Why Did Meghan Markle Leave ‘Suits’? Everything To Know About The Duchess Of Sussex’s Exit

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Image Credit: Usa Network/Netflix/Kobal/Shutterstock Meghan Markle played Rachel Zane successful the deed USA Network series. Meghan near the bid aft play 7. Meghan stopped acting aft leaving Suits.

Before she was the Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle was Rachel Zane. The erstwhile histrion roseate to fame arsenic the beloved quality successful the USA Network bid Suits. Since the amusement has taken implicit Netflix and go the most-watched rubric ever acquired by a streaming service, viewers person witnessed Meghan permission the bid astatine the extremity of play 7.

Patrick J. Adams and Meghan Markle arsenic Mike and Rachel. (Usa Network/Netflix/Kobal/Shutterstock)

Naturally, the play 7 finale brings up questions. What were the reasons down Meghan’s departure? Did she ever travel backmost successful the last 2 seasons? Scroll down to find retired everything down Meghan’s Suits exit.

Why Did Meghan Markle Leave Suits?

Deadline was the archetypal to study successful November 2017 that Meghan and her co-star, Patrick J. Adams, were expected to permission Suits astatine the extremity of play 7. At the time, Meghan’s relationship with Prince Harry had gone public. Both Meghan and Patrick had reached the extremity of their contracts with the bid astatine the extremity of the seventh season.

Just a fewer weeks aft the report, Meghan and Prince Harry got engaged connected November 27, 2017. A time aft Meghan and Harry’s engagement was revealed, USA Network confirmed that Meghan would beryllium leaving the ineligible drama.

“From each of america astatine USA Network and Universal Cable Productions, we privation to nonstop our astir heartfelt congratulations to Meghan Markle and Prince Harry connected their engagement. Meghan has been a subordinate of our household for 7 years and it has been a joyousness to enactment with her. We privation to convey her for her undeniable passionateness and dedication to Suits, and we privation her the precise best,” the connection read.

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry successful 2022. (Gregory Pace/Shutterstock)

During their archetypal associated interview, Meghan revealed that she would nary longer beryllium acting aft Suits and would absorption connected her duties arsenic a moving royal. “I don’t spot it arsenic giving thing up. I conscionable spot it arsenic a change,” she said astatine the time. “It’s a caller chapter, right? And also, support successful mind, I’ve been moving connected [Suits] for 7 years. We were very, precise fortunate to person that benignant of longevity connected a series.” She added, “I’ve ticked this box, and I consciousness precise arrogant of the enactment I’ve done there, and present it’s clip to enactment with [Harry] arsenic a team.”

Meghan and Prince Harry got joined connected May 19, 2018, conscionable weeks aft the Suits play 7 finale aired. Meghan has not had an acting relation since Suits. However, she was astatine the halfway of the Harry & Meghan docuseries, which was released connected Netflix successful 2022. After stepping down arsenic elder royals successful 2020, Meghan and Prince Harry signed a multi-year woody with Netflix. The couple’s upcoming documentary series, Heart of Invictus, is expected to premiere connected the streaming work successful 2023.

Meghan and Prince Harry did person a Spotify deal, but the mates parted ways aft conscionable 1 play of Meghan’s Archetypes podcast. Netflix released a connection aft the Spotify announcement was made to corroborate that their woody with Meghan and Prince Harry was inactive intact.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle successful their docuseries. (Netflix)

“We worth our concern with Archewell Productions,” a Netflix spokesperson told PEOPLE. “Harry & Meghan was Netflix’s biggest documentary debut ever, and we’ll proceed to enactment unneurotic connected a fig of projects, including the upcoming documentary series Heart of Invictus.”

How Did Mike & Rachel Leave Suits?

Rachel and her longtime love, Mike Ross, got joined successful the Suits play 7 finale. Mike and Rachel’s wedding was practically parallel to Meghan’s real-life wedding. After tying the knot, Mike and Rachel moved to Seattle to commencement a caller firm.

“The full happening was emotional, and I felt similar we each went retired connected a existent precocious note,” Suits creator Aaron Korsh told Deadline astir Patrick and Meghan’s past scenes. “I consciousness similar hopefully we went retired connected a precocious enactment creatively but I cognize we went retired with large feelings towards each different personally astatine the extremity of the season.”

Did Meghan Markle Ever Return To Suits?

Meghan meant what she said erstwhile she announced she would beryllium stepping distant from acting aft Suits. The Duchess of Sussex has not returned to acting since, which means she did not instrumentality successful the last 2 seasons of Suits. Patrick returned for 3 episodes successful the show’s ninth and last season. Mike came backmost into the Suits fold to assistance his erstwhile mentor, Harvey, portion Rachel stayed backmost successful Seattle.

With the Suits resurgence successful 2023, galore person wondered whether oregon not Meghan has reconsidered returning to acting. The erstwhile actress, who present lives successful California, is beauteous definite she’ll ne'er enactment again. “No. I’m done. I conjecture ne'er accidental never, but my volition is to perfectly not,” Meghan told Variety successful 2022.

Meghan Markle arsenic Rachel Zane successful ‘Suits.’ (Usa Network/Netflix/Kobal/Shutterstock)

Meghan did motion with WME, 1 of Hollywood’s famed endowment agencies, successful April 2023, Variety reported. However, acting volition “not beryllium an country of focus” for the Duchess. Meghan and Prince Harry volition beryllium moving down the scenes to make content. One of their newest projects is the upcoming Netflix movie adaptation of Carley Fortune’s bestseller Meet Me astatine the Lake.

“I’m thrilled to corroborate that I’m teaming up with Netflix and Archewell productions connected the adaption of Meet Me astatine the Lake. Will and Fern’s emotion communicative is beloved to my heart, and I can’t ideate a much cleanable partnership. Writing this publication was a tremendous idiosyncratic challenge, and to spot it recognized successful this mode is genuinely incredible,” the writer revealed connected Instagram.

Meghan has been unfastened astir however she wants to marque emotion a cornerstone of her enactment with Netflix moving forward. “So overmuch of however my hubby and I spot things is done our emotion story. I deliberation that’s what radical astir the satellite connected to, particularly with our wedding. People emotion love. I’m not excluded successful that sentiment,” Meghan told Variety. “For scripted, we privation to deliberation astir however we tin germinate from that aforesaid abstraction and bash thing fun. It doesn’t ever person to beryllium truthful serious. Like a bully rom-com. Don’t we miss them? I miss them truthful much.”