I'm a sports person. My streaming budget is built around football Saturdays, and everything else has to justify itself. So when the royal family lands back in the headlines and someone in my house says we should finally watch that Harry documentary, my first question isn't about the feud. It's: which app, and can I cancel it in a month?

The durable answer is that almost everything Prince Harry has made for the screen lives on Netflix. One series is on Apple TV, and the live news coverage costs nothing. You do not need cable for any of it, and you definitely don't need a live TV bundle.

Here's the checklist I'd run before paying for anything.

The before-you-subscribe checklist

  • Check whether you already have Netflix. If you do, you're 80% done.
  • Decide if you want Harry's own projects or shows about him. They're different piles.
  • Decide whether the Apple TV series is worth a separate month.
  • Search before you rent the interviews. The big sit-downs move around.
  • Use free news channels for anything live. Don't buy a bundle for a ceremony.
  • Set a cancel date the day you sign up.

Now the reasoning behind each one.

1. Netflix is the main event

Harry and Meghan signed their production deal with Netflix, and that's where the results sit. These are Netflix originals, so they aren't the kind of thing that hops between services every few months:

  • Harry & Meghan is the six-part docuseries from late 2022, and it's the one most people mean when they say "the Harry documentary." It covers the courtship, the exit from royal life and the family fallout, told from their side.
  • Heart of Invictus follows competitors preparing for the Invictus Games, the adaptive sports event Harry founded for wounded and injured service members. More on this one below, because it's my actual recommendation.
  • Polo is a docuseries inside the professional polo circuit, which Harry and Meghan executive produced. Harry barely appears, so know that going in.
  • Live to Lead is an interview series the couple presented.
  • With Love, Meghan is Meghan's lifestyle show. Harry is a guest at most, but it's part of the same shelf.

On price, Netflix's ad-supported Standard plan typically runs about $8 a month, and the ad-free Standard plan is around $18. Prices have crept up over the past couple of years, so confirm on Netflix's site before you sign up. For a documentary binge, the ad tier is completely fine. The ads are a small price for saving ten bucks.

2. Harry's projects vs. shows about Harry

This matters because the second pile is bigger than the first.

The Crown is also on Netflix, all six seasons. It's a drama, not a documentary, and Harry only shows up as a character in the later seasons, first as a kid and then as a young man in the final stretch. If someone tells you to watch it "for the Harry stuff," they mean seasons five and six.

Then there are the Diana documentaries, which are relevant right now for obvious reasons. The Princess, an archival-footage documentary from 2022, was made for HBO and is generally found on HBO Max, where the ad-supported plan typically runs around $10 to $11 a month. Other Diana docs rotate between services constantly. I wouldn't subscribe to anything for one of them without searching the title first.

The trick I use for all of this: type the title into the search on your Roku, Fire TV, Apple TV or Google TV home screen, or use a free lookup site like JustWatch. It takes ten seconds and it's saved me from more than one pointless signup.

3. The Apple TV one

The Me You Can't See is the mental health series Harry co-created with Oprah Winfrey, and it's an Apple original, so it stays put on Apple TV (the service formerly called Apple TV+). Harry talks more candidly here about losing his mother than he does almost anywhere else, which makes it the most relevant watch if the Diana angle is what pulled you in.

Apple TV typically costs about $13 a month and usually offers a free trial for new subscribers. Apple also hands out free months with new device purchases, so check your account before paying. The series is short enough to finish inside a trial. If I didn't already have Apple for other reasons, the trial is how I'd do it.

4. The interviews: search first, pay last

People always ask about the Oprah interview. It originally aired on CBS in 2021, and its streaming home has been inconsistent since. Check Paramount+ and the CBS site, but I wouldn't promise it's there. Harry's 60 Minutes interview with Anderson Cooper is an easier find. 60 Minutes segments are typically on Paramount+ (the Essential plan runs roughly $8 to $9 a month), and the show posts plenty of its interviews free on its YouTube channel.

His UK television interviews and ITV documentaries are the hardest to track down legally in the US. Some have turned up on BritBox, some haven't. Check the official site for anything in this category, and don't subscribe on a guess.

5. Live coverage is free

This is the part that drives me nuts as a cable-hater. People sign up for a $80-plus live TV bundle to watch a royal event that every network streams for nothing.

ABC News Live, NBC News NOW and CBS News 24/7 are all free, with no login, on their own apps and on free services like Pluto TV, Tubi and The Roku Channel. Sky News streams live on YouTube, and it's the one I'd pick for royal coverage, since British outlets cover this beat more closely than the US networks do. If a ceremony is carried on a broadcast network, a one-time antenna purchase of $25 or so gets you ABC, CBS and NBC in HD forever.

6. Set the cancel date

Everything above is finite. Harry & Meghan is six episodes. Heart of Invictus is five. You can clear the whole Netflix shelf in a month without trying hard. Put a cancel reminder in your phone the day you subscribe, because streaming services make their money on the months you forget.

Why this is trending right now (time-sensitive)

As of early October 2026, Harry is in the news over reports of continued tension with Prince William around a Diana anniversary, alongside reports that King Charles hopes a ceremony could bring the brothers together. I can't tell you whether any event will be televised, or when. If one is, expect the free news channels in section 5 to carry it live, and check their schedules that week. Nothing about this news changes where the documentaries stream.

My bottom line

If you're paying for one thing, make it a single month of Netflix with ads, about $8, and cancel when you're done. Add the Apple TV free trial for The Me You Can't See if the Diana story is your way in. Watch any live coverage free.

And as the resident sports viewer, my pick isn't the headline docuseries. It's Heart of Invictus. It's a real sports documentary about athletes rebuilding their lives through competition, and it has the least palace drama of anything on this list. I'd watch it first.

That's the plan. Now if you'll excuse me, there's a game on.

— Dana

— Dana Whitfield