Netflix today announced the first television series of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle after their million-pound deal with the network, which will be a documentary series about the Invictus Games.
The program, Heart of Invictus, will continue to train competitors from around the world for the Hague Games, which were scheduled to take place in 2020 but were delayed until next year due to the pandemic.
Harry and Meghan’s Archewell Productions are working with director Orlando von Einsiedel and producer Joanna Natasegara on the series that will follow both athletes and organizers as they prepare for the event.
The 36-year-old Duke of Sussex, who will appear on camera and be executive producer, has been living in a £ 10m mansion in Montecito, California, with his wife Meghan, 39, since last summer. after both ceased to be royal.
The couple, who also signed a million-pound deal with Spotify and granted an interview to Oprah Winfrey last month, are expecting a baby girl while their son Archie will turn two next month.
Speaking about the new show today, Harry said: “From the first Invictus Games of 2014, we knew that each competitor would contribute in their exceptional way to a mosaic of endurance, determination and resolution.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex speak with Oprah Winfrey in her revealing interview that aired for the first time on March 7
“This series will give communities around the world a window into the poignant and uplifting stories of these competitors on their way to the Netherlands next year.
“As the first series of Archewell Productions” with Netflix, in collaboration with the Invictus Games Foundation, I couldn’t be more excited about the journey you have to follow or more proud of the Invictus community to continually inspire global healing, the potential human service and continued service “.
Harry previously explained the Netflix and Spotify deals in the Oprah interview saying, “My family literally cut me off financially and I had to pay security for us.”
Dominic Reid, executive director of the Invictus Games Foundation, said: “We are very excited about the opportunity to brighten Netflix’s global focus on the men and women we work with, to ensure that even more people can be inspired. for his determination and strength in working towards his recovery.
“This association will also provide significant funding for the charity. We are very grateful to our founding patron for his continued efforts to support the military community and to make this association a reality.”
And Ted Sarandos, co-executive of Netflix and content director, said: “The Duke and Duchess of Sussex and the Archewell Productions team are building an ambitious blackboard that reflects the values and causes they love.
“From the moment I met them, it became clear that the Invictus Games occupy a very special place in the heart, and I couldn’t be happier if their first Netflix series showed this to the world in a way never seen before. Bye now. ‘
The announcement comes hours after Piers Morgan accused the Duke and Duchess of Sussex of “complete hypocrisy” over his interview with Oprah and said he had the “universal support” of the British public.
Morgan left his job at Good Morning Britain last month after saying he didn’t believe what Meghan had told Oprah.
The duchess said she was ignored when she cared about her mental health and that racist comments had been made before the birth of her son, Archie.
Netflix today announced the first television series on the network of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle about the games Invictus
Prince Harry’s postponed Invictus Games announcements for 2020 have been rolled back again, it was announced today. In the photo: the couple in 2018
In his first television interview since leaving Good Morning Britain, Morgan spoke with conservative American personality Tucker Carlson and stood by his comments, accusing the couple of the “most extraordinarily dishonest shame, the successful work “of the royal family.
Piers Morgan assaults Alex Beresford, a weather guy, for a “premeditated” attack by Meghan Markle that cost her work at ITV’s GMB
Piers Morgan has criticized Alex Beresford for launching a “premeditated attack” during Meghan Markle’s row that cost Good Morning Britain (GMB) her job in her first television interview since she left the show.
The 56-year-old journalist sparked a firestorm on social media last month after saying he “didn’t believe a word” of what the duchess said during her extraordinary interview with U.S. chat legend Oprah Winfrey .
Piers Morgan gave an hour-long interview to Fox Nation’s Tucker Carlson Today program
It caused an explosive collision in the air with GMB weatherman Beresford, who accused Morgan of “destroying” the Suits actress before she set off. Later that day, the MailOnline columnist left the ITV breakfast.
Sitting with American television presenter Tucker Carlson on Monday to tell “MY truth” about the controversy over his criticism of the Sussex, Morgan said Beresford’s comments were part of a “premeditated attack”.
During his one-hour interview with Fox Nation’s Tucker Carlson Today program, Morgan went out in Beresford and called the 40-year-old “the weather guy” and “not a journalist.”
He also revealed that he was “disappointed” by the apologies of his co-host, Susanna Reid, after it was launched, but said he believed he could have acted “under fear” of a “huge stack of Twitter.” “if he had defended himself.
Morgan even poured cold water on accusations that Meghan received racist coverage in the British press, saying, “I never saw it, I don’t think so,” as she noted the media’s positive coverage of the royal wedding on 2018.
Instead, he doubled down on his original comments, saying he was right not to believe the Duke and Duchess in his interview with Oprah because 17 of his claims have since been proven false, exaggerated or unverifiable. .
And he said he has the support of the public. Morgan said, “Old, young, black, white, it didn’t matter. They’ve been with me all day all day.”
Morgan said people agreed with her comments about Meghan or defended her right to free speech. “The British people have seen it,” he told Fox Nation’s Tucker Carlson Today program.
Morgan said he had “many” job offers since he left Good Morning Britain and explored the circumstances surrounding his departure. He left the set briefly after a showdown with time presenter Alex Beresford.
Morgan described his former colleague as “the boy of time who makes time from time to time.” He added: “He is not a journalist. But he is someone I have helped with his career several times when he asked me to.”
Morgan accused Beresford of a “premeditated attack … on a personal level.”
He said he shouldn’t have left the set. And Morgan addressed the on-air statement from his former Good Morning Britain co-host Susanna Reid about his departure. He said he “didn’t particularly like it,” but suggested it was “in the hands of fear.”
Morgan added, “Honestly, I think I was trapped in fear. I think I was afraid that if I went too far saying good things about myself, the same thing would happen to her, that there would be a huge pile of Twitter.”
In his interview with Carlson, which lasted more than an hour, Morgan described Meghan, who rose to fame starring in the television drama Suits, as the “delirious duchess who is on the move.”
Criticizing the couple for their commercial deals with people like Spotify and Netflix, Morgan said, “They don’t make all that money through talent: Meghan was a right actress on a show that few people saw.”
And of Harry, Morgan praised his work in the Armed Forces before adding, “What happened to this guy? That he became that brat in his mid-thirties complaining about his father, not yet. is funding everything it does.
Asked by Carlson about the future of the 36-year-old duke and 39-year-old duchess, Morgan said: “She has a history of leaving everyone and everything when they cease to be useful to her, so my Harry’s advice is to make sure they are still in use.
“And its main use, it seems to me, is that it has a royal title and has been relentlessly exploiting that title for hundreds of millions of dollars.”
He accused the couple of saying “so many ridiculous things” in their March interview with Oprah and dismissed claims that he was racist for not believing them.
He said the interview was “bad-tasting, tasteless, ungenious, and I’m afraid, I think, in some cases, it’s downright global.”
And Morgan used his appearance on Carlson’s show to confront what he described as “awake people” and urged audiences to “stand up and say ‘no’.”
He pointed to Sharon Osbourne’s recent departure from a chat in the United States as an example of the so-called cancel culture. Osbourne left The Talk after defending Morgan against allegations of racism for his comments to Meghan.