{"id":105638,"date":"2024-06-18T19:15:51","date_gmt":"2024-06-18T19:15:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/18\/meghan-markles-suits-father-wendell-pierce-on-her-marriage-to-prince-harry\/"},"modified":"2024-06-18T19:15:51","modified_gmt":"2024-06-18T19:15:51","slug":"meghan-markles-suits-father-wendell-pierce-on-her-marriage-to-prince-harry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/18\/meghan-markles-suits-father-wendell-pierce-on-her-marriage-to-prince-harry\/","title":{"rendered":"Meghan Markle\u2019s Suits Father Wendell Pierce On Her Marriage to Prince Harry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3637535\" style=\"width: 900px;\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<div class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom:68%;\"><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption\"><br \/>\n Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.<\/span> <span class=\"credit\">Karwai Tang\/WireImage<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/meghan-markle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Meghan Markle\u2019s<\/strong><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/shows\/suits\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Suits<\/em><\/a> onscreen father, <strong>Wendell Pierce<\/strong>, had nothing but good things to say about her marriage to<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/prince-harry\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong> Prince Harry<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen [Meghan] came into town, she got an award last year, had a chance to say hello and wish she and Prince Harry well and wish the children well,\u201d Pierce, 60, told <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/meghan-markle-and-prince-harry-in-love-says-suits-costar-wendell-pierce-8664222\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>People<\/em><\/a> at the 2024 Tony Awards on Sunday, June 16. \u201cThey look very much in love and were very happy, so that\u2019s the most important thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pierce, who played Robert Zane on Suits from 2013 to 2019, went on to share that working with Markle, 42, on the drama series was \u201ca blast\u201d and that he has met up with her \u201ca few times\u201d since wrapping the show.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve gotten to see her just a few times since, and we\u2019ve been able to reminisce and so it\u2019s real, we have fond memories of working together,\u201d he explained to the outlet.<\/p>\n<p>Markle starred as Rachel Zane on <em>Suits<\/em> from 2011 to 2018 before she was written off following her engagement to Harry, 39.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t see it as giving anything up. I just see it as a change. It\u2019s a new chapter, right?\u201d Markle said in a joint interview with <em>BBC<\/em> in 2017 after news of Harry\u2019s proposal broke. \u201cI\u2019ve ticked this box, and I feel very proud of the work I\u2019ve done there, and now it\u2019s time to work with [Harry] as a team.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption \">\n<div class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom:66.7%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3637537\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Meghan-Markles-%E2%80%98Suits-Onscreen-Father-Wendell-Pierce-Weighs-in-On-Her-Marriage-to-Prince-Harry-2.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all\" alt=\"Meghan Markle\u2019s \u2018Suits\u2019 Onscreen Father Wendell Pierce Weighs in On Her Marriage to Prince Harry\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Meghan-Markles-\u2018Suits-Onscreen-Father-Wendell-Pierce-Weighs-in-On-Her-Marriage-to-Prince-Harry-2.jpg?w=200&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Meghan-Markles-\u2018Suits-Onscreen-Father-Wendell-Pierce-Weighs-in-On-Her-Marriage-to-Prince-Harry-2.jpg?w=300&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 300w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Meghan-Markles-\u2018Suits-Onscreen-Father-Wendell-Pierce-Weighs-in-On-Her-Marriage-to-Prince-Harry-2.jpg?w=400&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Meghan-Markles-\u2018Suits-Onscreen-Father-Wendell-Pierce-Weighs-in-On-Her-Marriage-to-Prince-Harry-2.jpg?w=600&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Meghan-Markles-\u2018Suits-Onscreen-Father-Wendell-Pierce-Weighs-in-On-Her-Marriage-to-Prince-Harry-2.jpg?w=700&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 700w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Meghan-Markles-\u2018Suits-Onscreen-Father-Wendell-Pierce-Weighs-in-On-Her-Marriage-to-Prince-Harry-2.jpg?w=800&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Meghan-Markles-\u2018Suits-Onscreen-Father-Wendell-Pierce-Weighs-in-On-Her-Marriage-to-Prince-Harry-2.jpg?w=900&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 900w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Meghan-Markles-\u2018Suits-Onscreen-Father-Wendell-Pierce-Weighs-in-On-Her-Marriage-to-Prince-Harry-2.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1000w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Meghan-Markles-\u2018Suits-Onscreen-Father-Wendell-Pierce-Weighs-in-On-Her-Marriage-to-Prince-Harry-2.jpg?w=1200&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Meghan-Markles-\u2018Suits-Onscreen-Father-Wendell-Pierce-Weighs-in-On-Her-Marriage-to-Prince-Harry-2.jpg?w=1400&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Meghan-Markles-\u2018Suits-Onscreen-Father-Wendell-Pierce-Weighs-in-On-Her-Marriage-to-Prince-Harry-2.jpg?w=1600&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Meghan-Markles-\u2018Suits-Onscreen-Father-Wendell-Pierce-Weighs-in-On-Her-Marriage-to-Prince-Harry-2.jpg?w=1800&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) calc(100vw - 6em), (max-width: 1000px) 80vw, 1000px\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"credit\">Matt Winkelmeyer\/Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Several years after leaving the show, Harry claimed that the palace <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/prince-harry-palace-asked-suits-to-change-meghan-markles-dialogue\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tried to control Markle\u2019s role<\/a> on <em>Suits<\/em> after she started dating him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMeg packed up her house, gave up her role in <em>Suits.<\/em> After seven seasons. A difficult moment for her, because she loved that show, loved the character she was playing, loved her cast and crew \u2013 loved Canada,\u201d Harry wrote in his January 2023 <em>Spare<\/em> memoir. \u201cOn the other hand life there had become untenable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Harry shared that the show writers were \u201cfrustrated\u201d because the palace comms team would \u201cchange lines of dialogue\u201d and \u201chow she would act.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__thumbnail\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/pictures\/suits-cast-where-are-they-now\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Suits-Cast-Where-Are-They-Now-289.jpg?crop=0px%2C8px%2C2000px%2C1131px&amp;resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 770px) calc(100vw - 6em), 200px\" alt=\"Suits Cast Where Are They Now 289 Feature\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" data-fallback-img=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Suits-Cast-Where-Are-They-Now-289.jpg?quality=86&amp;strip=all\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/pictures\/suits-cast-where-are-they-now\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">\u2018Suits\u2019 Cast: Where Are They Now?<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tSuits found a dedicated fanbase when it first aired \u2014 but its Netflix debut has made the legal drama even more popular. The USA series, which originally ran for nine seasons from 2011 to 2019, stars Patrick J. Adams as Mike Ross, a man who convinced a New York City law firm to give him [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>Suits<\/em> creator <strong>Aaron Korsh<\/strong> did confirm that the palace <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/suits-creator-confirms-royals-weighed-in-on-meghans-dialogue\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cweighed in on some stuff\u201d<\/a> but \u201cnot many things.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cA few things that we wanted to do and couldn\u2019t do, and it was a little irritating,\u201d he explained to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/tv\/tv-features\/suits-creator-meghan-markle-line-palace-removed-1235575191\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The Hollywood Reporter<\/em> <\/a>in August 2023.<\/p>\n<p>While Markle has moved on from <em>Suits,<\/em> the show has found a newfound popularity, earning more than 45 billion minutes in streaming on Netflix and Peacock combined.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/meghan-markle-reacts-to-suits-streaming-boom-praises-great-cast\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cIsn\u2019t that wild?\u201d<\/a> she shared during an interview on the red carpet at <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2023\/tv\/news\/meghan-markle-suits-netflix-success-1235793233\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Variety\u2019s<\/em><\/a> Power of Women event in November 2023. \u201cIt\u2019s hard to find a show you can binge-watch that many episodes of these days, so that could have something to do with it. But good shows are everlasting.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/meghan-markles-suits-father-wendell-pierce-on-her-marriage-to-prince-harry\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. Karwai Tang\/WireImage Meghan Markle\u2019s Suits onscreen father, Wendell Pierce, had nothing but good things to say about her marriage to Prince Harry. \u201cWhen [Meghan] came into town, she got an award last year, had a chance to say hello and wish she and Prince Harry well and wish the children [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":105639,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-105638","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105638","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105638"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105638\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/105639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}