Harry & Meghan: A Royal Romance
Harry & Meghan: A Royal Romance is a fictionalized account of the meeting and courtship of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. The movie originally aired on the Lifetime Network on May 13, 2018 as a lead up to the royal wedding. The movie stars Murray Fraser and Parisa Fitz-Henley as the titular Harry and Meghan, with Burgess Abernethy and Laura Mitchell co-starring as Prince William and Kate Middleton.
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| Directed by | Menhaj Huda |
| Produced by | Kyle A. Clark Jamie Goehring Lina Wong |
| Written by | Terrence Coli Scarlett Lacey |
| Starring | Murray Fraser Parisa Fitz-Henley Burgess Abernethy Laura Mitchell Steve Coulter Melanie Nicholls-King Clare Filipow Deborah Ramsay |
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| Distributed by | A&E Networks |
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Running time | 85 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Plot
The film opens with Harry as a young boy on an excursion in Africa with his family after his mother's funeral, where he has a dramatic encounter with a lion. The movie then cuts to Meghan as a young girl, grappling with issues of her biracial heritage and the media's depiction of gender roles. The movie jumps to the present where the couple are set up on a blind date and quickly fall in love. The movie follows their courtship and the intense global media attention surrounding them, as well as the reactions of family and friends to their coupling.
Cast
- Murray Fraser as Prince Harry
- Parisa Fitz-Henley as Meghan Markle
- Burgess Abernethy as Prince William
- Laura Mitchell as Kate Middleton
- Bonnie Soper as Princess Diana
- Steve Coulter as Prince Charles
- Deborah Ramsay as Camilla Parker Bowles
- Clare Filipow as Stella
- Marlie Collins as Annabella
- Barbara Wallace as Lady Victoria
- Trevor Lerner as Tom Markle
- Melanie Nicholls-King as Doria Ragland
References
- Lowry, Brian (May 14, 2018). "'Harry & Meghan' gives 'A Royal Romance' requisite Lifetime movie". CNN. Retrieved April 23, 2019.