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SA Network’s hit legal drama series ‘Suits’ bowed out Wednesday night after nine seasons with a nostalgia-filled series finale. But fans hoping to catch one final cameo by former co-star Meghan Markle as Rachel Zane were left disappointed.
There's a good reason Rachel didn't appear in the episode: Markle wasn't asked.
Suits creator Aaron Korsh revealed that while he considered approaching Markle, who is now a member of the British royal family and a new mother, he ultimately decided against it. "In the end I didn't ask, and I just thought: 'I'm going to respect her new life and not put her in the position of having to ask.' We decided not to put her in that position so I never asked."
Markle's Rachel does appear in a montage of flashbacks in the final episode, but the scene may not have happened as Korsh says he was unsure about including the montage.
Markle appeared in Suits as paralegal Rachel for seven seasons, before retiring from acting and moving to the U.K. to marry Prince Harry in 2017. The couple wed in May 2018 and Markle gave birth to the couple's first child, Archie, in May this year.