Netflix executives 'paid £3m' for film rights to romantic novel that Meghan Markle and Prince Harry will produce for streaming service as part of their £80m deal
Daily MailNetflix executives paid £3million for the film rights to a romantic novel that Meghan Markle and Prince Harry will produce for the streaming service as part of their £80m deal, it was claimed today. Harry and Meghan - pictured at a 2021 event in New York - will help produce and adaptation of Carley Fortune's The Meet Me At The Lake An insider has said it was Netflix that purchased the rights for them to produce a film adaptation under their Archewell Productions arm They have reportedly parted ways with Archewell's senior vice-president of scripted television, Nishika Kumble, after less than two years in the role. Meet Me At The Lake is the New York Times bestselling author's second novel, about two people who fall in love after a chance encounter several years after they first met The author and mother-of-two has revealed she is a fan of Suits, and previously shared on Twitter that she was binge-watching the legal drama, which was Meghan's big break in the entertainment industry. On Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's wedding day, Ms Fortune revealed she'd woken up at 4am to watch the ceremony on TV and said it had left her 'teary' Meghan hosted a series of her Archetype podcast on the platform, but it has not been renewed by the streaming service and the couple announced in June they had 'mutually' agreed to part ways.