Meghan Markle played Rachel Zane in the popular legal drama, Suits, long before her relationship with Prince Harry became public knowledge.
However, when their love story became a headline material, Buckingham Palace and court officials reportedly came up with multiple rules that regulated what could be written into the show’s script.
Tom Bower’s book, Revenge: Meghan, Harry and the War between the Windsors, gives us a glimpse into the couple’s private life, and reports that it was gleaned via conversations with 80 individuals who were personally acquainted with Harry and Meghan.
In his book, Bower shares: “Fearing the worst, from bitter experience, the Palace stepped in to control Meghan’s life. Aaron Korsh was told to submit all future Suits scripts to Nick Collins, Meghan’s agent.”
According to him: “Scripts were thereafter forwarded to Kensington Palace for approval. Orders for changes of words were sent back from London to Los Angeles.”
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This led to the BBC purchasing the rights to the drama in full following its resounding success on the streaming platform.
In 2023, Suits creator Aaron Korsch revealed that the Palace had “weighed in” on parts of the show’s scripts involving Meghan Markle. However, he noted that their input was minimal.
“Not many things, by the way, but a few things that we wanted to do and couldn’t do, and it was a little irritating,” the creator said, citing an example where the Palace enforced a line change to prevent Meghan from saying “poppycock” on screen.
“The Royal Family did not want her saying the word,” he said.
“They didn’t want to put the word poppycock in her mouth. I presume because they didn’t want people cutting things together of her saying cock.”
As a result, the writers replaced “poppycock” with “b******t”.
However, the Telegraph claimed that these changes were suggested by Meghan’s agent, not the Palace itself.
This story was originally published in July 2022.
