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In The Limelight by Vanity Fair

A "Becoming Royal" Recap

In The Limelight by Vanity Fair

Conde Nast & Vanity Fair

Society & Culture

3.9537 Ratings

🗓️ 29 May 2019

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Josh and Julie provide an in-depth analysis of the new Lifetime movie, "Harry & Meghan: Becoming Royal."

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to In the Limelight, Vanity Fair's Entertainment and Pop Culture Podcast.

0:11.0

I'm Josh Dupoff, Vanity Fair Senior Writer, and I'm here with Julie Miller, Vanity Fair's Senior Hollywood Writer.

0:16.2

On In The Limelight, we analyze the ins and outs of pop culture, entertainment, and celebrity from the past week,

0:21.9

from the Kardashians to Kate Middleton, and everything in between. So hopefully most of you,

0:27.6

or some of you, got to see the big lifetime premiere last night of Harry and Megan's becoming royal,

0:35.2

the second lifetime movie. We are going to discuss this at length,

0:40.7

I think, because we have a lot to say. It's obviously the fictionalized sequel. We should stress that.

0:46.9

They definitely take their liberties, which chronicles Megan and Harry's relationship from the

0:51.1

wedding planning stage right through to the baby news.

0:55.4

And I have to say just out of the gate that I really commend lifetime.

1:00.9

It's a somewhat bold endeavor, I would say, to attempt to recreate all of these events so

1:06.9

quickly after they've happened and on such a meager budget.

1:10.7

Like they cannot match, you know, the high-end design. so quickly after they've happened and on such a meager budget.

1:15.2

Like, they cannot match, you know, the high-end designers,

1:19.9

the bespoke wardrobes, the Queen Elizabeth, you know, is wearing.

1:25.2

It reminds me a little bit of when, not Halloween costumes, but like it was like the, it was a facsimile of every outfit, but with like a

1:29.6

weird vibe to it where it was like off, you know? Right. It's, it's amazing. It's brings a little

1:36.0

bit of camp to the doing. It's a lot of fun. So you kind of never forget that you're watching

1:40.9

this lifetime version, but I really loves it. And I also, I mean, just,

1:47.3

it's so brave to me that Lifetime dove straight into all these scandals leading up to the wedding,

1:53.0

like the Thomas Markle of it all, the Samantha Markle of it all. They got into the Oprah a little bit.

1:58.2

You don't look as impressed as I was. No, I think they did a really good... I mean, they, I was shocked at how much they got into.

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