Harry and Meghan 'in talks with Netflix to film a documentary in …

The Sussexes' next big project? Harry and Meghan 'in talks with Netflix to film a documentary in South Africa where they'll help to build houses'

Published: 11:20, 30 April 2023 | Updated: 11:20, 30 April 2023

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are in talks to front a new Netflix documentary which will see them meeting communities in South Africa, sources have claimed.

The Sussexes, who released their £100 million docuseries Harry & Meghan with the streaming giant last December, are thought to be discussing another project.

The Sunday Mirror reports Prince Harry, 38, and Meghan Markle, 41, will be shown helping to build houses in the villages they will visit with the series thought to take a 'humanitarian' focus as Meghan brings awareness to safe birthing practices.

A source told the newspaper: 'The cameras will follow [The Sussexes] as they visit compounds and share medical education'.

They added the production will be a combined project from Netflix and the couple's Archewell Foundation.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex (pictured at the Ripple of Hope awards with Kerry Kennedy) are reportedly in talks to front a new Netflix show in South Africa

The source revealed: 'Meghan is particularly keen to share information about giving birth safely with the women she meets.'

Harry and Meghan's reported project in South Africa will be their third in conjunction with Netflix, following their bombshell six-part docuseries in December 2022 and their 'Live to Lead' series, which aired on New Year's Eve in 2022.

It will follow the couple's 'return to South Africa', according to the source, following their royal tour which saw them visit the nation in 2019.

During the tour, the couple met with community members in townships around Cape Town while travelling with Prince Archie, and were pictured smiling and laughing as they danced with locals.

Last year, when Meghan launched her Archetypes Spotify podcast, she revealed a frightening incident during the tour when the heater in Prince Archie's nursery caught fire.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, pictured at the Nyanga Township in Cape Town in 2019, took Prince Archie on their royal tour of South Africa

She recalled: 'In that amount of time that [the nanny] went downstairs, the heater in the nursery caught on fire. There was no smoke detector.

'Someone happened to just smell smoke down the hallway, went in, fire extinguished.

He was supposed to be sleeping in there.'

Meghan went on to speak of her stress and fear at having to carry on with royal engagements despite what had happened.

'There was this moment where I'm standing on a tree stump and I'm giving this speech to women and girls, and we finish the engagement, we get in the car and they say there's been a fire at the residence. What? There's been a fire in the baby's room,' she said.

'As a mother, you go, 'Oh, my God, what?' Everyone's in tears, everyone's shaken.

And what do we have to do? Go out and do another official engagement.

'I said, 'this doesn't make any sense. Can you just tell people what happened?' And I think the focus ends up being on how it looks instead of how it feels.

'And part of the humanising and the breaking through of these labels and these archetypes and these boxes that we're put into is having some understanding on the human moments behind the scenes that people might not have any awareness of and to give each other a break.

Because we did- we had to leave our baby.'

Reports of the couple's new series come as the Duchess has signed with a new talent agency, William Morris Entertainment (WME).

Meghan and Archewell will be represented by the firm, which also lists Serena Williams and Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson as clients, Variety reported - although it is understood the former Suits star will not be focusing on acting.