PRINCE Harry’s first solo Netflix show failed to make the streaming giant’s top ten on Wednesday.
Harry and wife Meghan instantly topped the same charts on both sides of the Atlantic when they attacked his family in a bombshell-laden series released in 2022.
But Heart of Invictus – the latest series to spring from the couple’s £80 million deal with the streaming giant – has failed to take off since its release on Wednesday.
The six-part series telling the inspirational stories of war wounded soldiers competing in the 2022 Invictus Games is Harry’s first major solo docuseries project.
It has won praise from critics after the real-life courage of battling veterans was laid bare and Harry spoke emotionally of his own experiences.
But the press-hating prince’s show includes his widely discredited dig at the media – who he falsely claimed “did not cover” the plight of our heroes.
And viewers appear to be more interested in watching him dish dirt about the pain of his privileged life – and have failed to tune in.
The ratings failure casts another shadow over the mega-deal with Netflix signed by Harry and Meghan’s Archewell Productions company in 2020.
They hope to forge Hollywood careers after their sensational Megxit split from the monarchy and move to a £16 million mansion in California.
Their first six-part Harry & Meghan docuseries dominated news coverage in Britain and America on its release last year, quickly leaping to the top of the Netflix Top 10 charts.
The latest setback follows the failure of a second TV project titled Live to Lead, starring eco warrior Greta Thunberg and inspired by the legacy of Nelson Mandela.
It also failed to make the Netflix Top 10 charts and with one reviewer sniping that it had “the oppressive earnestness of a morale-boosting corporate video.”
Audiences are said to have responded better to Heart of Invictus with an 80 per cent score of favourable ratings on review site Rotten Tomatoes.
Last month, Meghan was rocked when streaming giant Spotify axed her Archetypes podcast after just one season.
The move is expected to see Meghan and Harry losing a £15million payout after the show failed to hit production level targets.
In a statement, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex insisted the split was a ‘mutual’ decision.