Ahead of Meghan Markle‘s lifestyle show with Netflix making its expected debut this year, another project inspired by the Duchess of Sussex’s story is being created, by her tireless biographer Omid Scobie. Deadline broke the news of the project, titled Royal Spin, in works at Universal Television back in July, highlighting its parallels to Emily In Paris and Markle’s story.
The British journalist, who co-penned the biography Finding Freedom about Markle’s entry into exit from British royal life, has relocated to LA while he works on a book and TV project, both called ‘Royal Spin’, the Daily Mail newspaper reports.
The paper quotes insiders saying the writer made the decision to make California his permanent home after securing a deal with Universal for his joint book and TV project.
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And it states that Scobie’s story in both bears more than passing familiarity to Markle’s recent trajectory – revolving around a glamorous American publicist who leaves her job in Washington DC to work in London’s Buckingham Palace.
The Mail quotes one insider calling the series “Emily in Paris crossed with The Crown.”
Markle married Prince Harry in 2018. The couple were briefly based in London, until early 2020 when they announced they were to quit public royal life. They then moved first to Canada before settling in Los Angeles, where they secured deals with Spotify and Netflix.