Meghan Markle’s Suits co-star demands royal family apologise to her

DB Woodside said royals ‘chose wrong woman to mess with’

Meghan Markle’s former Suits co-star DB Woodside has demanded that the royal family apologise to her.

The actor, who played lawyer Jeff Malone in the US legal drama that made Markle famous, said the royals “messed with the wrong woman”.

Earlier this month, Markle and Prince Harry gave their first sit-down interview since stepping back as senior members of the royal family.

During the TV event, they spoke at length about their struggles with mental health, racism and their relationship with the palace.

In a series of stunning revelations, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex accused the palace of fostering an atmosphere of hostility that reached a point where Markle contemplated taking her own life. “I was ashamed to say it at the time... I just didn’t want to be alive any more. And that was a very real and clear and frightening and constant thought,” she shared.

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Markle also claimed that a member of the royal family relayed concerns regarding “how dark” the skin of their son Archie would be when he was born.

Prince Harry spoke about how he felt really “let down” by Prince Charles as he longed for the public support of his family, particularly during a time when his wife faced scrutiny from the British tabloids.

Speaking to Entertainment Tonight, Woodside said Markle is “strong and resilient” and supported her for speaking out about her experience.

He said: “If they think that this kind of stuff is going to knock her off her game for very long, they picked the wrong woman to mess with. She is the wrong woman to mess with, they need to back up.”

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Woodside, who has also starred in Lucifer, added: “[They need to] back off and apologise because she is not the one. She is not the one.”

Reflecting upon the time when Markle and Prince Harry were first dating, Woodside said: “I did not know at that time. She kept that tight, tight, tight, tight, which I completely understand. My God. But now I think back on that time, I’m like, ‘She was dating him then!’ Like, ‘Aha.’ But that’s great.”