It’s official: Prince Harry and Duchess of Sussex, Meghan are set to make a new movie—and it’s not about the royal family.

On 7 August, ”Penguin Random House” confirmed that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s production company, Archewell, has secured the rights to New York Times best-selling novel ”Meet Me at the Lake”.

They will work with Netflix to bring the project to life.

”Meet Me at the Lake” follows the love story of Will and Fern, who meet one day in their 20s and quickly fall for each other. However, when they make a plan to meet up one year later, Will never shows up—leaving Fern heartbroken. Yet a decade later, she realizes that’s far from their end.

Who is the author?

Carley Fortune is a number one New York Times and Globe and Mail best-selling author, who has sold more than one-million copies of her books worldwide.

She’s also a journalist who has worked at some of Canada’s top publications as an editor, including Chatelaine, Globe and Mail, Toronto Life and The Grid. She was most recently the executive editor of Refinery29 Canada.

Why did Prince Harry and Meghan chose to do so?

While at first the subject matter may seem unexpected for Harry and Meghan, ”Meet Me at the Lake” tackles several themes that echo the couple’s own lives.
One character, for example, grapples with losing their parent in a car crash, leading to inevitable comparisons with the tragic death of Princess Diana. There’s also a plot point that addresses postpartum struggles, which Markle spoke openly about during her March 2021 interview with Oprah Winfrey.

Then, there’s the setting itself: Toronto and its surrounding area, where Markle lived for seven years while filming ”Suits.”

Stay tuned for more updates!