Investigative
journalist and award-winning biographer Tom Bower told MailOnline that he
thinks the Duke of Sussex is playing up his relationship with his
grandmother to prevent the Palace from dampening the Sussexes’ marketing
efforts and commercial endeavours beyond the Royal Family.
Bower,
who is currently writing a biography on Meghan Markle, said he thinks that
‘Harry is hitting out at those standing in the way of promoting the Sussex’s
self-promotion and to enhance his credibility in America and for Netflix, he
needs to [play up] a special relationship with the Queen.’
Harry
also spoke of his ‘really special relationship’ with the Queen despite the
highly-publicized rift between the Sussexes and the Royal Family.
Meanwhile, another
royal expert today alleged the Sussexes could face pressure from Netflix executives
to produce more royal content after the streaming service lost 200,000
subscribers in the first three months of this year.
Netflix
shares fell more than 25 percent as the company said its user base shrank for
the first time in more than a decade, with total subscribers down in the first
quarter of 2021 from 221.8million to 221.6million.
And
bosses at the California-based firm will be looking to the Duke and Duchess
of Sussex to help revitalize it after they signed a deal worth $100million
in September 2020 but have not yet finished producing any content.
