Here’s something else we lost with the death of Prince: a Netflix reality series centred on his Paisley Park home in Minnesota.

Netflix had been in discussions with the Purple Rain star about a series before he died, a spokesman for the streaming service has confirmed.

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Prince died in April at 57 (Chris O’Meara AP/PA Images)

However, that project did not “come to fruition” before his death in April, he added.

Photographer Maya Washington, who was a close friend of Prince, told GQ recently that he had talked about the show and how he didn’t want to be in it.

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Prince (AP/PA Images)

When she asked: “Why not? You’re so funny,” he replied: “Maya, I can’t be funny. I have to save the world.”