What Harry and Meghan did next
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The Times
3.9 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 29 August 2023
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
Despite this week’s release of Prince Harry’s new series for Netflix, Heart of Invictus, this summer has been a chastening time for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex. Their deal with Spotify was cancelled and a former executive called them “grifters”. Three years after leaving the royal family, can the couple make a success of their new lives?
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- Valentine Low, Royal Correspondent, The Times.
- Keiran Southern, US West Coast Correspondent, The Times.
Host: Luke Jones.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, Prince Harry's back on Netflix. |
| 0:06.1 | It is here at the Invictus Games that you realise, whatever you carry, it was the springboard |
| 0:13.0 | that propelled you to the next level. |
| 0:17.6 | Heart of Invictus is his new series, out this week, and it comes at a crucial time for |
| 0:22.6 | Harry and Meghan. |
| 0:24.3 | Next week it's a year since the death of Queen Elizabeth, and who can forget the drama |
| 0:29.0 | that followed his unsparing memoir, their unflinching documentary. |
| 0:34.1 | But with all of this apparently behind them, what next? |
| 0:38.2 | If they can make a hit that would suggest they've got an eye for the tear, the olat |
| 0:43.9 | weight, if that's not a hit, then it's difficult to see what comes next. |
| 0:50.0 | Something will work, because they still have a profile, whether it be quite what they |
| 0:55.2 | imagined we don't know yet. |
| 0:59.7 | They've tried being royal, their spot-of-ideal is toast and Netflix won hangs in the balance, |
| 1:04.7 | so does a successful third act in Hollywood back in. |
| 1:11.4 | You're listening to stories of our times from the times and the Sunday times, I'm Luke |
| 1:15.2 | Jones, today what Harry and Meghan did next. |
| 1:25.0 | The story of Harry and Meghan has always been a transatlantic one, drama in both Montecito |
| 1:29.8 | Manchin and Buckingham Palace. |
| 1:32.3 | Across both sides are these two. |
| 1:34.9 | I'm Valentine Lowe, I write about the royal family for the times. |
| 1:39.2 | I'm Keir and Southern, I'm the US West Coast correspondent for the times. |
| 1:45.0 | Falcon I start with you, this is probably podcast edition 2754 on Harry and Meghan. |
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