How Meghan Markle’s ‘Suits’ costars figured out she was dating Prince Harry

Playing Meghan Markle’s on-screen father on “Suits” put Wendell Pierce at the soon-to-be Duchess of Sussex’s regularly while she was falling in love with Prince Harry. “I actually didn’t believe it was real, then all of a sudden I turn around and there is this guy from MI-5 [British security service] on set every day,” the “Treme” alum recently told “Extra” of Meghan’s romance and Harry’s visits (via People). “The one thing that was clear, she was extremely happy… She had a glow,” he said. “I knew she was in love … With the whirlwind of publicity and the world of being a royal now, the one thing that’s constant is the fact that I know she loves him.” For a while, though, neither Wendell nor Meghan said Harry’s name directly. “She met this nice guy and we always talked about him in code really. You know, ‘How you doing?’ ‘Oh, I’m going to London, coming from London, whatever,'” he recalled. Wendell was also at Meghan’s side when she shot the show’s wedding scene, which was filmed months before Meghan and Harry tied the knot. “We had a moment I cherish,” Wendell recently told The Telegraph. “I was sitting with Meghan in her wedding dress, as we waited for a set-up. We were alone. I said to her, ‘Your life is going to change. It’s going to be amazing but I want you to know that I’m your friend, and no matter where you are or what’s going on — if the fishbowl that you’re in ever starts getting to you — you can call me.” Once a dad, always a dad.