Carley Fortune ‘thrilled’ to work with Harry and Meghan on Netflix adaptation of Meet Me At the Lake
Author Carly Fortune has confirmed that her bestselling romance novel Meet Me at the Lake will be adapted for Netflix by Harry and Meghan’s production company.
News that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s Archewell Productions had acquired rights to Fortune’s book broke over the weekend, weeks after their exclusive deal with Spotify was terminated.
In a statement to The Independent, Fortune said: “I’m so thrilled about working with Netflix and Archewell to bring Meet Me at the Lake to the screen.
“Will and Fern’s love story is dear to my heart, and I can’t imagine a more perfect partnership.”
A former journalist, Fortune’s second book Meet Me at the Lake was published in the US on 2 May, and debuted at No 1 on the New York Times bestseller list.
It follows the story of Will and Fern, “two strangers on a daylong adventure where they make a promise one keeps and the other breaks, with life-changing effects”.
It is set in Toronto, where Meghan lived before she started dating Harry.
Author Elena Armas praised Fortune’s the novel as “breathtaking tale of star-crossed lovers” in a testimonial for the Canadian author’s book.
News of this reported acquisition comes days after Meghan celebrated her 42nd birthday on Friday 4 August amid radio silence from the Royal Family.
The official Twitter accounts for King Charles and Queen Camilla, and the Prince and Princess of Wales, didn’t feature birthday messages for Meghan – as they have in previous years.
None of the royals wished Harry and Meghan’s daughter Lillibet on the occasion of her second birthday in June, either.
Harry and Meghan were spotted leaving Italian restaurant Tre Lune earlier this week, in photos obtained by the Daily Mail.
In June, Spotify terminated its £15m podcasting deal with Archewell Audio, after just one season of Meghan’s podcast Archetypes.
Less than a year after it was released, the audio streaming company and Archewell Audio announced they had “mutually agreed to part ways and are proud of the series we made together”.
