Meghan Markle set to return to acting as she's offered brand-new role in the UK

Meghan Markle could make a return to acting after moving back to the UK, HELLO! understands. 

The Duchess of Sussex, 45, who starred in the US legal series Suits before she met Prince Harry, has been offered an acting role in the UK. 

Some outlets suggest it's a motivation behind their upcoming move, though further details are yet to be confirmed.  

Meghan, her husband Harry, Prince Archie, seven, and Princess Lilibet, five, are set to return to Britain later this month, with the children already enrolled in schools. 

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The couple will live in a non-royal residence outside of London. 

King Charles, who is currently at Balmoral with the Prince and Princess of Wales, was informed of their move on Sunday, and is said to welcome the opportunity to spend more time with the Sussex family. 

Meghan Markle's acting career

Meghan's most famous role was paralegal Rachel Zane in Suits, but she also starred in Hallmark movies and films Horrible Bosses and Remember Me. 

She put her acting career on hold when she married Harry in 2018 in St George's Chapel, Windsor, telling the BBC at the time it marked the start of a "new chapter". 

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However, she's kept up several on-screen projects, including her 2022 Netflix docuseries, Harry & Meghan, and her cooking and lifestyle show, With Love, Meghan. 

She recently made a cameo as herself in the Amazon MGM Studios comedy Close Personal Friends, which has yet to air, marking her return to acting for the first time in nearly a decade. 

It also stars Lily Collins, Brie Larson, Jack Quaid and Henry Golding.

Back in 2022, the Duchess was asked by Variety if she would ever consider returning to acting. "No. I’m done," Meghan said at the time. "I guess never say never, but my intention is to absolutely not." 

What is happening with Harry and Meghan's security battle?

Questions have been raised over the Sussexes’ finances as decisions about whether taxpayers will foot the bill for their security remain unanswered. Still, the Duchess will continue to run her lifestyle brand, As Ever, from their new base.

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Prime Minister Andy Burnham would not be drawn on Harry and Meghan’s security arrangements in the UK, saying the funding for it was a “private matter”.

After his level of protection changed when he stepped down as a working royal in 2020, the Duke has faced a protracted legal battle with the Home Office over security for him and his family while they are in the UK.

At the end of June, Harry was still waiting for a review by the Risk Management Board, part of the process by which the Executive Committee for the Protection of Royalty and Public Figures (Ravec) rules on his security requirements – and he and his security detail were working to try to ensure his July visit could go ahead safely.

On Friday, he is expected to find out how much he – alongside a group including Sir Elton John and Elizabeth Hurley – will need to pay Associated Newspapers, the publisher of the Daily Mail, over his failed legal battle.