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ahead of taking the throne. Despite those concerns, television producers
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say the controversy contains the elements that typically attract large audiences.
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One production source said, from a storytelling standpoint, the Andrew
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situation contains many of the ingredients the television executives look for.
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A famous institution, controversy at the highest level, and a
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family that people across the world instantly recognize. The source added,
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for producers looking for a narrative with built in global interests,
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the Royal family has always been a powerful subject. When
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controversy enters the picture, the potential audience becomes even larger.
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Media analysts also point out that The Crown remains one
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of the most recognizable television brands associated with the British monarchy.
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One analyst said, although the original run of The Crown
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has wrapped up, the brand itself still carries tremendous recognition
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around the world. For viewers, the title has become almost
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synonymous with high end television storytelling about the British royal family.
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Over the years. It has established a very distinctive tone
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and level of prestige that audiences immediately associated with carefully
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crafted historical drama. If the studios decide to revisit the
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Andrew Windsor scandal through a special or limited series tied
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to The Crown, they would instantly be tapping into a
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brand viewers already recognize. This seems like a good time
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to plug out podcast series Crown and Controversy, described by
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some as picking up where The Crown left off. You
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may also want to check out a series called Palace
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Intrigue presents King William loosely described as The Crown, but
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set in the future look for both of those wherever
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you get your podcasts like this one, Crown and Controversy
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and Palace Intrigue Presents King William and there you have it.
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Intrigue at gmail and dot com, please follow us on Spotify, Apple,
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