Meghan Markle Eyes Acting Return as Sussex Family Moves Back to the U.K.
Meghan Markle is eyeing a return to the screen, and she may do it on British soil. The Duchess of Sussex and Prince Harry are relocating to England after six years in California, with their children Archie and Lilibet enrolled to start school in September (Variety).
The move, described as for an "extended period," was announced on Wednesday. Reuters confirmed the couple plan to arrive back in Britain this month (Reuters). The Guardian first reported the relocation on 19 August, noting the children's school placement (The Guardian). Their Montecito home will be kept.
Australian outlet News.com.au reported on Friday morning that Meghan has been offered a role in an upcoming U.K.-based project. Variety confirmed the report and noted that sources close to the Sussexes have not denied it, though no further details have been released (Variety).
Meghan is already edging back in front of the camera. She is set to make a cameo as herself in the upcoming Amazon MGM comedy Close Personal Friends, starring Brie Larson and Lily Collins. She recently hosted the Netflix lifestyle series With Love, Meghan, which also launched her consumer brand, As Ever. She has also appeared as a guest judge on MasterChef Australia.
Her best-known role remains Rachel Zane, the paralegal-turned-lawyer she played for seven seasons on the legal drama Suits, from 2011 to 2018. She left the series ahead of her marriage to Prince Harry and stepped away from acting entirely after joining the royal family. The couple stepped down from royal duties in 2020 and moved to the United States. Harry and Meghan will remain non-working royals — meaning they do not carry out official duties on behalf of the Crown — after the relocation.
Their business infrastructure is staying put. Archewell, the couple's production banner, and As Ever, Meghan's brand, will not be moved to the U.K. Deadline reported that the Sussexes may still hold a first-look deal at Netflix — meaning the streaming service gets first right of refusal on projects they develop — even as they leave the U.S. (Deadline).
For fans of Suits, which found a massive new audience on Netflix years after its original run ended, the prospect of Meghan returning to scripted television is the detail that cuts through. The U.K. project she has reportedly been offered remains unnamed, and no studio, streamer, or production company has been confirmed. What is confirmed is the move itself: a family of four crossing the Atlantic, two children starting at a new school, and a mother who left acting eight years ago looking at scripts again.
