Prince Harry and Meghan’s new Netflix film touching upon topics such as losing a parent in a car crash and mental health could upset brother William, an expert has claimed.
The expert says the Duke of Sussex is “mining his family” for content as he looks to further his career in the United States. The Sussexes moved to Montecito, California, having stepped back from Royal duties in 2020.
They have now bought the rights to a best selling book, which they are set to produce as a film for Netflix, reports the Mirror. Reports claim that the couple spent an eyewatering £3m for the rights of Meet Me At The Lake, a romance novel by Carley Fortune.
The book is about a couple in their thirties who fall in love. It has themes of post-natal depression and the traume of losing a parent in a car crash.
Royal commentators have noticed the book shares a similarity to the Sussexes own experiences. Meghan has previously spoken about post-natal depression while Prince Harry lost his own mother in a car crash in 1997.
Relationship expert Sally Baker, from Working On The Body, has now claimed the production could be “cathartic” for the prince. However, Sally urged that the book “is not Harry’s story and hopefully offers some distance for him from his reality of having lost his own beloved mother in similar circumstances”.
She told The Mirror US: “Creating an artistic response to tragedy is a way of transforming grief. However, depending on how closely he’s required to work on this project it is also likely to stir up profoundly painful memories and emotions for Harry too.”
Sally says Harry will need “immense courage and vulnerability to revisit such deep grief”. She believes the duke has “unresolved trauma and sadness”.
While Sally believes the process could be healing for Harry, she says it could put even more strain on his bond with his brother. She explained how “it may also temporarily strain relations with his brother William who is bound to think Harry is still mining their family narrative for his own sensational content”.
She added that William “may feel the coincidences in this project confront publicly deep wounds from their childhood”. She explained: “Harry has a chance here to bring attention to the long shadow cast by sudden tragic loss, and hopefully help others dealing with similar trauma,
Sally however says adding his own personal experience could help Harry “lend authenticity to storytelling”. She concluded: “Pulling from real loss and anguish infuses the work with a truth and rawness that resonates. Even when fictionalised, basing stories on actual events and emotions can heighten their impact. I wish him strength on this difficult creative journey.”
