--- title: Meghan Markle's Suits Dad Used a Prince Harry Code description: Wendell Pierce doesn't know if he is getting an invitation to the royal wedding, though. canonical: https://time.com/5135318/meghan-markle-suits-cast-on-prince-harry/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-02-06T18:06:10.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:50:23.432Z og:title: Meghan Markle's Suits Dad Shared His Sweet Farewell Message og:description: Wendell Pierce isn't sure if he is getting an invite to the royal wedding though og:url: https://time.com/5135318/meghan-markle-suits-cast-on-prince-harry/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt050c0ea5c6e4612d/6988aca3fb4eacfd3d88fb56/gettyimages-597997330.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: Suits - Season 6 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Meghan Markle's Suits Dad Shared His Sweet Farewell Message twitter:description: Wendell Pierce isn't sure if he is getting an invite to the royal wedding though twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt050c0ea5c6e4612d/6988aca3fb4eacfd3d88fb56/gettyimages-597997330.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Meghan Markle and Her _Suits_ Dad Had a Secretive Way to Talk About Prince Harry > Sponsored content. 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While Markle and Prince Harry tried to keep their relationship hush-hush, her TV dad knew about their developing romance. Pierce told Connick Jr. that he was aware of Markle’s [royal](http://time.com/money/5113311/royal-family-household-job-listing/?iid=sr-link5) romance early on. “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,’” said Pierce. When Markle’s engagement was finally formally announced in November, Pierce rushed to congratulate the couple on Twitter, writing: “Harry you have her TV Father’s blessing. Robert Zane approves.” > [](https://twitter.com/WendellPierce/status/935170930241781761) He also shared the words he shared with [Markle](http://time.com/5109991/meghan-markle-autograph/?iid=sr-link7) on her last day on set. Pierce and Markle had a lot of time to develop a close relationship, as she has played his TV daughter, Rachel Zane, on the USA Network show that premiered in 2011\. “I had a really wonderful moment as we were coming to an end of her time on the show,” Pierce told Connick Jr. on Tuesday’s episode of the talk show. “It was just she and I in the room and I said, ‘I know your life is going to change, but always know, no matter where you are, I will always be your loving fake father.’” They may be close, but Pierce knows closeness doesn’t guarantee an invitation to a [royal wedding](http://time.com/5122491/donald-trump-itv-interview-piers-morgan/?iid=sr-link3). When Connick Jr., asked Pierce whether he would [attend the ceremony](http://time.com/5127136/priyanka-chopra-meghan-markle-wedding/?iid=sr-link2), he admitted that didn’t know, but confessed, “I hope so.” [Markle’s](http://time.com/5108140/meghan-markle-jenga/?iid=sr-link10) _Suits_ fiancé is also supportive of Markle’s romance. When the news of Markle’s royal engagement broke, Patrick J. Adams, who plays Mike Ross on the show, tweeting a fake bewildered message, “She said she was just going out to get some milk… ” > [](https://twitter.com/halfadams/status/935168456957165568) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5135318/meghan-markle-suits-cast-on-prince-harry/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5135318/meghan-markle-suits-cast-on-prince-harry/"},"headline":"Meghan Markle and Her Suits Dad Had a Secretive Way to Talk About Prince Harry","datePublished":"2018-02-06T18:06:10.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:50:23.432Z","description":"Wendell Pierce doesn't know if he is getting an invitation to the royal wedding, though","url":"https://time.com/5135318/meghan-markle-suits-cast-on-prince-harry/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","celebrities","royals","Prince Harry","meghan markle"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt050c0ea5c6e4612d/6988aca3fb4eacfd3d88fb56/gettyimages-597997330.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt050c0ea5c6e4612d/6988aca3fb4eacfd3d88fb56/gettyimages-597997330.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Suits - Season 6","caption":"Suits - Season 6","creditText":"Ian Watson/USA Network—NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5135318/meghan-markle-suits-cast-on-prince-harry/","name":"Meghan Markle and Her Suits Dad Had a Secretive Way to Talk About Prince Harry"}}]}] ```