* THIRD MEGHAN AND HARRY LIFETIME MOVIE HAS BEEN GIVEN THE GREEN LIGHT  * PRODUCERS ARE CURRENTLY CASTING FOR HARRY & MEGHAN: ESCAPING THE PALACE  * IT WILL REVEAL 'WHAT REALLY

HAPPENED AT THE PALACE TO DRIVE THE COUPLE AWAY' * FOLLOWS 2018'S HARRY & MEGHAN AND 2019'S HARRY & MEGHAN: BECOMING ROYAL  By STEPHANIE LINNING FOR MAILONLINE

Published: 07:03 EDT, 25 March 2021 | Updated: 08:42 EDT, 25 March 2021 The drama surrounding the Duke and Duchess of Sussex quitting the royal family will be fictionalized in a Megxit

Lifetime movie, it has been announced.  Harry & Meghan: Escaping the Palace will reveal tell a fictionalized account of 'what really happened inside the palace that drove Harry and

draw heavily on the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's explosive Oprah Winfrey interview, which aired earlier this month, although it remains to be seen if it will go near controversial

topics such as the alleged racist remark about Archie.  It is the third in a trilogy of Lifetime films about the couple. It follows 2018's Harry & Meghan: A Royal Romance, which

covered the early days of their relationship, and 2019's Harry & Meghan: Becoming Royal, which focused on the royal wedding.  Casting for the third film is underway with production

scheduled to begin this spring for a release later this year.  According to Deadline, the new film will 'detail Meghan’s growing isolation and sadness, their disappointment that

"The Firm" was not defending them against the press's attacks and Harry’s fear that history would repeat itself and he would not be able to protect his wife and son from the

same forces that caused his mother's untimely death.' It will also look at 'family feuds' between Kate and Meghan, Charles and Harry and Harry and William, it is

reported. It remains to be seen who will play the lead roles, with two sets of actors appearing in the first two films.   Parisa Fitz-Henley and Murray Fraser played Meghan and Harry,

respectively, in the first biopic, which explored how the couple’s relationship blossomed from their first date in 2016 to their engagement in November 2017. It aired in May 2018, just days

before the couple's royal wedding.  The second movie offered a playful, fictional account of the events immediately leading up to Harry and Meghan's May 2018 wedding and their

first few months as husband and wife. It aired in May 2019.  Actress Tiffany Smith played the Duchess of Sussex, while British star Charlie Field took on the role of the Duke of Sussex in

the film.   Speaking to Vanity Fair about the second film, screenwriter Scarlett Lacey explained  the plot features a mix of truths and fiction.  Lacey returns to write the third

installment, and will no doubt bring a similar approach. It will be directed by Menhaj Huda and executive produced by Merideth Finn and Michele Weiss.  Speaking on the release of the second

film, Lacey suggested she had gained access to some of Meghan's and the royals' inner circles, although she did not name any names.  She told Vanity Fair: 'Some of the people

I talk to are close to the royals. Others are Hollywood friends of Meghan, and others are journalists and experts in the royal field.' However she acknowledged that the movies - which

portray Harry and Meghan in a highly favorable light - are definitely a mixture of fact and fiction.  Airing on Lifetime five days before the pair married in real life, the first movie

charted the whirlwind romance of Meghan and Harry by mutual friend Violet von Westenholz, to their time in Botswana where they fell in love. It culminated in Prince Harry going down on one

knee in his Kensington Palace apartment to ask Meghan to marry him. It also featured other members of the royal family, including Kate Middleton, who will no doubt play an even bigger part

in the third film.  The second film touched on the lead up to the wedding, and touched on Meghan's relationship with her father.  Lacey said at the time: 'This film deals with the

drama of planning a wedding: the moment you'd much rather elope, the moment your family might mess it all up - and they nearly do.' Star Tiffany said in the same interview:

'We got to do some stuff with Kate, which I really liked. 'I think one of the biggest things, obviously, about Meghan is that she's such a supporter of other women and

women's empowerment. That was something I think was important for all of us to focus on, myself included.'  WHAT HAPPENED IN THE FIRST TWO HARRY & MEGHAN LIFETIME MOVIES? HARRY

& MEGHAN: A ROYAL ROMANCE (2018)  Airing on Lifetime five days before the pair married in real life, the movie charted the whirlwind romance of Meghan and Harry by mutual friend Violet

von Westenholz, to their time in Botswana where they fell in love. Things eventually heat up as the young couple are filmed seemingly naked and entwined in bed until Harry can take it no

more, going down on one knee in his Kensington Palace apartment to ask Meghan to marry him. It also featured other members of the royal family, including Kate Middleton.  Kate was depicted

as the grim common sense throughout the film, who pops up seemingly with the express purpose of throwing cold water on Harry's fun.  HARRY & MEGHAN: BECOMING ROYAL (2019) Becoming

Royal promised to 'pull back the curtain to reveal untold joys and challenges' faced by the couple, as well as key moments like their pregnancy announcement.  British actor Charlie

Field, who appeared in an episode of Poldark, was cast as Prince Harry, while American actress and presenter Tiffany Smith, who has had minor roles in shows including Jane the Virgin,

played Meghan.  Other key moments included Meghan's first solo royal engagement and their first royal tour.  Meghan MarkleRoyals