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Meghan Markle dropped from consideration for Guy Ritchie series after 'intense' UK backlash: report

The Prince and Princess of Wales are said to be 'fuming' over Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan Markle's return to the U.K., according to reports. Meghan Markle is no longer being considered for a role in Guy Ritchie’s "The Gentlemen," according to royal biographer Tina Brown. "I learned this morning that the casting of Meghan Markle in season 3 of Guy Ritchie’s Netflix series ‘The Gentlemen’ has been withdrawn," Brown, who is the former editor-in-chief of Vanity Fair and the New Yorker, wrote Saturday on her "Fresh Hell" Substack, The Hollywood Reporter reported. "The backlash in the UK was so intense, it became untenable to go forward. This does not bode well for Meghan’s acting comeback in the UK." Brown is also a best-selling author of 2007’s "The Diana Chronicles," and 2022's "The Palace Papers: Inside the House of Windsor – the Truth and the Turm

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Charity? Acting? The Cotswolds? What will Harry and Meghan's UK life look like?

Within the next few days, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex and their two children will have departed California and become residents of the UK. Since news broke of the move, there has been some confusion as to what British life for Harry and…

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Meghan Markle dropped from consideration for Guy Ritchie series after 'intense' UK backlash: report

The Prince and Princess of Wales are said to be 'fuming' over Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan Markle's return to the U.K., according to reports. Meghan Markle is no longer being considered for a role in Guy Ritchie’s…

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