Prince Harry, Meghan Markle face major trouble as Netflix contract nears end

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s lucrative £80 million Netflix deal is set to expire in 2025, which will leave the couple with major financial worries.

The couple’s contract renewal is uncertain due to the underwhelming performance of their non-royal projects, including their latest docuseries on Polo.

According to royal expert Jack Royston, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex may consider a move to Paramount, but this would require them to pitch new content and negotiate a new deal.

As per The Express, he said, “Fans may therefore keep an eye on the Sussexes 2025 for any signs they might jump ship to Paramount, which would also allow them to spin the end of their Netflix deal as their decision to depart, rather than the streamer’s decision to terminate a multi-year deal.”

“Whether they head to Paramount or not though, jumping ship to any other TV platform will inevitably mean negotiating a new deal and that will mean new content,” he added.

“And TV executives would no doubt want some idea of what that content would be, meaning they would need pitches strong enough to land them the kind of paycheck they need to fund their substantial annual bill for private security.”

He further shared that the process could be a “major test” of whether “the royal bombshells that defined three years of their lives from 2021 to 2023 really are a thing of the past—or whether the need for a new substantial paycheck might force the couple to offer something slightly more compelling than their other non-royal Netflix projects.”