Prince Harry and Meghan Markle announce new Netflix series Heart Of Invictus
Tue Apr 06, 2021 at 11:07pm ET
Last September, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle announced their multibillion-dollar deal with Netflix.
The couple has signed on to create movies and series with the streaming platform, leaning towards content that “informs, elevates, and inspires” according to their production company’s website.
Their first Netflix project, Heart of Invictus, was announced weeks after the two dominated the headlines with their infamous Oprah interview.
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What is Heart of Invictus?
Heart of Invictus is a docuseries about a remarkable group of athletes, all coming together from around the world to compete.
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Prince Harry, Meghan reveal 1st Netflix docuseries will focus on Invictus Games The Duke of Sussex will appear on camera and serve as executive producer on the series, titled Heart Of Invictus.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle s Netflix series will centre on the Invictus Games, which gives sick and injured military personnel and veterans the opportunity to compete in sports. (Dominic Lipinski/Pool via AP, File)
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Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s first Netflix series will centre on the Invictus Games, which gives sick and injured military personnel and veterans the opportunity to compete in sports.
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Meghan Markle and Prince Harry s first Netflix series will center on the Invictus Games, which gives sick and injured military personnel and veterans the opportunity to compete in sports.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex s Archewell Productions announced Tuesday its first series to hit the streaming service. The multi-episode docuseries, titled “Heart of Invictus,” is in partnership with the Invictus Games Foundation, of which Prince Harry is a patron.
Prince Harry will appear on camera and serve as executive producer on the series.
In a statement, producers said the series “will follow a group of extraordinary competitors from around the globe, all service members who have suffered life-changing injuries or illnesses on their road to the Invictus Games The Hague 2020, now set to take place in 2022.”
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s first project with Netflix will highlight one of the Duke’s most passionate causes. Founded by Harry in 2014, the Invictus Games is the Paralympics-style competition for wounded service personnel and veterans.
Harry and his wife Meghan Markle’s Archewell Productions are creating a docuseries for Netflix on the event. The project’s working title,
Heart of Invictus, will follow athletes as they prepare for the Invictus Games in The Hague, the Netherlands, now set to take place in 2022.
“Since the very first Invictus Games back in 2014, we knew that each competitor would contribute in their own exceptional way to a mosaic of resilience, determination, and resolve,” Prince Harry said in a statement on Tuesday (Apr 6). “This series will give communities around the world a window into the moving and uplifting stories of these competitors on their path to the Netherlands next year.”