Meghan Markle ordered to remove Suits character�s
ring in public to prevent engagement rumours
about Prince Harry.
Meghan Markle�s on-screen dad revealed that
when she was dating Prince Harry on Suits,
she had to remove her character�s wedding
ring on-set to prevent rumours of the pair
being engaged.
According to Wendell Pierce, who plays Robert
Zane, father of Rachel Zane (played by Meghan),
her entourage went to great lengths to prevent
unnecessary talk about her then budding romance
with Prince Harry, even going so far as to
remove her character�s engagement ring in
public places to stop the paps from getting
ideas.
Pierce, who was on the legal drama for seven
years told KTLA5 Morning News that he had
initially been doubtful of the romance, and
only realised it was serious when Meghan had
security on set.
�I didn�t think it would happen,� he
said.
�I was like, �Yeah, right,� and then
one day on the set there was the MI5 [British
security service].� �I was like, �Oh,
this must be serious.
They sent someone over�.�
He went on to reveal just how dedicated they
were to keeping details of their romance under
wraps.
�One time we were in a scene before [Meghan
and Harry] got engaged where she was engaged
to Mike [Patrick J. Adams] on the show and
they say, �Wait, don�t get out of the
car�.
�They said, �Give us the ring because
there�s paparazzi down the street so you
can�t go out with the ring�.� Despite
being Meghan�s on-screen father, he was
off-screen protective of her.
Talking about the time Harry visited his lady
on-set the show, Pierce said: �He came to
the set one time, the prince.
I didn�t get the chance to see him but I
was ready to tell him, as her TV dad, �You
break her heart, I�ll break your jaw�.�
Laughing, he added: �I really was gonna
say that!� This isn�t the first time the
royal�s fake dad spoke about her time on
Suits.
Last year he revealed that she used to talk
about Harry in �code� and the pair shared
a warm moment ahead of her exit from the show.
�She met this nice guy and we always talked
about him in code really,� Pierce told Entertainment
Weekly, adding: �The one thing that was
clear, she was extremely happy.
She had a glow.� �I knew she was in love.
With the whirlwind of publicity and the world
of being a royal now, the one thing that�s
constant is the fact that I know she loves
him.�
And towards the end, Pierce got mushy.
�I had a really wonderful moment as we were
coming to an end of her time on the show.
�It was just she and I in the room and I
said, �I know your life is going to change
but always know, no matter where you are,
I will always be your loving fake father�.
��It�s going to be amazing but I want
you to know that I�m your friend, and no
matter where you are or what�s going on
� if the fishbowl that you�re in ever
starts getting to you � you can call me�.�
Aww!
