<p id=”par-1_62″><a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/tag/meghan-markle/”>Meghan Markle</a> has what is perhaps the most fitting keepsake from <em>Suits</em>. No, not Louis Litt’s (Rick Hoffman) customized coffee mugs or Mike Ross’s (Patrick J. Adams) messenger bag. Rather, something fitting for her character, Rachel Zane, that was a staple on the <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/meghan-markle-may-revisit-suits-2024-just-not-way-might-think.html/”>USA legal drama</a> from the get-go. Ahead, find out the “one thing” the Duchess of Sussex kept from <em>Suits</em>. </p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-meghan-spent-seven-years-playing-rachel-zane-on-suits-nbsp”>Meghan spent seven years playing Rachel Zane on ‘Suits’ </h2>
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<p id=”par-2_26″>Meghan’s time playing Rachel on <em>Suits</em> spanned 2011 to 2017. The show ran for another two seasons after her departure, going off the air in 2019. </p>
<p id=”par-3_35″>Meghan starred in seven seasons of the legal drama as the love interest—and co-worker—of Mike Ross (Patrick J. Adams). Over the years, her character rose through the firm’s ranks, eventually going from paralegal to lawyer. </p>
<p id=”par-4_41″>Meghan left the series in 2018 as her wedding to Prince Harry neared. The <em>Suits</em> Season 7 finale marked her final appearance on the show. In the episode, her character’s life aligned with her own, showing Rachel and Mike getting married. </p>
<p id=”par-5_59″>Adams has since revealed on “Sidebar: A Suits Watch Podcast” that he and Meghan acted out their characters’ first meeting, seen above, during the audition process. “It was pretty clear that she was gonna <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/patrick-j-adams-knew-meghan-markle-part-rachel-zane-suits-almost-immediately.html/”>get the part</a> from the minute we did the chemistry read,” Adams said. “It was just so much easier than it was with anybody else.”</p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-she-still-has-rachel-s-pencil-skirt-from-the-first-episode-of-suits”>She still has Rachel’s pencil skirt from the first episode of ‘Suits’ </h2>
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<p id=”par-6_39″>Speaking to <a href=”https://people.com/meghan-markle-suits-joke-invictus-games-exclusive-8788570″ target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”><em>People</em></a><em> </em>about the premiere of her Netflix show (<em>With Love, Meghan</em> dropped on March 4, 2025, shortly before the streamer <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/with-love-meghan-season-2-reviews-may-not-harsh-thanks-netflixs-clever-move.html/”>announced Season 2</a>), Meghan casually revealed the keepsake she has from <em>Suits</em>—a staple in her character’s wardrobe. </p>
<p id=”par-7_55″>“It’s a time capsule for me,” Meghan said of the series. “I still have the pencil skirt from the first episode! That’s the one thing I kept.” So the skirt Rachel (Meghan) wears in the aforementioned clip is presumably somewhere in Meghan’s closet at the Montecito, Calif., home she shares with the Duke of Sussex. </p>
<p id=”par-8_52″>While in Canada for the 2025 Invictus Games, Meghan made a nod to Rachel’s choice of clothing during a Team USA breakfast. “We told her we saw her on <em>Suits</em>,” Leandra Moehring, a competitor at the games, told <a href=”https://people.com/meghan-markle-suits-joke-invictus-games-exclusive-8788570″ target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”><em>People</em></a> in February 2025. Meghan’s response? “‘I’m sorry I’m not wearing a pencil skirt.’” </p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-meghan-on-leaving-acting-for-life-with-prince-harry-it-s-a-new-chapter”>Meghan on leaving acting for life with Prince Harry: ‘It’s a new chapter’ </h2>
<p id=”par-9_73″>Meghan opened up about saying goodbye to <em>Suits</em> during her and Harry’s 2017 engagement interview. “I don’t see it as giving anything up, I just see it as a change,” the now-43-year-old said, per <a href=”https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/full-transcript-prince-harry-meghan-markles-engagement-interview/story?id=51415779″ target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”><em>ABC</em></a>. “It’s a new chapter, right.”<br><br>“For me, once we hit the 100 episode marker,” Meghan continued, “I thought, ‘You know what, I have I have ticked this box.’ And I feel really proud of the work I’ve done there.” </p>
<p id=”par-10_46″>In the years since, Meghan’s reiterated that she has no plans to <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/sorry-suits-fans-meghan-markle-returning-acting-step-down-author-says.html/”>return to acting</a>, telling <em>Variety</em> in a <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/meghan-markle-wants-archie-lilibet-able-carve-out-own-path.html/?swcfpc=1″>2022 interview</a> that she’s “done.” However, she’s not exactly ruling it out completely. “I guess never say never,” Meghan said. “But my intention is to absolutely not.”</p>
<p id=”par-11_50″>For fans, that means watching Meghan on re-runs of <em>Suits</em>. The series, which now includes <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/suits-la-suits-spin-off-premiere.html/”>a spin-off</a> set in Los Angeles, Calif., is streaming on Netflix and Peacock. There’s also the possibility she’ll reunite with Adams and Sarah Rafferty (Donna Paulsen) on the <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/meghan-markle-offered-help-patrick-j-adams-sarah-rafferty-suits-watch-podcast.html/”>podcast about the legal drama</a> they co-host. </p>