Royal Wedding: Suits Actors Receive Exclusive Invite

The cast of *Suits* attended the royal wedding of their former co-star Meghan Markle to Prince Harry in 2018. The cast, including Patrick J Adams, Gina Torres, Sarah Rafferty, Gabriel Macht, Rick Hoffman, and Abigail Spencer, supported Markle, who played paralegal-turned-lawyer Rachel Zane on the show for seven years, at the wedding, which took place at St. George's Chapel at Windsor Castle. The cast even hosted a dinner in London the night before the wedding and shared pictures of the occasion on Instagram.

Patrick J Adams

Adams shared his trip to England for the wedding on social media, posting photos to Instagram. On the morning of the wedding, he posted a photo of a newspaper front page featuring Markle with the caption: "I'm beginning to think she might not actually be out getting milk".

Adams and the rest of the Suits cast hosted a dinner in London the night before the wedding. The cast also attended the wedding luncheon hosted by Queen Elizabeth II, but not the smaller reception at Frogmore House.

Adams played Markle's on-screen partner, Mike Ross, in Suits. Markle starred in the show for seven years as paralegal-turned-lawyer Rachel Zane. Both Adams and Markle departed the show in the season seven finale, which aired the month before the royal wedding.

Gina Torres

Torres wore a red and white floral dress with a cream hat, which she had bought off the internet. She later revealed that she had been worried about her dress, as it broke some of the rules of the restrictive dress code. She also said that guests had to give up their phones during the ceremony.

Torres and her female co-stars discussed their clothes ahead of time, worried that their outfits would break protocol. She recalled:

> "A lot of the ladies and I were on a thread and there was this concern because of protocol and what’s acceptable — none of this, none of that. I remember thinking, 'Well, my dress is some of that, and some of that, and some of that. We’ll see what happens, but no one’s going to be looking at us because we’re the ugly Americans.' But it was quite something."

Torres and the other Suits cast members were not invited to the after-party at Frogmore House, which had a guest list capped at 200 people. Instead, they made their own fun with an impromptu karaoke party.

Sarah Rafferty

Rafferty celebrated her 18th wedding anniversary with her husband, Santtu Seppälä, in June 2019. She marked the occasion by posting a wedding photo that she carries in her purse to Instagram. The photo showed Rafferty in a strapless gown and long tulle veil, hugging her husband, who wore a black suit.

Rafferty and her Suits co-stars were not invited to the exclusive after-after-party at Frogmore House, where George Clooney danced with two duchesses and James Corden demanded a dance-off between William, Harry, and Charles. Instead, the Suits cast, including Rafferty, held an impromptu karaoke party with a live piano.

Rafferty and her co-stars did, however, attend the wedding luncheon at Windsor Castle, where they enjoyed a performance by Elton John and an extensive menu, including prawns, asparagus, pea panna cotta with quail eggs, and pork belly.

Gabriel Macht

Macht was among the Suits cast members who attended a dinner in London the night before the royal wedding. The cast also hosted a karaoke party after they were not invited to the after-after-party at Frogmore House.

Macht and Barrett arrived at St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle for the wedding on 19 May 2018.

Rick Hoffman

Hoffman was among the Suits cast members who arrived at Windsor Castle for the wedding, including Patrick J Adams, Gina Torres, Sarah Rafferty, Gabriel Macht, and Abigail Spencer. The cast held a dinner in London the night before the wedding and shared pictures on Instagram.

Hoffman's attendance at the wedding was marked by an "unflattering" photo of him pulling a face that subsequently went viral. During an appearance on Chicks in the Office in 2024, Hoffman revealed that his expression was a reaction to a "terrible and foul" smell, and not, as some may have assumed, related to the ceremony. He explained that he was worried people would think he was the source of the bad smell, so he went over to his friends to see if they could smell it too, but they couldn't. Unfortunately, it was at this moment of frustration that he was captured on camera.

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