How Meghan Markle used a code name for Prince Harry
It isn’t easy to keep things on the down-low when you’re dating one of the most famous eligible bachelors in the world, but Meghan Markle did her best to keep things under wraps, even with her co-stars and friends on the set of her TV show, Suits.
Her former castmate Wendell Pierce (who played her father on the show for seven years) revealed to Harry Connick Jr. that he and his on-screen daughter would often talk about Prince Harry using code.
“We always talked about him in code really,” he said. “You know, ‘How you doing?’, ‘Oh I’m going to London, coming from London’, whatever.”
The actor also revealed the sweet words of farewell he and Meghan shared when she announced her departure from the show in November.
“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.’”
When Meghan and Harry announced their engagement, Pierce was one of the first to congratulate them, tweeting his “blessing”.
Congratulations to my TV daughter Meghan Markle and Prince Harry on the news of their wedding engagement. Harry you have her TV Father’s blessing. Robert Zane approves @Suits_USA
— Wendell Pierce (@WendellPierce) November 27, 2017
Once a dad, always a dad!