Prince Harry and Meghan Markle at separate events in July 2016, the summer that they first met.Photo: Mark Cuthbert/UK Press via Getty; Ray Tamarra/GC
Meghan Markle’s life changed when she metPrince Harry, and her character might have foreshadowed it onSuits!
The Duchess of Sussex, 42, starred in the legal drama from 2011 to 2018 as paralegalRachel Zane, and one scene pops as prophetic amidSuits’renaissance on Netflixthis summer. Meghan and Prince Harry met through amutual friendin July 2016 and announced their engagement the following November. Shortly after, USA Network said the seventh season ofSuitswould be her last.
“Why should I go out with him? Just because he’s charming and hot?” Rafferty asked in character.
“And witty and British,” Meghan replied.
“And has a title!” her costar said.
“He does?” Meghan exclaimed.
“No, but even if he did, that wouldn’t be a reason. I told you, Rach, I don’t mix business with pleasure,” Raffety said.
Sarah Rafferty and Meghan Markle in the season 3 “Suits” scene.
“And he is based out of London,” Raffety reasoned. “It’s practically a different company,” Meghan added.
“And it’s definitely a different country,” Raffety added.
“So you’ll consider it?” Meghan asked.
“Nope,” Raffety replied.
Meghan Markle in the season 3 “Suits” scene.
While Meghan’s character’s storyline onSuitsended with a wedding(spoiler alert!) in season 7, the show went on for two more seasons and wrapped in 2019. In June, Netflix announced that the legal drama starring Gabriel Macht, Patrick J. Adams, Rick Hoffman, Gina Torres, Raffety and Meghan (before she was the Duchess of Sussex) was coming to the streamer for the first time, and the dramedy has had a runaway summer since hitting queues.
Citing the latest data,Varietyreported last week that viewers binged 20.31 billion minutes of Suits from June 19 to July 30 between Netflix and Peacock (where it has previously been featured), per Nielsen data. The draw securedSuits’ spot as Nielsen’s second most-streamed series for viewership totals over six consecutive weeks, behindStranger Things’ season 4 debut last summer.
Meanwhile,Suits’creator Aaron Korshrecently claimedin a conversation withThe Hollywood Reporterthat he was guided away from incorporating the word “poppycock” into Meghan’s lines after she started dating Prince Harry.
Meghan Markle as Rachel Zane in “Suits.".Ben Mark Holzberg/USA Network/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty
Ben Mark Holzberg/USA Network/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty
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In her joint engagement interview with Prince Harry in November 2017, Meghan confirmed she wouldno longer be acting.
“I don’t see it as giving anything up. I just see it as a change,” she said in the BBC News special. “It’s a new chapter, right? And also, keep in mind, I’ve been working on [Suits] for seven years. We were very, very fortunate to have that sort of longevity on a series. I’ve ticked this box, and I feel very proud of the work I’ve done there, and now it’s time to work with [Harry] as a team.”
While Prince Harry and Meghan stepped back from their royal roles in 2020, the Duchess of Sussex has continued to creative work behind and before the cameras in new ways. The former actress narrated the Disney+nature documentaryElephant, released that year, and she and her husband signed amulti-year dealwith Netflix in September 2020.
At the time,The New York Timesreported that the couple’s production hub, later named Archewell Productions, would exclusively make documentaries, docuseries, feature films, scripted shows and children’s programming for the platform.
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“Every conversation that I’ve had with him has been just like I’m talking to a friend, a brother, maybe because of the military connection that we have,” George tells PEOPLE of their connection. “We share where we just left off. The conversation just continues to go on.”
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source: people.com
