Netflix is also considering changes which could include a clampdown on password sharing and a low-cost subscription supported by advertising. Pearl is one of a string of programmes cancelled by California-based Netflix in recent days, with two other children's animated shows in production also cut – those being Dino 'Daycare' and 'Boons and Curses'. It was due to be released as part of the Sussexes' lucrative agreement with the US streaming giant, said to be worth up to $100million (£80million).īut Netflix has now confirmed that the feminist cartoon is no longer in production as executives re-evaluate projects following the revelation last month that it lost 200,000 subscribers in the first three months of the year. Meghan had teamed up with Sir Elton John's husband David Furnish to create the show, titled Pearl, about a '12-year-old heroine who finds inspiration in influential women from history'.

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry could face pressure from Netflix bosses to 'deliver more original damnation of the Royal Family' to justify their deal after her animated TV series was axed, royal experts claimed today.