Prince Harry Addresses Rumor That Meghan Markle Controls Him During Meetings
Prince Harry pushed back on claims about the couple's working dynamic.
The media has no shortage of opinions about Prince Harry and Meghan Markle—but the couple's patience for inaccurate ones appears to be running low. Once again, the Duke of Sussex is pushing back on a claim buried in a new industry report, published by Variety, one that paints a rather loaded picture of the dynamic between him and his wife in the boardrooms.
The feature published on March 17 took a sweeping look at Harry and Markle’s evolving relationship with Netflix, the streamer that first partnered with the couple in 2020, shortly after they stepped back from their senior royal roles. And here is what is worth noting: this piece came right after Markle announced she was cutting short her relationship with the streaming giant.
Among the report's more personal claims was a portrait of the couple's conduct in professional meetings. Sources told Variety that Meghan "tends to talk over or recast Prince Harry's thoughts, sometimes while he is mid-sentence (usually preceded by a touch to the arm or thigh)." The couple's attorney, Michael J. Kump, wrote to the outlet directly, arguing that the description "seems calculated to play into the misogynistic characterization of her bossing her husband around." Prince Harry himself went further, calling the claim "categorically false."
The same piece also alleged that Markle had an unconventional relationship with virtual meetings, with sources claiming she would at times vanish for stretches during Zoom calls and that teams were later informed she had stepped away after taking offense at something said. However, that claim too was rebuked. Kump noted that Meghan "works from home, is the mother of young children aged 4 and 6, and often encounters—as many parents who work from home do—children who enter the space unexpectedly during a meeting."
Harry and Markle are parents to Prince Archie, 6, and Princess Lilibet, 4. The attorney pressed the point further. "Independent of being a parent who works from home, Meghan is also conscious of shielding her team from the distraction of children," Kump said. "Nearly all professionals can attest to needing to turn off the audio or camera during a virtual meeting at some point during many hours of virtual business calls."
Beyond the personal characterizations, the piece raised questions about the couple's standing with Netflix leadership, suggesting that CEO Ted Sarandos and Chief Content Officer Bela Bajaria had cooled on Harry and Markle. A Netflix spokesperson flatly rejected that framing, telling the outlet it was "absolutely inaccurate." Kump added that the couple remains on warm terms with Sarandos and his wife, Nicole Avant, and that visits to their Montecito home are part of a regular, ongoing relationship—not the fraying connection the report implied.
That the partnership has evolved is undisputed. Reports circulating in the summer of 2025 suggested the couple's original reported $100 million deal—which was set to expire that September—would not be renewed in its existing form. It wasn't, but the relationship did not end there. By August 2025, Harry and Markle had signed a new multi-year, first-look deal for film and television projects through their Archewell Productions company.
