Meghan and Prince Harry will reportedly film Netflix documentary in South Africa

British newspapers have reported that Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle are “in talks with Netflix” to film a documentary in South Africa. The doc would highlight their humanitarian efforts in the country, and include the couple helping to build new homes for locals.

Netflix and the couple’s Archewell Foundation have collaborated before on two other projects – the six-part docu-series ‘Harry & Meghan’ and ‘Live to Lead’. The latter featured episodes on Springbok captain Siya Kolisi and SA human rights activist Albie Sachs, as well as international leaders like Swedish climate change advocate Greta Thunberg.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex will reportedly be visiting communities in SA where they’ll be filmed helping to build houses and embarking on other humanitarian endeavours. Meghan will also apparently be raising awareness about methods of safe birthing.

It’s reported by the Express that the film crew will follow the couple “as they visit compounds and share medical education”.

Prince Harry and Meghan’s last public visit to SA was during their royal tour in 2019.

According to their website, “Archewell Productions was created by The Duke and Duchess of Sussex to produce programming that informs, elevates, and inspires. Through its creative partnership with Netflix — the world’s leading streaming entertainment service with more than 221 million members — Archewell Productions utilizes the power of storytelling to embrace our shared humanity and duty to truth through a compassionate lens.”

Prince Harry has long held a soft spot for the continent of Africa, and has served as President of African Parks since 2017. In August 2022 he met with several rangers in Mozambique, Rwanda and Zambia; and last week (23 April) he congratulated Team African Parks (a team of rangers from Africa) who successfully ran the London Marathon to raise awareness for the conservation NGO, according to Archewell Productions.