Duke and Duchess of Sussex to produce new polo-themed Netflix drama

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex will help produce a new polo-themed drama for Netflix.

Set in the town of Wellington, Florida, the new untitled project will follow two rival teams and the families that lead them.

The scripted series is their latest offering under their first look Netflix deal which gives the streaming giant first option on projects by the Sussexes’ Archewell Productions.

A spokesman for the Sussexes suggested there would be more announcements coming on the productions front with Netflix and other streamers soon.

According to US outlet Deadline the series will be written by Francisca X Hu, known for the TV series Dynasty, who will also act as an executive producer alongside the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.

Harry and Meghan previously executive produced the 2024 docuseries Polo which captured a behind the scenes look into professional polo players’ lives on and off the field.

It comes after figures showed earlier this year that the duchess’s With Love, Meghan second season failed to crack the top 1,000 most-watched programmes on the platform.

Her lifestyle company As Ever, which sells jams, herbal teas and chocolates, was meanwhile revealed to have ended its partnership with Netflix this month, with a spokesperson saying the brand was “now ready to stand on its own”.