Netflix bosses unlikely to renew Harry & Meghan’s £81million deal as ‘the lemon has been fully squeezed’

NETFLIX  is unlikely to renew the Sussexes’ mega-bucks contract — believing “the lemon has been fully squeezed”.

Their tell-all six-parter Harry & Meghan was the most-watched subscription TV show of 2022, but there are no plans for a follow-up series.

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Yesterday The Sun revealed Meghan has lost her £18million deal with Spotify after one podcast series in 27 months — with the couple branded “f*** grifters” by one executive.

The reputed £81million Netflix deal, believed to be paid in instalments, was announced in 2020.

But bosses are said to now feel Meghan “lives in her own bubble” and does not seem to have “grasped the economic reality”.

A source added: “There is a less friendly attitude from some at the top. The feeling is that the lemon has been fully squeezed.

“The big bucks Harry and Meghan signed on for do not exist today.”

The Sun on Sunday understands the Sussexes are prepared to see out their contractual obligations with Netflix.

Harry will feature in an Invictus Games series, with screening planned later this summer.

Meghan is said to be in talks with other firms after Archetypes was pulled “by mutual agreement”.

Bill Simmons, Head of Podcast Innovation at Spotify, said in his own podcast on Friday: “The f***ing grifters. That’s the podcast we should have launched with them.

“I’ve got to get drunk one night and tell the story of the Zoom I had with Harry to try to help him with a podcast idea. It’s one of my best stories.”

Yesterday The Sun told how Harry’s court fight over UK police protection will cost taxpayers £1m.