Meghan Markle Faces Crucial Choice Over Rumoured Return to Acting

With Prince Harry and Meghan Markle reportedly preparing to move to the UK within days, speculation is growing that the Duchess of Sussex could revive the acting career she left behind before joining the Royal Family.

Meghan is believed to be in early discussions about a possible appearance in Netflix’s The Gentlemen. The Guy Ritchie crime drama, filmed in the Cotswolds, has been renewed for a third season.

The series stars Theo James as a British duke who unexpectedly inherits his father’s country estate, only to discover that the property houses a cannabis operation controlled by dangerous criminals.

Reports suggest a character may be created specifically for Meghan, although no agreement has been confirmed and it remains unclear how many episodes she could appear in.

Returning to a career she already knows

Before marrying Prince Harry, Meghan built a successful career in television. She became best known for portraying paralegal Rachel Zane across seven seasons of the legal drama Suits.

PR expert Mayah Riaz believes returning to acting could allow Meghan to reclaim an identity established long before she became the Duchess of Sussex.

“A return to acting could actually be quite interesting for Meghan because it would take her back to an identity that existed before the Royal Family,” Riaz said.

She suggested that revisiting a familiar profession could prove more convincing than repeatedly pursuing new ventures, allowing audiences to view Meghan primarily as an actress again.

Why her first project would matter

While Riaz supports the idea of Meghan returning to the screen, she warned that the choice of project and the motivation behind it would be closely examined.

“The first project would be crucial,” she said.

According to Riaz, a serious role approached with genuine commitment could feel refreshing. However, public reaction could be very different if the move appeared to be a carefully planned attempt to recover celebrity status.

She also suggested that acting might make Meghan more relatable to the British public than some of her recent lifestyle and commercial projects.

Audiences clearly understand the role of an actress, Riaz explained, making it a more straightforward professional identity.

Could acting improve royal relations?

Meghan stepped away from acting in 2018 after making her relationship with Harry official. At the time, it was decided that a potential princess could not continue working as an actress while carrying out duties for the monarchy.

Riaz does not believe a return to acting would automatically damage Meghan’s relationship with the Royal Family. She argued that it could instead create a clearer division between Meghan’s own career and the institution.

“I don’t believe acting itself would necessarily damage her relationship with the Royal Family,” she said. “In fact, it could potentially help separate Meghan’s professional identity from the institution.”

Publicity could determine the outcome

The greater risk, according to Riaz, would come from the way Meghan’s comeback was promoted.

If interviews, premieres and casting announcements repeatedly returned to Harry, royal disputes or Meghan’s experiences as a working royal, the same controversies would follow her into the new phase of her career.

“If she genuinely wants a fresh chapter, she has to be prepared to talk about the work rather than the feud,” Riaz said.

She advised Harry and Meghan to become quieter and more consistent while concentrating on their separate professional projects. Such an approach, she argued, could improve their chances of changing public attitudes toward them in Britain.

“You cannot force the public to forgive you, but you can give them fewer reasons to be critical and more reasons to be curious,” Riaz concluded.