New Harry and Meghan film to show couple's 'escape' from royal duties

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Kit Heren12 May 2020

A new film is set to show how Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, left their royal duties behind and began a new life overseas.

The film, tentatively entitled "Harry and Meghan: Escaping the Palace", is being developed by Lifetime and will be the studio's third movie about the royal couple, TVLine reported.

It will show "the couple’s controversial conscious uncoupling from the crown, after the birth of their son Archie," according to the official synopsis.

"The movie details the struggles of the new parents and unique challenges of being part of the royal family, which ultimately led Harry and Meghan to give up their royal ties to forge a new life on their own terms," the synopsis continued.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle
Reuters

No release date or budget has been confirmed.

The film will be released straight to television, like the first two films "Harry & Meghan: A Royal Romance" and "Harry & Meghan: Becoming Royal".

The first movie tracked the start of the couple's relationship and the second showed the period before and after their wedding in 2018.

Harry and Meghan said that they would step back from royal duties in January 2020 and work to become financially independent.

Meghan Markle and baby Archie 
PA

Other members of the royal family were said to be "disappointed" and "hurt" by the news.

The royal couple first left the UK for Vancouver with their baby son Archie, who recently turned one. They then moved to Los Angeles, where the Duchess of Sussex was brought up.

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