Prince Harry Alleges Palace Asked ‘Suits’ to Change Meghan Markle’s Story Lines: ‘The Show Writers Were Frustrated’

05.01.2023 - 22:25 / usmagazine.com

Crossing the line? Prince Harry is claiming that the palace would try to control Meghan Markle’s role on Suits — including the story lines and the dialogue.

“Meg packed up her house, gave up her role in Suits. After seven seasons. A difficult moment for her, because she loved that show, loved the character she was playing, loved her cast and crew — loved Canada,” the Duke of Sussex, 38, writes in his upcoming Spare memoir, which Us Weekly can exclusively reveal. “On the other hand life there had become untenable.”

Harry noted that things changed for Meghan, 41, on set once they started dating. “The show writers were frustrated, because they were often advised by the palace comms team to change lines of dialogue, what her character would do, how she would act,” he alleges.

The USA Network series, which ran for nine seasons from 2011 to 2020, focused on a fictional New York City law firm. Meghan played Rachel Zane — an ambitious paralegal who falls in love with Patrick J. Adams‘ character, Mike.

While filming the hit show, the California native shocked viewers when news broke of her romance with Harry. Amid the couple’s engagement, Meghan was ultimately written off Suits.

According to series creator Aaron Korsh, the decision to have Rachel leave was inspired by Meghan’s personal life.

“I had a decision to make because I didn’t want to intrude and ask her, ‘Hey, what’s going on and what are you going to do?’” he told BBC News in 2017 about having Rachel exchange vows with Mike and move to Seattle. “What we decided to do [was to] say, ‘Look, I would rather have good things happen to Meghan in her life,’ which would likely mean her leaving the show.”

The showrunner added: “So let’s plan on that and it’s much easier to undo that, if