Married with Children star recalls a young Meghan Markle growing up on the set

Los Angeles Times

The Suits star’s dad, Thomas Markle, worked as a director and director of photography on the Fox sitcom. "Every day after school for 10 years, I was on the set of Married with Children, which is a really funny and perverse place for a little girl in a Catholic school uniform to grow up," Meghan Markle once told Esquire. "There were a lot of times my dad would say, 'Meg, why don't you go and help with the craft services room over there? This is just a little off-color for your 11-year-old eyes.’” Amanda Bearse, who played neighbor Marcy, on Monday remembered Meghan as a quiet, respectful kid on set. “He was so supportive and just really truly a lovely, lovely man,” Bearse said of her father. “I am not one bit surprised he grew such a lovely child.”

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