Imagine trading a royal title for a Netflix pitch meeting. Meghan Markle did just that, stepping into Hollywood’s high-stakes storytelling sphere with a $100 million deal alongside Prince Harry. Their goal? To create bold, diverse, and inspiring content. Since then, Markle’s creative empire has grown, sometimes thriving, sometimes stumbling, making her Netflix resume a fascinating story of reinvention, streaming triumphs, and royal drama.

While some traded tiaras for tabloids, Meghan Markle swapped palace walls for production calls, building a Netflix kingdom where hits dazzled, flops fizzled, and every title came with a side of headlines.

With Love, Meghan premiered March 4, 2025, delivering a cozy collage of gardening, recipes, and Meghan Markle’s take on entertaining. The lifestyle show became a surprise hit, climbing Netflix’s Top 10 lists in several countries. Season 2 has already wrapped and will premiere Fall 2025, featuring celebrity guests José Andrés, Chrissy Teigen, and Mindy Kaling. Notably, Prince Harry and their children will not appear in the new season, prompting speculation that their professional paths may be subtly diverging behind the scenes.

While Meghan Markle whisked scones and curated brunch tablescapes, her journey began not with lavender but with revelations. Before the teacups clinked, the world binged a very royal mic drop.

Harry & Meghan premiered in 2022, offering a raw lens into the couple’s royal exit and private life. The six-part docuseries shattered records, clocking 81.6 million hours viewed in just four days, Netflix’s most-watched documentary debut at the time. Personal interviews and candid footage captivated audiences globally. The show’s massive popularity laid the foundation for Markle’s future Netflix ventures, including With Love, Meghan. However, not all reviews were kind, with critics accusing her of polishing authenticity into pure presentation.

As the docuseries cracked the royal vault wide open, it also unlocked Meghan Markle's media mission, less crown, more cause. Enter: Nelson Mandela-inspired gravitas with a global guest list to match.

Live to Lead arrived December 31, 2022, inspired by Nelson Mandela’s legacy and executive-produced by Meghan Markle and Prince Harry. Featuring seven episodes and interviews with icons like Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Greta Thunberg, and Siya Kolisi, the series aimed to spotlight values such as humility, compassion, and leadership. Directed by Geoff Blackwell, the show drew praise for its hopeful tone, though some viewers found the Sussexes’ screen presence slightly off-brand. Still, it reinforced their commitment to purposeful storytelling beyond royal fame.

While Live to Lead spotlighted leaders shaping the world, the next chapter turned inward, toward warriors rebuilding their own. Cue battle scars, sports grit, and a prince in camo.

Heart of Invictus dropped on August 30, 2023, spotlighting six wounded veterans training for the 2022 Invictus Games in The Hague. The five-part docuseries, backed by Archewell Productions, featured emotional journeys and adaptive sports. Prince Harry appeared on-screen, opening up about military life and personal trauma. Though it received critical praise and scored 86% on Rotten Tomatoes, the series drew a surprisingly low 300,000 views by year’s end, making it one of Netflix’s most under-watched high-profile releases of 2023.

As wounded heroes raced toward glory, Meghan Markle and Prince Harry trotted into more polished territory, where the stakes were horses, high society, and tailgate couture on a streaming stage.

Polo, released December 10, 2024, offered a sleek deep dive into the U.S. Open Polo Championship. The five-episode docuseries spotlighted elite players like Adolfo Cambiaso, Poroto Cambiaso, and Nacho Figueras. Though Meghan Markle and Prince Harry were executive producers, they stayed off-camera. In an interview with PEOPLE, showrunner Miloš Balać credited Markle’s love of “tailgating at a polo match” for shaping the show’s tone. Despite polished production, critics found it overly niche and lacking relatability, describing it as stylish but shallow, galloping straight past the hearts of mainstream audiences.

While Polo pranced in posh paddocks and sun-soaked tailgates, Meghan Markle’s animated ambition crashed headfirst into a moat of budget slashes and copyright dragons, proving not all fairy tales make it past the gate.

Announced in July 2021, Pearl was an animated series following a young girl inspired by famous women in history. Canceled in May 2022, Netflix cited budget cuts, but British author Mel Elliott claimed the concept mirrored her Pearl Power books. Elliott claimed copyright infringement and said she sent multiple court warnings to Archewell Productions and Netflix but received no response. While Netflix insisted on financial motives, the cancellation became a headline-making saga that raised questions about originality, ethics, and corporate storytelling priorities.

Meghan Markle’s Netflix arc has been a swirling cocktail of documentary candor, domestic charm, and creative risks. From the explosive success of Harry & Meghan to the gentle rhythm of With Love, Meghan, she has tested genres and pushed narrative boundaries. While some projects, like Heart of Invictus, carried real emotional weight, others, like Polo and Pearl, faltered. Still, her journey as a content creator keeps shifting gears, always reinventing, reconnecting, and chasing fresh relevance on-screen.

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