The Duchess of Sussex is in talks to return to acting with a role in Netflix series The Gentlemen, the BBC has learned. Discussions are in their early stages and would mark Meghan's first significant acting role since her marriage to Prince Harry in May 2018.
The Gentlemen, created by Guy Ritchie and starring Theo James, is a comedy series about a duke who becomes a drug baron. Much of the two previous series have been filmed in the Cotswolds, an area where it is rumoured the Sussexes will establish a home. The details of the discussions and any role Meghan might be offered have not yet been revealed.
Meghan was best known for her part in the US legal drama Suits, in which she played lawyer Rachel Zane for seven seasons until her last episode aired in 2018. She recently returned to acting for the first time in nearly a decade with a cameo as herself in the forthcoming comedy Close Personal Friends, which stars Lily Collins and Brie Larson.
Prince Harry and Meghan plan to relocate from the US to a private, non-royal residence outside London later this month. Their children, Prince Archie, seven, and Princess Lilibet, five, are enrolled to start at a British school in September. There are no current plans for either to resume their roles as working royals.
The BBC understands that while based in the UK, Meghan also hopes to expand the global reach of her US-based lifestyle and cooking brand, As Ever. The couple's move follows a July visit by Prince Harry, Meghan and their children to see King Charles III at his Highgrove home in Gloucestershire, the first time the King had seen his grandchildren in person in more than four years.
The relocation has reignited questions over the level of the couple's publicly funded security in Britain. Their UK security was downgraded after they stopped being working royals in 2020 and moved to the US, where they have paid for their own protection. The Royal and VIP Executive Committee, an independent body overseen by the Home Office, will now have to decide on security arrangements as previous decisions were based on the Sussexes not living in the UK permanently.
