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Meghan Markle spent years trying to reinvent herself after leaving royal life \u2014 but her latest move could bring her right back to where she started.<\/p>\n

With Season 3 of “The Gentlemen” officially greenlit, the Duchess of Sussex remains in talks to join Guy Ritchie’s hit drama, People magazine reported, contradicting earlier reports that the potential deal had fallen through. No deal has been finalized, the outlet said.<\/p>\n

“If she returns now, it raises the obvious question \u2014 what happened to all those other identities she tried on after leaving royal life?” Kinsey Schofield, host of YouTube’s “Kinsey Schofield Unfiltered,” told Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n

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On Aug. 24, 2026, People magazine reported that Meghan Markle remains in talks to appear in Netflix’s “The Gentlemen,” despite reports to the contrary. No deal has been finalized.<\/span> (Jemal Countess\/Getty Images for TIME)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

“Podcaster, producer, lifestyle entrepreneur, philanthropist, media mogul,” said Schofield. “Returning to acting would suggest that the most viable professional identity Meghan has found may ultimately be the one she walked away from.”<\/p>\n

The talks are in “very early stages,” Deadline previously reported. It\u2019s unclear how many episodes she would appear in. The series, which stars Theo James, Kaya Scodelario and Giancarlo Esposito, is filmed in the U.K. and set in England.<\/p>\n

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Season 2 of “The Gentlemen” premieres on Sept. 3, 2026.<\/span> (Christopher Raphael\/Netflix)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Meghan has already dipped her toe back into acting. In 2025, she filmed a small cameo as herself in Amazon MGM Studios’ upcoming comedy “Close Personal Friends,” starring Brie Larson, Lily Collins, Jack Quaid and Henry Golding. The potential role in “The Gentlemen,” however, would mark a more significant return to scripted acting after leaving “Suits.”<\/p>\n

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“The Gentlemen” follows Eddie Horniman (Theo James), who unexpectedly inherits his father\u2019s title as Duke of Halstead and the family\u2019s sprawling estate after his father dies \u2014 only to discover that Halstead Manor sits atop a massive cannabis operation and that his reckless older brother has been passed over.<\/p>\n

Doug Eldridge, founder of Achilles PR, told Fox News Digital that Meghan’s potential Hollywood comeback could expose the challenge that has followed her for years: finding an identity once the camera stops rolling that sticks.<\/p>\n

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Meghan, Duchess of Sussex attends an Invictus Games Friends and Family reception hosted by the City of The Hague and the Dutch Ministry of Defence at Zuiderpark on April 15, 2022, in The Hague, Netherlands.<\/span> (Max Mumby\/Indigo\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

“This has been the lingering problem for Meghan all these years: what is her identity?” he said. “She’s ridden a carousel of career horses. Yet for all the rotations, nothing has seemingly stuck.”<\/p>\n

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Meghan Markle starred as Rachel Zane in the legal drama “Suits” before she married Britain’s Prince Harry.<\/span> (Ian Watson\/USA Network)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

In a statement shared with The New York Times, a spokesperson for the Sussexes said, “On the heels of a wonderful trip with family and friends this summer, Harry and Meghan have decided to spend an extended period in the U.K. this autumn. They are excited to have their children spend more time in the country that\u2019s such an important part of their family\u2019s story.”<\/p>\n

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One of the gates to the Riven Rock neighborhood, where Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, and his wife Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, own a home, is pictured in Montecito, near Santa Barbara, California, on Aug. 24, 2026.<\/span> (AFP via Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The spokesperson confirmed that the couple’s business operations will remain based in the U.S. Meghan and Harry will also keep their California home. People magazine reported that Meghan’s potential acting project contributed to the couple’s decision to return to Britain.<\/p>\n

Schofield isn’t convinced that filmmakers will now embrace Meghan with open arms.<\/p>\n

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Royal experts previously told Fox News Digital that Meghan Markle was reportedly eyeing a return to acting after years spent building a new identity outside the royal family.<\/span> (Tommaso Boddi\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

“I’m still skeptical that this represents some grand Hollywood comeback,” she said.<\/p>\n

“Meghan has spent six years in [California] with a multimillion-dollar Netflix relationship, enormous name recognition and Tyler Perry on speed dial. If acting was genuinely her ambition, she was already standing in arguably the best place in the world to pursue it.”<\/p>\n

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“That said, ‘The Gentlemen’ would be a clever choice,” she noted. “It’s an established hit with a strong creative pedigree, so she wouldn’t have to carry the project herself. But first, she has to prove she can disappear into a character rather than have every scene become about Meghan Markle.”<\/p>\n

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The second season of “With Love, Meghan” was released on Netflix on Aug. 26, 2025.<\/span> (Jake Rosenberg\/Netflix \u00a9 2025)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

In 2022, when asked by Variety whether she would ever return to acting, Meghan replied: “I\u2019m done.”<\/p>\n

“I guess never say never, but my intention is to absolutely not,” she said at the time.<\/p>\n

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Meghan Markle\u2019s return to acting comes after a series of post-royal ventures, including her Netflix lifestyle series, “With Love, Meghan.”<\/span> (Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Since stepping back from royal duties in 2020, Meghan has launched a series of ventures with mixed results.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Meghan, Duchess of Sussex attends the 2026 Fifteen Percent Pledge Fundraising Gala at Paramount Studios on Feb. 7, 2026, in Los Angeles.<\/span> (Variety via Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Her high-profile Spotify partnership ended in 2023 after her podcast, “Archetypes,” produced one season. Her planned Netflix animated series “Pearl” was scrapped before reaching production.<\/p>\n

Her lifestyle brand, originally launched as American Riviera Orchard, endured a prolonged rollout before being relaunched to As Ever in 2025. In March 2026, a Sussex spokesperson confirmed that her Netflix lifestyle series, “With Love, Meghan,” would continue as seasonal specials rather than return for a third season.<\/p>\n

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Alysa Nahmias and Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex, attend a special screening of Roadside Attractions’ “Cookie Queens” at AMC The Grove 14 in Los Angeles on July 28, 2026.<\/span> (Roadside Attractions via Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Dan Wakeford, founder of Celebrity Intelligence, told Fox News Digital that after years of reinvention, Meghan may have little to lose by returning to the career that first put her in the spotlight.<\/p>\n

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Actress Meghan Markle attends the HBO Luxury Lounge featuring L’Oreal Paris and New Era Cap – Day 1 at the Four Seasons Hotel Los Angeles in Beverly Hills on Jan. 14, 2012.<\/span> (WireImage)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

“The honest picture is more complicated than any of the tabloid headlines and narratives about the empire,” he explained. “‘With Love, Meghan’ became a punchline when it needed to be a launchpad. And when the show was mocked, it poisoned the well for As Ever as well, because the credibility was gone. The problem is that she and Harry believed the big Netflix deals and Spotify checks meant they had leverage when, actually, the checks were the leverage.”<\/p>\n

“The most interesting path forward for Meghan, and several sources raised this unprompted to Celebrity Intelligence, is a return to acting would actually be a wise move,” he continued. “Find an extraordinary script the way Demi Moore did with ‘The Substance’ and do something that shocks people. Get away from this princess arc and go back to what you loved and what made you famous in the first place.”<\/p>\n

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Meghan, daughter of Emmy-winning lighting director Thomas Markle, got her start in Hollywood with bit parts on shows like “Fringe” and “The League.” She was also a suitcase model on “Deal or No Deal” before becoming a series regular as Rachel Zane in the legal drama “Suits.” She filmed her final scenes in 2017 following her engagement, and her final episode aired in April 2018.<\/p>\n

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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle attend an official photocall announcing their engagement at The Sunken Gardens at Kensington Palace in London, England, on Nov. 27, 2017.<\/span> (WireImage\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“Of all the professional reinventions Meghan has attempted, acting makes the most sense,” said Schofield. “She has legitimate experience doing it. She spent years working consistently on ‘Suits.’ There’s nothing embarrassing about returning to the profession that originally made her successful.”<\/p>\n

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Prince Harry, Meghan Markle, Katharine McPhee and David Foster posed for a photo at the legendary music producer’s charity event.<\/span> (Vito Amati\/The David Foster Foundation via Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

“What I find amusing is the contradiction,” she said. “Meghan spent years presenting herself as though acting was something she had evolved beyond. Perhaps the great reinvention is discovering that the original brand worked better than all the rebrands.”<\/p>\n

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Actress Meghan Markle visits AOL Studios in New York City on March 17, 2016.<\/span> (FilmMagic\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Stepping back in front of the camera could work in Meghan\u2019s favor. Recent polls have placed both Harry and Meghan near the bottom of the royal family\u2019s popularity rankings in Britain, ahead of only former Prince Andrew, People magazine reported.<\/p>\n

But if there’s one thing Meghan has consistently proven, it’s her ability to command attention \u2014 the enduring power of the so-called “Markle Sparkle.”<\/p>\n

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“Meghan brings something you cannot manufacture with a marketing budget, and that’s global curiosity,” said Schofield. “Love her or loathe her, people will watch the first episode just to see whether she can still act. Every photograph from the set becomes international news. Every trailer gets dissected. Every interview generates headlines.”<\/p>\n

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Meghan Markle attends the Womenswear Spring-Summer 2026 show during Paris Fashion Week on Oct. 5, 2025, in Paris, France.<\/span> (Andrea Cremascoli\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

“From a publicity standpoint, I completely understand why a producer might take that gamble,” she said. “The question is whether the spectacle surrounding Meghan ultimately serves the story or overwhelms it. But there’s an enormous difference between attracting attention and building a sustainable career. The real test is whether anybody wants to see Meghan’s character again once the novelty wears off.”<\/p>\n

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Stephanie Nolasco is an Entertainment Reporter for Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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