Meghan Markle's Suits smashes record four years after series ends due to major Netflix development

The highly successful series spanned from 2011-2019 with nine seasons in total.

Meghan Markle departed after the seventh season following her engagement to Prince Harry in 2017.

However, this week Suits has seen major success on Netflix.

Suits set a viewing time record for an acquired series in the week of June 26-July 2.

It had 3.14 billion minutes of watch time, according to Nielsen, smashing the previous record of 2.49 billion minutes for Manifest.

This follows a major development for Suits last month when Netflix added all nine series of the programme on June 17.

This is the first time Suits has hit Netflix in the US, but a South Korean adaptation of the show did stream on Netflix from December 2019 through August 2021.

Netflix in the United Kingdom has been streaming Suits following TV channel Dave choosing not to pick the programme up from season seven onwards.

In 2017, USA Network announced that Meghan Markle would be leaving Suits following her engagement to Prince Harry.

The statement said: "From all of us at USA Network and Universal Cable Productions, we want to send our most heartfelt congratulations to Meghan Markle and Prince Harry on their engagement."

"Meghan has been a member of our family for seven years and it has been a joy to work with her.

"We want to thank her for her undeniable passion and dedication to Suits, and we wish her the very best."

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex released a docu-series on Netflix in December 2022.

The self titled Harry & Meghan received mixed reviews but achieved very successful viewing figures.