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Just when you thought it was safe to go back to Netflix …

After Harry and Meghan’s palace whipping Netflix ‘love story’, the couple will present a show about inspiring leaders on the streaming giant.

Screengrabs from Harry and Meghan Netflix docuseries. Picture: Netflix.
Screengrabs from Harry and Meghan Netflix docuseries. Picture: Netflix.

Netflix has extracted more from Prince Harry and Meghan in their US$100 million deal than the recent six hours of their palace-whipping “love story” with the couple to present a show about inspiring leaders later this month.

One of the guests is New Zealand leader Jacinda Ardern, while other friends of the Sussexes such as feminist icon Gloria Steinem and the environmentalist Greta Thunberg also star. The documentary series which starts on New Year’s Eve is presented by Harry and Meghan, who are also credited as executive producers for the series, called “Live To Lead”.

Harry and Meghan fans can now salivate at a festive period full of the Montecito couple before Harry releases his memoirs “Spare” on January 10.

In the trailer released by the streaming giant on Monday, Harry, 38, says the new show was inspired by former South African president Nelson Mandela.

Such comparisons immediately bring to mind Meghan’s claims she was told by a South African cast member of the Lion King about her 2018 wedding to Harry: “We rejoiced in the streets the same we did when Mandela was freed from prison”.

In the trailer Harry and Meghan, 41, finish each other’s sentences quoting Mandela’s words: “What counts in life is not the mere fact that we’ve lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead. It’s about people who have made brave choices to fight for change and to become leaders and for giving inspiration to the rest of us, to live, to lead.”

Ms Ardern is featured in the trailer saying: “ As leaders we have the keys to create a sense of security and a sense of hope.’’ The New Zealand PM met Meghan when the Sussexes toured the country in 2018.

Harry says the series is about leaders who have made brave choices.

Those who are featured also include the late US Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a US social activist and lawyer Bryan Stevenson, South African judge Albie Sachs, and the rugby star Siya Kolisi.

Meanwhile the fallout from the Harry & Meghan series continues with British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak insisting on Monday that Britain was not a racist country, at odds with the persistent claims by the Sussexes that they were forced to leave the country because of racist attitudes and unconscious bias.

Mr Sunak said from Riga: “I absolutely don’t believe that Britain is a racist country and I’d hope that, as our nation’s first British Asian Prime Minister, when I say that it carries some weight.

“You know, I’m really proud of our country, its culture, its resilience, it’s beauty.

“And actually, it’s an enormous privilege to champion Britain and indeed, its institutions like the monarchy when I’m out and about on the world stage as I am here today.”

However the prime minister said “language matters” when asked about comments made by former Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson. On Friday Mr Clarkson described “hating” Meghan and wanting to see her parade naked and have excrement thrown at her, prompting much criticism.

Mr Clarkson said he would be “more careful in the future” about his remarks.

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Jacquelin Magnay
Jacquelin MagnayEurope Correspondent

Jacquelin Magnay is the Europe Correspondent for The Australian, based in London and covering all manner of big stories across political, business, Royals and security issues. She is a George Munster and Walkley Award winning journalist with senior media roles in Australian and British newspapers. Before joining The Australian in 2013 she was the UK Telegraph’s Olympics Editor.

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