Netflix Rings “Death Knell” for the Multi-Million Deals With Prince Harry? PR Expert Explains Why

Published 03/25/2023, 12:30 AM EDT

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The American streaming giant has got some serious obsession with the royal family of the United Kingdom. Needless to say, one of its most-watched shows of all time is The Crown. But the streaming giant actually went royal as it hosted the breeding house of controversies, Harry & Meghan last year in the month of December. Ever since the Sussexes’ multi-million Deals with Netflix is not unknown to anyone. However, sadly, the contract might soon be coming to an end. 

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The Crown’s brand new season is set to recreate one of the most tragic incidents in history. In light of the same, experts have it that it might not sit well with Diana’s youngest, Prince Harry. To recreate Diana’s car crash of 1997 would be like rubbing fresh salt in the wounds, and none of the members of the royal family, especially her two sons, would ever approve of the same. 

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Regardless, the show must go on and the Duke of Sussex might have to pay for it with his own deals. PR expert Jordan James, Head of Key holders at unlocked PR, shared her two cents on the matter. As reported by Express UK, he is afraid that this “level-of-detail borders on the macabre and may signal a death knell to the streaming giant’s close ties” with the Duke. 

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By now, viewers, including the Sussexes themselves, must have gotten immune to The Crown and its ways of not sugarcoating any royal highlight. The same will be applied to Princess Diana’s car accident. 

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The celebrity analyst further went on to add that Netflix is playing a risky game by adding so much detail to Princess Diana’s last moments. Especially, with the rampant media coverage at the time, the controversies that it gave rise to will become all the more inevitable. 

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As reported by the outlet, it can be said that the exact moment of the crash will be kept under wraps. However, everything that happened with the royal family, especially before and after, the same will stay intact in the show. Diana’s Mercedes, which carried her and her rumored boyfriend, Dodi Fayed, has been recreated with the front part of the vehicle deliberately smashed for the shoot. 

What is your opinion about the same? Do you think Netflix will pay for one of its royal content with the bills of another? Let us know in the comments below. 

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Shraddha Das is a Content Lead and the Sub Group Head at Netflix Junkie. Captivated by the power of storytelling and the written word at a young age, which led her to pursue a career in journalism at the Esteemed KIIT School of Journalism and Mass Communication, in Orissa. She has over 1500 articles to her name.

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