With not long to go until the Duchess and Duke of Sussex welcome their first child into the world, excitement is noticeably mounting in the UK.
One person who's cottoned on to the 'royal baby fever' is the actor Wendell Pierce, who has a close connection to Meghan Markle, having played her dad in Suits.
On Monday, Pierce posted a picture of London's Tower Bridge on Twitter, saying he was thrilled to be living and working in the city 'while the excitement builds around the Duchess of Sussex soon giving birth to her first child.'
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'Meghan I'm very happy for you,' he wrote. 'Blessings.'
For six years, Markle - who many expect to give birth this month - and Pierce shared multiple scenes together in the former actresses' legal drama.
Pierce, who is also known for his roles in The Wire and Jack Ryan, played the powerful lawyer and protective father Robert Zane while Markle played the ambitious and intelligent paralegal Rachel, who purposefully works at a law firm that doesn't bear her father's name to try and make it in the industry by herself.
Throughout her pregnancy, and before as her life transitioned from LA-based actress to member of the British royal family, Markle appears to have been closely supported by her former co-stars. Leading members of the cast, including Rick Hoffman, Patrick J Adams and Gabriel Macht were guests at her 2018 wedding and, more recently, her friends Sarah Rafferty and Abigail Spencer celebrated with Markle at her baby shower in New York City last month.
At a red carpet event in March, Adams - who recently welcomed his first child with Pretty Little Liars actress Troian Bellisario - joked that his daughter and the new Sussex baby can have playdates 'maybe at her house, it's a little bigger'.
Asked if he'd passed on any parenting tips to the future first-time mum, his answer was suitably sweet and respectful.
'We've shared exactly zero tips with her, because I don't think Meghan needs any tips about anything,' he told Entertainment Tonight.
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Olivia Blair is Entertainment Editor (Luxury) at Hearst UK, working across ELLE, Esquire and Harper's Bazaar. Olivia covers all things entertainment and has interviewed the likes of Margot Robbie, Emma Stone, Michaela Coel and Ryan Gosling over the years.
