Meghan Markle’s casting in The Gentlemen reportedly withdrawn after UK backlash

The Guardian World Saturday 22 August 2026, 21:23 UTC By Nadeem Badshah 1 min read

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Duchess of Sussex was believed to have been under consideration for season three of Guy Ritchie’s crime caperMeghan Markle’s reported casting in Guy Ritchie’s The Gentlemen has been withdrawn, it was reported. Tina Brown, the former editor-in-chief of Vanity Fair and the New Yorker, wrote on Saturday: “I learned this morning that the casting of Meghan Markle in season 3 of Guy Ritchie’s Netflix series The Gentlemen has been withdrawn. The backlash in the UK was so intense, it became...

Duchess of Sussex was believed to have been under consideration for season three of Guy Ritchie’s crime caper

Meghan Markle’s reported casting in Guy Ritchie’s The Gentlemen has been withdrawn, it was reported.

Tina Brown, the former editor-in-chief of Vanity Fair and the New Yorker, wrote on Saturday: “I learned this morning that the casting of Meghan Markle in season 3 of Guy Ritchie’s Netflix series The Gentlemen has been withdrawn. The backlash in the UK was so intense, it became untenable to go forward.”

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