Prince Harry<\/a> and Meghan Markle<\/a>‘s Netflix<\/a> deal is a ‘slap in the face’, a royal expert has claimed on Palace Confidential.<\/p>\n The Sussexes signed a new ‘multi-year, first look deal for film and television projects’ with the streaming giant – understood to be worth less for the couple than their previous contract<\/a>.<\/p>\n The ‘first-look’ arrangement means Netflix can say yes or no to new film or television projects before anyone else – allowing them to pick and choose what they invest in.<\/p>\n The esteemed journalist went on to describe the new deal as a ‘downgrade’, claiming it falls a long way from the jackpot figure of Harry and Meghan’s original contract in 2020.<\/p>\n ‘Let’s deal with the facts,’ he said. ‘Harry himself in his interview with Oprah<\/a> Winfrey talked about how he needed money and he needed it quickly because security and money had been cut off from his father.<\/p>\n ‘He said, “we sign these deals with Spotify<\/a> and Netflix” clearly implying that they were worth a fortune.’<\/p>\n Indeed, the Duke and Duchess signed a five-year deal in September 2020 to make documentaries and films for the American streaming giant said to have been worth up to $100million (\u00a375million).<\/p>\n ‘It’s definitely a slap in the face,’ Richard Eden (pictured), the Daily Mail’s Diary Editor, said on the latest episode of Palace Confidential on YouTube<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The Sussexes signed a new ‘multi-year, first look deal for film and television projects’ with the streaming giant – understood to be worth less for the couple than their previous contract<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Referring now to their new deal, Richard said: ‘This is none of a kind from everything I have heard. It is just a first look deal so the only money they will receive is if the programmes are commissioned.’<\/p>\n ‘I mean what Harry would want would be another deal he can boast to Oprah Winfrey about how much it’s worth but it’s clear that’s not coming.’<\/p>\n Richard listed two programmes from the Sussexes that are scheduled to appear on Netflix in the coming months<\/a>: A ‘holiday special’ of With Love, Meghan and a ‘documentary about children in Uganda’.<\/p>\n ‘By all accounts,’ he said, ‘it is a big downgrade. It remains to be seen how much money they make from it.’\u00a0<\/p>\n A spokesman for the Sussexes said the couple received an up-front fee from Netflix, adding:\u00a0‘I can say no more owing to commercially confidential contractual agreements<\/a>.’<\/p>\n Turning to Rebecca English, the Daily Mail’s Royal Editor, host of the show Jo Elvin said: ‘It’s a little bit of a shine off the original deal, isn’t it?’<\/p>\n ‘Depends who you talk to,’ Rebecca said. ‘Like everything with the Sussexes, it’s very divisive.<\/p>\n ‘Those that are their great supporters say, “this is a triumph. All of these media personalities were predicting that their deal was dead in the water, was going to be allowed to expire. See! We’ve got this renewed commitment from Netflix – this is a triumph!”\u00a0<\/p>\n Richard Eden (left) and Rebecca English (centre), the Daily Mail’s Royal Editor, star on the show alongside host Jo Elvin (right)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Rebecca, who has been covering the royals since 2004, explained that\u00a0‘like everything with the Sussexes, it’s very divisive’.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n ‘Those that do not like Harry and Meghan and are critics of them are saying this is a massive downgrade from what they had before.<\/a> It’s a loosening of ties from Netflix.’<\/p>\n Rebecca, who has been covering the royals since 2004, went on to give a ‘shout-out’ to the Daily Mail’s Chief Showbusiness Writer Alison Boshoff who ‘wrote that this was going to happen a month ago<\/a>‘.\u00a0<\/p>\n ‘She has very good contacts in the Showbiz industry,’ Rebecca explained. ‘She said it would be a first look deal, there would be a few more forthcoming programmes, there would be a holiday special from Meghan on her With Love, Meghan programme.<\/p>\n ‘She got everything right so I asked Alison what she thought and she is somewhere in the middle of this.<\/p>\n Quoting Alison, Rebecca explained that Harry and Meghan’s new deal seems to be ‘pretty par for the course for the Netflix business model at the moment’.<\/p>\n ‘What they’ve been given now is on par with people like the Obamas and their Higher Ground productions, they have all been given these similar downgraded deals,’ she said.<\/p>\n For more fascinating insights from the Mail’s team of unrivalled experts, watch the <\/span><\/span><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a>latest episode of Palace Confidential<\/a> <\/a>in full now,\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/a>subscribe to the Daily Mail Royals YouTube channel<\/a>\u00a0and <\/a>sign up to the FREE Palace Confidential newsletter<\/a>.<\/span><\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.celebrity.land.co.uk \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Prince Harry and Meghan Markle‘s Netflix deal is a ‘slap in the face’, a royal expert has claimed on Palace Confidential. 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