Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are making a Netflix drama about Polo in a boost for the couple’s turbulent relationship with the streaming platform.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s Archewell productions is teaming up with production company Fake Empire to create what Deadline described as an “upstairs downstairs” story about the highflying world of polo in Wellington, Florida.
Prince Harry previously released a docuseries titled Polo about the sport in which he briefly featured, and he has played all his life, including with King Charles III and Prince William before he quit the palace.
Why It Matters
The news comes after a major feature in Variety last week painted Harry and Meghan’s relationship with Netflix as a crumbling empire with sources at the streaming platform saying the mood in the building was “we’re done.”
Harry and Meghan signed a five-year deal with Netflix in 2020 and re-signed a downgraded “first look” deal last year, so getting a new project accepted by Netflix demonstrates the partnership is not over yet.
What To Know
The scripted project is written by Francisca X. Hu and set in Wellington, Florida, centering on the messy dynamics between two rival polo families, Deadline reported.
Executive producers include Prince Harry, Meghan, Archewell’s head of scripted content Tracy Ryerson, and Fake Empire’s Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage.
Harry’s docu-series Polo followed competitors at the U.S. Open Polo Championship in Wellington, where the new drama will be set, and where Harry has himself competed, meaning he may be able to add some insights.
Netflix and Archewell are also developing feature adaptations of Carley Fortune’s romance novel Meet Me at the Lake and Jasmine Guillory’s The Wedding Date.
Prince Harry and Meghan Netflix Deal
The couple’s first Netflix project, Harry & Meghan, was a commercial success in December 2022, telling the story of their messy exit from palace life and delivered Netflix’s most-watched docuseries debut. It also, though, earned criticism from U.S. reviewers for re-hashing the same story they told Oprah Winfrey in March 2021.
Later that month came the far softer Live to Lead which profiled various global leaders and gained far less attention than its more explosive predecessor.
In 2023, Heart of Invictus followed veterans on their journeys to the Invictus Games, Prince Harry’s adaptive sports competition he founded to support the armed forces community in 2014.
Polo, in 2024, offered behind-the-scenes access to the U.S. Open Polo Championship in Wellington over five episodes and featured Harry’s friend Nacho Figueras.
In 2025, Meghan relaunched herself as a lifestyle influencer through her Netflix cooking show With Love, Meghan, which gained much attention when the first series dropped but also some eye wateringly bad reviews, including from outlets that were broadly positive about her more generally.
The show ran for two seasons and a Christmas special but no third season is planned. With Love will likely return for more seasonal specials, however.
Harry and Meghan originally signed a mega five-year deal with Netflix in 2020 for $60 million, according to Variety, but re-signed a scaled down “first look” deal in 2025. This gives Netflix first refusal on their projects but also frees them up to go elsewhere if the streamer says no.
What People Are Saying
Netflix Chief Content Officer Bela Bajaria recently told Deadline: “We still have a relationship with them [Harry and Meghan]. We have movies in development with them. We have an amazing doc with them. They have things in development on the TV and film side.
“Deals come and go all the time, and we don’t renew so many deals, those just don’t get as much press for obvious reasons.” Referencing Variety’s article, she added: “There’s no juicy story there.”
Francisca X. Hu wrote on X: “Something horse-y and wildly fun this way comes! Very excited about this one and obsessed with everyone involved.”