Now that Meghan Markle has successfully – in her own estimation, at least – once again won the battle for hearts and minds in Britain after her trip to Nottingham with Prince Harry, her thoughts have turned once again to her resumption of her former profession. I refer, of course, to acting, and to the rumours that she was to be given a plum starring role in the third series of Guy Ritchie’s The Gentlemen, in which she was said to be reading for an unspecified but pivotal part.

A fly-on-the-wall documentary following their return to Britain would have been a guaranteed ratings hit

A fly-on-the-wall documentary following their return to Britain would have been a guaranteed ratings hit

These rumours have now been shut down. And, true to form with all things involving the Duchess of Sussex, there is a spat about who is telling the truth. A ‘friend’ of Meghan’s poured cold water on the idea that there was ever any possibility that she would be appearing in The Gentlemen, saying to the Telegraph that, ‘It’s the oldest marketing trick in the book ­– get a big name to read a script, then leak that you’re........

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