Piers Morgan has issued a brutal swipe against Meghan Markle after the Duchess of Sussex reportedly argued that her new, reduced deal with Netflix is “a sign of strength”. In 2020, the Sussexes reportedly signed a $100m (£75m) deal with Netflix after stepping down from their royal duties. That deal led to the creation of multiple projects, including their documentary Harry & Meghan, a polo show, and, most recently, Meghan’s cooking series, With Love, Meghan. However, the new renewal secures their place on Netflix’s books for the foreseeable future, but an insider claimed the terms embarrassingly fall short of the golden deal they first got, sparking questions over what this means for their future projects.

Meghan recently addressed the terms of her new deal with Netflix for the first time. During an event in Washington, D.C, the Duchess said the arrangement that allows Netflix first refusal was a sign of “strength.”

Former Good Morning Britain presenter Piers Morgan has mocked her comment, resharing a tweet on social media made by The Spectator, which included laughing-face emojis in an apparent dig against the Duchess of Sussex.

Meghan said at the event: “My husband and I were in an overall deal with Netflix then, not dissimilar to Higher Ground and the Obamas’ deal, once that had come to its term, the extension of it — which was such an incredible sign of the strength of our partnership — was now being in a first-look deal.”

She continued: “Which is also exciting because it gives us flexibility to go to our partners first, then at the same time, shop content that might not be the right fit for Netflix but has a home somewhere else.”

A source close to Netflix previously told the Express: “Harry and Meghan were paid a lot of money for their first contract with Netflix. We’re talking mega millions of dollars, and the only thing they produced that was a big success was their documentary where they slammed the Royal Family.

“Netflix basically had to give them a new contract because their old one had run its course, but the streaming service still needed content from them because they’d already committed so much cash to them.”