Prince Harry’s new Netflix documentary ‘Heart Of Invictus’ has reportedly failed to reach the Netflix Top 10 streaming charts in both the UK and the US following its release earlier this week.
Harry’s latest media venture was released on Netflix on Wednesday as part of the Sussexes’ £80 million deal with the streaming giant – following last year’s offer of the controversial ‘Harry & Meghan’ docu-series.
In the five-episode series, athletes prepare for last year’s edition and Harry opened up about his mental health struggles after returning from military service in Afghanistan. His wife Meghan Markle appears only briefly in several scenes supporting Harry.
The Invictus Games is an annual international sporting event for wounded servicemen and veterans, founded by the Duke in 2014.
But while the show has received positive reviews from the critics, it is clear that the series has failed to impress the viewers at home.
Prince Harry’s new Netflix documentary ‘Heart Of Invictus’ has reportedly failed to reach the Netflix Top 10 streaming charts. He is pictured in the series (center) along with Meghan Markle (left)
The release of ‘Heart Of Invictus’ comes as Meghan Markle and Prince Harry attended Beyoncé’s Renaissance World Tour at California’s SoFi Stadium on Friday night
Prince Harry speaks in the new documentary about his trauma after his tour of Afghanistan
News week reported that “Heart Of Invictus” has so far failed to find any popularity with users of the streaming platform – missing the daily Top 10 chart on each of the three days since its release.
‘Heart Of Invictus’ was reportedly supposed to be the first of the Sussexes projects to be released in partnership with Netflix, but was delayed.
It now appears that the documentary will follow the steps of their ‘Live To Lead’ offering released late last year. The series — which featured interviews with leaders like Ruth Bader Ginsberg and Greta Thunberg who were “committed to making a difference in the world” — didn’t get much attention from viewers.
Harry and Meghan may have expected the new program to reach a level similar to that of their Harry & Meghan docuseries of the same name.
The series reportedly broke streaming records upon release and became the most watched subscription TV series in Britain last year. The first episode alone was seen by an average of 4.5 million people seven days after its release.
Despite not being as popular with viewers, the series has not lacked bombshells.
On the show, Harry claimed he had no support network after returning from Afghanistan and that his trauma dating back to the death of his mother, Princess Diana, was “never discussed.”
Harry also explained that it wasn’t until he returned from the war that he became aware of the trauma he still had from Diana’s death in Paris in 1997 at the age of 12.
Harry said that when he returned from the war in 2008, the “biggest struggle for me was that no one around me could really help,” adding: “I didn’t have that support structure, that network or that expert advice to identify what was really going on. continue with me.’
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle can be seen in April last year at the Invictus Games in The Hague
Harry and Meghan can both be seen in the new Netflix documentary about the Invictus Games
Harry is chatting on a walk with his friends, former Invictus competitor host JJ Chalmers (left) and David Wiseman, saying, “I’ve always written myself down as the father I could never serve while I have kids.” And you both did, didn’t you?’
The Duke of Sussex gives a veteran a high five during the new Netflix documentary Heart of Invictus
He also told the show, “Unfortunately, like most of us, the first time you consider therapy is when you’re lying on the floor in a fetal position, probably wishing you had dealt with this stuff before.” And that’s what I really want to change.’
The Duke of Sussex is asked by an interviewer, “What’s your name?” and he replies, “My name is Harry.” The interviewer then says, “What are you doing, Harry?”
He replies, ‘What should I do? On a certain day? I am a father of two children under the age of three, have a few dogs, husband, and am a founder and patron of Invictus Games Foundation. There are many hats you wear, but I believe it’s all about Invictus today.”
Also on the show, Harry and Meghan were seen together in a private moment ahead of a speech at New York’s Salute to Freedom Gala for veterans in November 2021, in which the Duke can be heard confiding in the Duchess about his nerves.
Harry is heard to say, ‘We haven’t done this in a while… My heart (is) like “digidigadigadiga”‘. Nervously, he walks around backstage.
All five episodes of the docuseries were made available at 8am UK time (midnight California time), after previous speculation that Netflix had canceled them.
The show was released ahead of next month’s Invictus Games, which will be held in Dusseldorf for eight days from September 9 and will be attended by Harry and Meghan.