Meghan and Harry launching two new series at Netflix featuring cooking, gardening and polo

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The Duke and Duchess of Sussex reportedly have two new non-fiction series within the works at Netflix.

It comes at the tail finish of the couple’s five-year take care of the streaming large, inked in 2020 for an estimated $100m after they resigned as senior members of the royal household and relocated to the US.

The first series will see Meghan rejoice the thrill of cooking, gardening, entertaining, and friendship, Deadline first reported on Thursday.

Leah Hariton (Selena + Chef) serves as showrunner, whereas Michael Steed (My Next Guest Needs No Introduction; Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown) serves as director.

Meghan and Chanel Pysnik will government produce for Archewell Productions – the Sussexes’ media agency.

The second series, primarily shot at the US Open Polo Championship in Wellington, Florida, “will provide viewers unprecedented access to the world of professional polo. Known primarily for its aesthetic and social scene, the series will pull the curtain back on the grit and passion of the sport, capturing players and all it takes to compete at the highest level”.

Miloš Balać, who has labored on Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney’s Welcome to Wrexham, will function showrunner.

Both untitled exhibits are within the early levels of manufacturing, based on Deadline.

Before her 2018 royal wedding ceremony to Prince Harry, Meghan ran The Tig – a way of life weblog she created in 2014 earlier than shutting it down in 2017. Cooking has additionally been a longtime love for former Suits star, who beforehand shared her recipes for beet cheesecake, and spicy broccoli and hempseed stew on The Tig.

While working as a senior member of the royal household in 2018, Meghan launched a charity cookbook to lift cash for victims of the Grenfell Tower fireplace.

Harry has competed in polo tournaments all through his life and counts Argentinian polo star Ignacio Figueras as one in every of his closest mates.

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The Santa Barbara Polo & Racquet Club is just not removed from Harry and Meghan’s Montecito dwelling, the place they’re at present elevating their two kids, four-year-old Archie Harrison and two-year-old Lilibet Diana.

Under the take care of Netflix, the pair launched a six-part docuseries titled Harry & Meghan, which turned Netflix’s most profitable documentary launch ever.

Since signing the deal, the Sussexes have additionally accomplished two different documentaries – Heart of Invictus and Live to Lead – that acquired a extra middling viewer response.

However, Harry and Meghan have been closely scrutinised within the wake of reviews that executives at each Spotify and Netflix have been left “underwhelmed” by their lack of expertise as producers. Spotify subsequently ended its $20m take care of the Sussexes and Archewell Audio after only one season of Meghan’s podcast, Archetypes.