Lifetime Celebrates the Upcoming Royal Wedding with a Week of Premieres!

Stock up on tea and scones for Lifetime's week of royal romance. Lifetime announced today an expanded slate of royal wedding programming leading into the real-life wedding of Prince HARRY and Meghan Markle. Kicking off the week is the Lifetime Feature, HARRY & Meghan: A Royal Romance premiering Mother's Day, Sunday, May 13 at 8 pm ET/PT followed by the documentary special, HARRY & Meghan: Royal Rebels and the BIOGRAPHY special, Kate Middleton: Uncommon Bride. The week continues with an enhanced version of HARRY & Meghan: A Royal Romance: Special Edition and rebroadcasts of the 2011 Lifetime Original Movie William & Kate and culminates with ABC News coverage of the real-life wedding of Prince HARRY and Meghan Markle.

Harry & Meghan: A Royal Romance

Lifetime Feature Premieres Sunday, May 13 at 8 pm ET/PT

Encores on May 15 at 8 pm ET/PT and May 19 at 11 pm ET/PT

Harry & Meghan: A Royal Romance follows the fairytale romance of Prince HARRY (Murray Fraser, The Loch) and Meghan Markle (Parisa Fitz-Henley, Midnight Texas) from the moment they met after being set up by friends, through their initial courtship when they were able to keep their romance under wraps, and ultimately the intense global media attention surrounding their relationship and Meghan's life as a divorced American actress. The movie also stars Steve Coulter as Prince Charles, Bonnie Soper as Diana, Burgess Abernethy as Prince William, Laura Mitchell as Kate Middleton, Maggie Sullivun as Queen Elizabeth II, Deborah Ramsay as Camilla Bowles, Preston Jakub Karwat as Prince George and Briella Wintraub as Princess Charlotte.

A+E Networks holds worldwide distribution rights to HARRY & Meghan: A Royal Romance.

Harry & Meghan: Royal Rebels

Premieres May 13 at 10:20 pm ET/PT

Encores May 14 at 10pm ET/PT

As the world eagerly anticipates the sound of church bells from St George's Chapel marking Prince HARRY and Meghan Markle's nuptials on May 19, HARRY & Meghan: Royal Rebels will uncover the most surprising and shocking traditions of Britain's Royal Weddings and reveal which of these regimented customs our royal rebels are updating and which ones they are downright disregarding. From royal guest lists to public displays of affection and dress regulations, this fascinating special will include revealing interviews from royal experts, exclusive insider stories from former palace staff and close friends, as well as exciting archive footage and photos that expose the SECRETS and traditions of a royal wedding.

Harry & Meghan: (The) Royal Rebels is produced by Emporium Productions for Lifetime with Emma Read (Emporium Productions) and Kimberly Chessler (Lifetime) executive producing.

Kate Middleton: Uncommon Bride

Premieres May 13 at 11:20 pm ET/PT

Kate Middleton is living a real life fairytale. She is stunning, stylish and married to her prince charming, but to some, Kate was an unlikely choice for a royal bride. As a descendant of coal-miners, Kate lacked royal blood, but had another advantage - a family history of ambition and determination that propelled the Middleton's from the depths of a British coal mine to Windsor Castle. Although she is now The Duchess of Cambridge, a fashion icon, a mother of three and the future Queen of England, she will always be known as Kate Middleton, just a regular English girl who fell in love with her prince from afar and then captured his heart.

Harry & Meghan: A Royal Romance: Special Edition

Premieres May 14 at 8pm ET/PT

An encore of the Lifetime Feature HARRY & Meghan: A Royal Romance including exclusive behind- the-scenes interviews with stars Murray Fraser and Parisa Fitz-Henley.

William & Kate

Rebroadcast May 15 at 10pm ET/PT

William & Kate tells the story of how the friendship between Prince William (Nico Evers-Swindell), second in line to the throne of the British monarchy, and future princess Kate Middleton (Camilla Luddington), the stunning daughter of upper middle-class commoners, blossomed into a romantic love affair, charming the world with their engagement and royal wedding. The film chronicles the history of William and Kate -- from the moment they met at Scotland's prestigious University of St. Andrews, through the ups and downs of their nine-year courtship complicated by social and Royal Family pressures, and overwhelming media attention surrounding their storybook nuptials. William & Kate also stars Ben Cross (Star Trek, Chariots of Fire) as Prince Charles, Serena Scott-Thomas (The World Is Not Enough) as Carole Middleton, Richard Reid (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone) as Derek and Victoria Tennant (L.A. Story) as Celia.

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