Meghan Markle casting in Netflix show withdrawn amid intense backlash
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Key Points:
- Meghan Markle's casting in the Netflix series The Gentlemen has been withdrawn due to intense backlash in the UK, according to reports.
- Markle had been in talks to join the third season of the Guy Ritchie show as she plans to return to acting after living in California for six years.
- The backlash made it "untenable to go forward," according to Tina Brown, former editor in chief of Vanity Fair and The New Yorker.
- Meghan Markle stepped back from acting in 2018 after marrying Prince Harry, and the couple is reportedly planning to return to Britain soon with their children.
- The Sussexes will live privately outside London, enroll their children in British schools, and will not resume royal duties, returning as private citizens.
