When Harry met Meghan: Royal romance film to be made by US cable network Lifetime
The US cable network making Harry & Meghan: The Royal Love Story is known for its productions based loosely on real-life stories.
Thursday 18 January 2018 11:29, UK
A film based on the romance between Prince Harry and Meghan Markle has begun production at a US cable network.
Titled Harry & Meghan: The Royal Love Story, the Lifetime film will cover how the couple met, the first months of their relationship and their engagement, leading to their wedding on 19 May.
US entertainment site Deadline reports that there are also plans to address "Meghan's life as a divorced American actress".
Casting for the TV film has reportedly already started.
This isn't the first time the US cable network has produced a TV film based on the Royal Family.
In 2011, William & Kate: The Movie premiered just before their wedding, covering the early years of their romance and the media attention around it.
The film received terrible reviews, with The Guardian describing it as "toe-curlingly, teeth-furringly, pillow-bitingly ghastly".
For the Harry and Meghan production, The Royals' Menhaj Huda is directing the script, written by Scarlett Lacey, who worked on the same show.
Prince Harry met Meghan Markle through a mutual friend in 2016, but the couple did not immediately make their relationship public.
There is no date yet announced for the release of the film.