The Sussexes want to push back their Netflix docuseries so they have time to make some edits following the Queen’s death, it has been claimed.
Harry and Meghan have reportedly been working with production crews on a $100million (£80million) ‘at-home with the Duke and Duchess-style’ show for several months.
They denied they were filming a reality series for the streaming giant two years ago but reports about the show have continued to surface.
Its release was believed to be scheduled for December after the airing of the fifth season of The Crown on November 9.
But now it’s claimed they want to wait until later next year, Hollywood industry sources quoted by Page Six have said.
They said: ‘A lot of conversations are happening. Harry and Meghan want to stall.’
A Netflix insider quoted said: ‘Netflix has been keen to have the show ready to stream for December.
‘There’s a lot of pressure on (Netflix CEO) Ted Sarandos, who has the relationship with Harry and Meghan, to get this show finished.’
Metro.co.uk has contacted the Sussexes and Netflix for comment.
Prince Harry’s memoir has also reportedly been delayed until next year, a decision said to be taken so the couple could respectfully observe the Royal Family’s official mourning period.
The manuscript is understood to be finished and approved by lawyers.
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This delay could give Harry the time to update the book with new chapters about his grandmother’s death and the aftermath which has seen the couple reunited with his family in their grief.
Neither the King nor the Prince of Wales are thought to have any insight on the book’s contents.
Harry announced the publishing deal last summer, promising the book would be an ‘accurate and wholly truthful’ account of his life.
The Duke, who also pledged to donate the proceeds to charity, said the memoir will be written ‘not as the prince I was born but as the man I have become’.
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