Harry and Meghan have been reported to be in bad books with Netflix after the Queen’s platinum jubilee, with a move by the duo in question.
Netflix will not be so calm with this alleged royal rejection.
According to self-proclaimed royal expert Angela Levin, the fact that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle failed to get a photo shoot with Queen Elizabeth II and other members of the royal family with baby Lilibet at last week’s platinum jubilee is a bitter disappointment for Netflix executives.
Well-known biographer Prince Harry and Camilla Parker Bowles dropped the bomb on Tuesday during an appearance on the British talk show. GB News, reported the Daily Mail.
“I heard Netflix wanted these photos of them with the royal family,” Levin said of the alleged photo shoot of a different kind.
“It simply came to our notice then. It would be very valuable, very valuable to them. “
The streaming platform gave the green light to the highly acclaimed “home” documentary series of the fugitive Sussex in May, but the cameras were banned at the Jubilee as part of the “Sandringham deal” made when the couple he left his royal roles in January. 2020.
Frank Levin was thinking about the new photographic controversy that arose when Harry, 37, and Markle, 40, presented Lilibet, 1, to Elizabeth for the first time last Wednesday, after going to the United Kingdom. to participate in the celebrations of the Platinum Jubilee.
Reports from several other media outlets claim that the California-based couple wanted their personal photographer to take happy photos of the 96-year-old monarch and Lilibet, but were rejected, according to an anonymous source who said they were told : “No chance. It was a private family event,” the Sun originally reported.
That same bird also claimed that Elizabeth’s caregivers were concerned that Harry and Markle would leak the photos to American television networks.
However, a source familiar with the situation told The Post that this statement is a stretcher, stating that “they have just enjoyed a private and intimate visit with the queen.” They added that the Sussex did not even bother to ask for photos, as the 96-year-old monarch was not feeling well, an explanation Levin refuted.
Levin, for example, agreed with the above explanation. “Harry and Meghan wanted to see the queen as soon as possible, so she saw them the first day,” he said. “She came in, and then they asked if they were bringing their own photographer and they asked if she could take a picture of the two Lilibets, and she said, ‘No, absolutely impossible.’
Queen Elizabeth’s communications secretary rejected The Post’s request for comment on conflicting reports of “private” meetings.
Netflix representatives have not responded to requests for confirmation of Levin’s claims.
Levin previously told MailOnline that Harry was “incredibly cheeky” when he asked his grandmother if he could for a photo with his daughter, given Elizabeth’s ill health and the intense amount of homework she had during the Jubilee. He praised the palace “for being so clever and cunning that they never had a chance to be photographed with any member of the royal family.”
Levin explained that Harry and Markle were sitting on the right side while the rest of them (Duchess of Cornwall Camilla, Prince Charles, Prince William and Kate Middleton) were sitting on the other side.
In fact, Page Six reported that the power couple did not spend any private time with William, Kate, George, Charlotte and Louis during their brief jubilee visit. Meanwhile, William’s family declined an invitation from Harry and Meghan to attend Lilibet’s first birthday party.
Harry’s relationship with Brother William has been strained since the Sussex, who notoriously died at the palace in January 2020, ruined the royal family in an infamous interview with Oprah Winfrey 14 months ago.
Needless to say, Levin believed that the royal cold shoulder will have serious ramifications for the streaming career of the Sussex, who signed a multimillion-dollar deal with the streamer in 2020 after moving to the United States.
“They would have used it [the photo] for Netflix, “he lamented.” I’d appreciate it if you had her with her great-grandmother, you know.
Investigative journalist Tom Bower, who works on a biography of the Duchess of Sussex, agreed with Levin’s sentiment.
“The Sussex contract with Netflix is in jeopardy,” the journalist told the Daily Mail.
“The photo veto will fuel Sussex resentment. Harry’s retaliation could be further revelations in his book, which will be published later this year.”
He added: “This is a dangerous match for both parties.”
In general, Levin considered Harry and Meghan’s behavior during the jubilee to be a “very poor show … I think they heard that everyone [the royal family] he would leave everything, “he said, adding that after the resentment,” they probably came out angry. “
“I thought they were like petulant teenagers, really,” he continued. “If they didn’t get what they wanted, they would leave. They left early. They left before Sunday’s pageant. They didn’t go for anything else. “
He added: “They wanted to stay together as a family. I mean it’s nonsense. You’re with your family all the time, you don’t use it as an excuse if you’re so close.”
Levin’s rescue comes after it was rumored that Harry and Meghan could not appear on the balcony of Buckingham Palace with Elizabeth, Charles and other members of the royal family.
Meanwhile, on Friday, the couple was booed when they appeared at a jubilee ceremony at St. Paul’s Cathedral.
The couple left the UK on Sunday, before the Jubilee celebrations were even over. However, sources told The Post that it was not a matter of royal resentment: Harry and Markle always intended to attend two events and leave.
This article originally appeared in the New York Post and is reproduced here with permission