Meghan Markle will, awkwardly, blissfully say 'I do' to another man on TV before marrying Prince Harry

Meghan Markle gets hitched on TV — (Image credit: Screenshot/Twitter/Suits)

You could generously call it a dress rehearsal, but when Meghan Markle first declares that "you are the husband I've always wanted" during her televised wedding, she won't be saying it to fiancé Prince Harry on May 19 at Windsor Castle. It will be on Wednesday, in the season seven finale of Suits, Markel's show on the USA Network.

This will also be Markle's swan song as Rachel — her wedding to Mike (Patrick J. Adams) will usher them off the show. "We know there's another wedding on the horizon for Ms. Markle," USA said, modestly, "but just seeing her here in all of her bridal resplendence is a fairy tale come true." In most fairy tales, of course, the bride marries a prince. Entertainment Weekly got a sneak peak of how the fictional wedding will look.

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Markle will retire from acting to focus on charity work after she marries into the British royal family, which is probably for the best — fake marriages may be an occupational hazard of the acting trade, but if saying "I do" to another man is slightly awkward a month before your actual wedding to a prince, it would be only more so after becoming a princess.

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Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University.