By Katherine Tinsley
10:48am PST, Nov 10, 2025
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Meghan Markle will make a cameo as herself in
Close Personal Friends — her first role in eight years.
"Oscar Wilde wrote 'to love oneself is the beginning of a lifetime's romance,'" royal commentator
Richard Fitzwilliams told
Daily Express. "Meghan's self-love is obvious; we saw it in the cringey
With Love, Meghan cookery series, which got panned and her podcasts got the boot from Spotify."
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"So what could she do to get good reviews? Why not appear with some real A-listers and get an invitation to the Oscars? Play herself in the upcoming comedy Close Personal Friends with Brie Larson, Jack Quaid and Lily Collins," Richard Fitzwilliams continued. "Think of the publicity! Not to mention the timing (of the news) on the day of Prince William's Earthshot Prize Awards!"
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Before Meghan Markle joined the royal family, she had a budding television career, but she previously said she had no interest in returning to the small screen.
"Her appearance will undoubtedly give the film publicity," Richard Fitzwilliams said. "She made her name in Suits and should be totally at ease looking, as it were, in the mirror."
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"Whether she is looking to change her career as Netflix awaits the first options on their next offering is another matter," Richard Fitzwilliams continued. "The Sussex brand is significant enough to get publicity, but, at the moment anyway, it does not excite admiration!"
