Meghan and Harry’s Netflix show ‘delayed’ after backlash over new series of The Crown

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s highly anticipated show - set to tell their “love story” - has been pushed back, it is understood.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s Netflix documentary has been delayed amid backlash over the new series of The Crown.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s highly anticipated show - set to tell their “love story” - has been pushed back from November to 2023, The Sun understands.

Netflix executives are reportedly “rattled” by the ongoing storm around the latest series of their hit drama The Crown.

Bosses have been blasted for “inventing” scenes of a younger Charles trying to oust the Queen.

The show is also under fire for filming the last moments of Princess Diana — played by Elizabeth Debicki — before the 1997 car crash in Paris that killed her.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle (Photo by Danny Lawson / POOL / AFP)

As outrage rages on, bosses at the streaming giant felt it wouldn’t be appropriate to stream The Crown in November followed immediately by Meghan and Harry’s show in December, insiders claim.

Instead, the tell-all docuseries is understood to have been moved to next year.

A source told Deadline: “They’re rattled at Netflix, and they blinked first and decided to postpone the documentary.”

Harry and Meghan earlier requested a delay to the hit show, putting them at loggerheads with Netflix chiefs, reports claim.

Dominic West as Prince Charles in the upcoming fifth season of The Crown. Picture: Netflix

It comes amid widespread outrage at the latest series of The Crown.

Imagined conversations between ex-PM John Major, the Queen, and the then-Prince of Wales are set to feature in the new series, released on Netflix next month.

There are rumours one plot line sees Prince Charles ask the PM for his support for the Queen’s abdication.

Mr Major spoke of his fears the “damaging and malicious fiction” could unfairly harm the reputation of King Charles.

In a statement, a spokesman for Sir John said: “Sir John has not cooperated in any way with The Crown.

“Discussions between the Monarch and Prime Minister are entirely private and, for Sir John, will always remain so.”

And The Sun revealed how Netflix is to show Prince Philip ­pursuing an affair in The Crown — just weeks after the Queen’s funeral.

He will be shown in intimate scenes with close pal Penny Knatchbull.

The Queen’s former press secretary Dickie Arbiter said: “This is cruel rubbish.”

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