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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s deal with Netflix won’t give the Duke of Sussex any leverage over the content of the next seasons of The Crown, a source has warned. The last two seasons of the popular show on the Royal Family will focus on the events taking place between the 1990s and 2000s.
This means a young Prince Harry is likely to be portrayed on screen.
And, one Netflix insider has said, the Duke of Sussex won’t be able to control his past will be depicted as the streaming giant has not given him or Meghan “any control of the company’s brand editorial policies or strategy”.
The source told : “Essentially that means The Crown’s storyline, plots or subject matter cannot be altered by the Sussexes.
“All decisions regarding storylines run by the channel executives, board and the legal team.
Prince Harry will be forced to confront his past (Image: GETTY)
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle don’t have a say on the content of The Crown – source (Image: GETTY)
“In reality, Harry cannot edit his controversial moments off Netflix just because he and his wife have a huge deal.”
The source warned it is highly likely the upcoming episodes of The Crown will feature some of his “colourful” moments from the past, given the show’s creator Peter Morgan has focused on many royal controversies over the past four seasons.
They said: “And for Harry, there is no way his traumas and colourful moments in his youth can be ignored given how Morgan has written about much of the Royals’ scandals.”
Express.co.uk has contacted Netflix for comment.
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The next season of The Crown will likely cover Princess Diana’s death.
Actors playing little Prince Harry and Prince William have already appeared in its fourth season.
Prince William as a baby was featured in an episode focused on Prince Charles and Diana’s first tour Down Under.
Similarly, an actor played Prince Harry in the car with his mother heading to Highgrove House.
The Crown’s creator Mr Morgan has come under fire after season four of the show was released in mid-November last year.
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The fourth season of The Crown was released in mid-November last year (Image: GETTY)
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle signed a multi-year deal with Netflix (Image: GETTY)
Some royal experts have claimed the show presents falsehoods or a heavily dramatised version of real-life events.
The latest season, however, concerned royal watchers for the way the relationship between Prince Charles, Camilla and Princess Diana has been depicted, fearing the lavish production of the show could lead watchers to think everything being portrayed is the truth.
Royal biographer Sally Bedell Smith has previously noted Prince Charles is not believed to have continued his affair with Camilla throughout his marriage as suggested in The Crown but, rather, he is said to have entered married life with Diana with the best intentions.
Ms Bedell Smith branded the portrayal of Prince Charles and Camilla’s relationship in The Crown “largely fictional”.
Prince Harry and Meghan announced their intention to step back as senior royals in January last year (Image: EXPRESS)
She told Vanity Fair: “Peter Morgan has created his own personal narrative of Charles and Camilla’s relationship that is largely fictional.”
She added: “He did not enter into the marriage cynically, thinking he could keep a mistress on the side.
“He was telling the truth when he said to Jonathan Dimbleby on camera in 1994 that he had remained faithful to his wedding vows until his marriage to Diana became ‘irretrievably broken down’ in 1986, when he resumed his intimate relationship with Camilla.”
Prince Harry and Meghan announced they had struck a deal with Netflix in September last year.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have created Archewell Productions (Image: GETTY)
The couple revealed they are to produce exclusive content for the platform, which include documentaries, docu-series, feature films, scripted shows and children’s programming.
To craft video content, Meghan and Harry have founded Archewell Productions, which they described on the Archewell website as a mean to “produce programming that informs, elevates, and inspires”.
The website read: “Through its creative partnership with Netflix — the world’s leading streaming entertainment service with more than 195 million members — Archewell Productions will utilise the power of storytelling to embrace our shared humanity and duty to truth through a compassionate lens.”
