Meghan Markle's Netflix role dropped after UK backlash
Meghan Markle's planned appearance in the third season of Netflix's The Gentlemen was cancelled following strong criticism in Britain, as the Sussexes prepare to return to the UK.
The casting of Meghan Markle for a role in the Netflix series The Gentlemen was withdrawn after significant public criticism in the United Kingdom, according to reports on Saturday. Markle, who left acting in 2018 following her marriage to Prince Harry, had been in discussions to join the show's third season as the couple prepares to move back to Britain after six years in California.
The decision was attributed to the level of opposition, with former Vanity Fair and New Yorker editor Tina Brown writing on her Substack that the backlash in the UK made it "untenable to go forward."
The Sussexes are expected to return to the country within days, planning to reside in a private home outside London with their children, Prince Archie, 7, and Princess Lilibet, 5, who have been enrolled in a British school for the upcoming term. Having stepped back from royal duties in 2020, they will resume life as private citizens without official royal responsibilities.