The Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle, will soon be seen in a new role. She is the narrator of a soon to be streamed Disney documentary, which will be her maiden post-royal job.
On Thursday, Disney revealed that the duchess, who is the wife of Prince Harry, has lent her voice to a documentary titled “Elephant." The documentary will be streamed on Disney+ on Apr. 3.
It will be the first project for the duchess in show business after Prince Harry, her husband and she decided to officially end their roles within Britain’s Royal Family. Earlier, news came in about Markle entering into a partnership with Disney on an undisclosed project.
According to a report published in Town&Country, the documentary film revolves around an elephant herd as it covers an unprecedented journey across the mighty Kalahari Desert. To be more specific, the documentary follows Shani, the African elephant, and Jomo, her son.
The elephant family covers an extensive distance of 1609 km (about 1,000 mi) across the desert. The herd is led by an elephant called Gaia and the elephant family has to face several obstacles on their way.
Some of these difficulties include scorching heat, diminishing resources, and being followed by purposeful predators. The herd pursues the footsteps of their ancestors on their mission to reach a “lush green paradise,” as is mentioned in one of the press releases of the documentary film.
It was in January when the news came out that Meghan Markle has signed this key voiceover deal to benefit a wildlife charity.
Markle did the voiceover in London last fall. She was approached by Vanessa and Mark Berlowitz, the filmmakers for the project last summer.
Currently, this royal couple does not have any other projects with Disney. However, the duo has collaborated with the “House of Mouse” quite closely in the past.
For instance, the couple was spotted attending the premiere of the film “The Lion King” last summer. At that time, Markle and Harry revealed that a donation was made by Disney to their charity work.
Hindustan Times reports how shocked the world was when the couple first broke the news of quitting their position as senior royals in January and looking for financial independence. Markle has been living on Vancouver Island with her husband since last year and they are all set to relinquish their royal responsibilities formally on Mar. 31.
Harry, the current monarch’s grandson got married to Meghan Markle, an American actor in May 2018. Their wedding ceremony was watched by several millions of viewers all across the globe. Later, the couple mentioned that they found the close scrutiny by the media extremely intolerable.