Will they be the Duke and Duchess of Netflix?

Couple want to set up production company – and TV giant is already keen to work with them

HARRY and Meghan hope to make a fortune with their own film and television production company after their dramatic break from the Royal Family, sources said last night.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex plan to make a living by providing voiceovers and producing documentaries on ‘worthy’ issues such as mental health and climate change.

And they have received an early boost after a senior Netflix executive yesterday said the streaming giant would like to work with them.

The couple plan to continue marketing themselves under the ‘Sussex Royal’ brand for the time being, even though they have agreed not to use their HRH titles in the future, it is understood. The Prince of Wales has agreed to fund them from his private investments for now, but it is likely that his offer will be reviewed in a year after the couple have had time to get on their feet.

Friends say Harry and Meghan will be ‘forever grateful’ to the Queen for thinking ‘outside the box’ and have promised they will not bring the royals into disrepute through any ‘dodgy deals’.

The duke and duchess want to follow in the footsteps of former US president Barack Obama and his wife Michelle, as well as setting up a Clinton Foundation-style charity, the Mail has been told.

Since leaving the White House, the Obamas have earned a small fortune by selling rights to their autobiographies and setting up their own production company, which has bagged a lucrative deal with Netflix.

Netflix’s chief content officer Ted Sarandos said yesterday the streaming giant would like to work with Harry and Meghan, adding: ‘Who wouldn’t be interested? Yes, sure.’

Meghan has already signed a voiceover deal with Disney in return for a donation to an elephant charity.

Last week video emerged of Harry highlighting his wife’s talents to Disney chief executive

Robert Iger during the European premiere of The Lion King in July.

The duke has already collaborated on an Apple TV series on mental health with US talk show host Oprah Winfrey, who is also a friend. A source said: ‘The sorts of deals they will do will be more along the lines of the documentary series the duke is executive producing on mental health for Apple TV with Oprah and the voiceover that the duchess has done for Disney. It’s a new model, admittedly, but they are determined to prove to the family that this can work.

‘Given the duchess’s work [as an actress] before she married and the duke’s interests, it is likely that this is the route they want to go down.’

The source ruled out any autobiography deals, although Harry, who has become an accomplished public speaker, could take to the lucrative lecture circuit.

But insiders insist the couple will not rush to seal any commercial deals, adding: ‘Neither of them want to do something that will upset Her Majesty and the Royal Family.

‘The expression that they used in wanting to uphold the values of the Queen is genuine. There will be no dodgy deals.’

One of the biggest issues is how Harry and Meghan will be able to market themselves by their chosen brand name of ‘Sussex Royal’ when they are no longer senior working royals.

But a source said: ‘There are still a lot of details to be worked out but if it’s the use of the word “royal” in a charitable sense then what is the problem?

‘The Queen has made clear they will forever more be members of the Royal Family.’

‘Who wouldn’t be interested?’