Before she married into the Royal Family, Meghan Markle played paralegal Rachel Zane in hit US drama Suits. However, once her relationship with Prince Harry came to light the palace reportedly placed several tight restrictions on the show's creative team and what they could include in their scripts.
After the couple's romance was revealed, there were a number of rules introduced by the palace and royal courtiers which limited what the writers could include in the show to avoid embarrassment and the public jumping to conclusions. In Tom Bower's explosive book 'Revenge: Meghan, Harry and the War between the Windsors', he unpicked the truth behind the couple by speaking to 80 people who know Harry and Meghan personally.
Tom Bower wrote: "Fearing the worst, from bitter experience, the Palace stepped in to control Meghan’s life. Aaron Korsh was told to submit all future Suits scripts to Nick Collins, Meghan’s agent.
"Scripts were thereafter forwarded to Kensington Palace for approval. Orders for changes of words were sent back from London to Los Angeles.
"The most important demand concerned Meghan’s last scene at her ‘wedding’ to Mike. No photographs, the Palace ordered, were to be shot of Meghan wearing a wedding dress.
"Between filming, she was always to wear a jacket over the dress. The atmosphere in the studio changed.
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"Some actors and staff discovered that Meghan’s attitude occasionally stiffened. Sometimes she arrived late and her empathy occasionally morphed into near-arrogance.
"Meghan had markedly shifted from the early days when she held a prayer meeting with the Suits cast before filming started.
"Tongue-in-cheek, the Suits scriptwriters took a licence with Zane’s final words before she says, ‘I do.’
"Thinking of Harry, Meghan delivered the lines to her on-stage husband Mike, ‘You are the strongest man I have ever met and you make me stronger . . . you’re the husband I’ve always wanted and I can’t wait to start our adventure together.’"
During her interview with Variety in October, Meghan touched on how she and Harry are raising their children Archie and Lilibet to be "multidimensional, interesting, kind, creative people" and spoke of how she would help them if they ever decided to tread the boards and become actors themselves.
At one point in her sit down chat, Meghan revealed she would be happy for them to act if it bought them "joy".
While a number of celebrity parents have previously admitted they would actively discourage their children from pursuing a career in showbusiness, Meghan revealed she feels differently.
When asked about how she would feel about Archie or Lilibet taking to the stage or stepping in front of the camera, Meghan said: "I would say, 'Great!'"
She explained: "When you become a parent, you genuinely want your kids to find the things that bring them complete joy. They’re our kids, obviously, and they’re part of a legacy and a tradition and a family that will have other expectations."
However, Meghan went on to say she knows there would be criticism if she helped them get into the industry, saying: "There are so many people that will talk about what opened the door for my children. But it still takes talent and a lot of grit."
