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A couple of months ago—not long after NBC had ordered a pilot for a Los Angeles-based companion series to Suits—British Vogue’s film and culture editor Radhika Seth penned a heartfelt plea to the Duchess of Sussex. “Would a small cameo on the upcoming show be completely and totally out of the question?” Seth wrote. “Meghan, if you’re reading this, please make an appearance.” The truth is: the chances of Meghan Markle “suiting up” again are about as likely as her now-defunct blog The Tig being resurrected from its digital necropolis. (Although we do have American Riviera Orchard to look forward to.)
And so, I imagine the Suits fandom was somewhat satiated with this image The Alliance of Moms uploaded to Instagram, featuring co-stars Markle and Abigail Spencer posing with their mutual friend Jessica Zajfen, barefoot in the grass and wearing T-shirts bearing the phrase “Love Like A Mother”. “When we speak about the people in our lives who lift us up when you need it, with an undeniable force of pure love, I think of these two,” momfluencer Zajfen wrote in the accompanying caption. “You inspire me. You pick me up when I need it and you Love Like A Mother!” Proceeds from the sale of those T-shirts will be funneled into education and advocacy services, “so that young parents in foster care and their children can heal and thrive”.
Though representatives have confirmed that Markle will be heading back to television—producing a for-now-unnamed Netflix series that will “celebrate the joys of cooking, gardening, entertaining and friendship”—the Duchess is boundarying her public image within a certain all-American wholesomeness. This is, after all, the same woman who is selling artisanal jams and reed diffusers through a lifestyle brand called American Riviera Orchard. There will be no more pencil skirts and clavicle-baring shirts for Rachel Zane (sorry, Markle). Just an Hermès sandal, and perhaps a cashmere cape.