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A big allegation is being made via someone who claims to be one of Meghan Markle‘s friends.

Apparently, they are claiming that the 45-year-old Duchess of Sussex is no longer in talks to have a role in The Gentlemen season three on Netflix.

An Insider Is Claiming Netflix “Used” Meghan Markle’s Name to Promote Season 2 of the Show

This insider is claiming that Meghan‘s name was “used to help promote” the show as she was apparently in talks to join the show’s third season. Season two debuted last month, just around the same time frame that Meghan and her husband, Prince Harry, moved back to the UK.

“Some people in her camp feel she was used to help promote season two, because they knew it wasn’t as good as the first season and had already commissioned a third. It’s the oldest marketing trick in the book: get a big name to read a script, then leak that you’re ‘in conversation’ with them when, in reality, nothing is particularly far along,” the source told The Telegraph.

More About The Gentlemen Casting Rumors

Shortly after it was revealed that the former senior royals and their two young kids were moving back to the UK, it was reported that one of the reasons behind the move was because Meghan was in talks to appear on the upcoming third season of the hit Netflix series.

However, before any official casting announcement was even made, another report claimed that Meghan had been dropped from the show because the “backlash in the UK was so intense, it became untenable to go forward.”

In a recent interview, the show’s lead actor Theo James was asked about the Meghan rumors. Here’s what he said…

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