Meghan Markle’s ‘Suits’ upstaging King Charles’ birthday parade
The drama!
Fans will finally be able to stream Meghan Markle’s hit series “Suits” on Netflix starting Saturday — the same day as King Charles III’s birthday parade, known as Trooping the Colour.
Although the monarch won’t turn 75 until Nov. 14, the celebration is an age-old tradition hosted at the start of summer to take advantage of the beautiful weather.
Netflix announced the programming last month, writing on Twitter, “Suits — The Complete Series is coming to Netflix (in The US) on June 17.”
Netflix also hosts the royal couple’s docuseries, “Harry & Meghan,” which premiered in December.
The pair struck a deal estimated to be worth $100 million with the streamer for the six-episode bombshell.
The Post reached out to reps for Markle, 41, and Buckingham Palace for comment.
“Suits” chronicled the drama of a fictional NYC law firm, with Markle playing paralegal-turned-attorney Rachel Zane, who marries fellow lawyer Mike Ross (Patrick J. Adams).
She starred on the USA Network series from Season 1 in 2011 through Season 7, with her final episode airing in April 2018 — just weeks before she tied the knot with Prince Harry, 38.
“Suits” marked Markle’s final acting project. Last year, she reflected on her role as an actress with Variety.
The interviewer asked “how palpable the toxicity” was before she left the industry, especially amid movements such as #MeToo and #OscarsSoWhite.
“We didn’t have a name for it at that time,” Markle explained to the outlet. “There were just certain things that were accepted. If there was any discomfort, you just dealt with it. It forced a lot of women to live with this idea of staying silent, not being disruptive, not giving voice to the things that might create concern or discomfort.”
She continued, “For me, I had tried for so long to land on a show, filming all these pilots, wondering if they would get picked up. All of Season 1 on ‘Suits,’ I was convinced I was going to get recast. All the time. It got to a point where the creator was like, ‘Why are you so worried about this?’”
Meanwhile, Markle and Harry have reportedly not been invited to King Charles’ upcoming birthday celebrations amid Harry’s ongoing legal action against Mirror Group Newspapers.
“I’m afraid it’s a reflection of the state of relations at the moment,” an unidentified source alleged to Daily Mail columnist Richard Eden last week.
Harry did attend his father’s coronation ceremony last month at Westminster Abbey, but only stayed in the UK for less than 24 hours, racing home for son Archie’s fourth birthday.
The couple also share 2-year-old daughter Lilibet “Lili” Diana Mountbatten-Windsor.
The coronation marked the official transfer of power to King Charles after the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, in September at the age of 96.
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