Meghan Markle is faced with an awkward question about the prince

Meghan Markle was left speechless after one question about her private life at her first public appearance since she attended the UK's society wedding of the year.

Markle, 35, appeared alongside her castmates from Suits at a script reading at the ATX Television Festival in the Paramount Theatre in Austin, Texas.

The Suits cast did a live table read of their pilot episode, to celebrate Suits' upcoming 100th episode.

When Markle was asked whether she had hopes of marrying Prince Harry though, things went silent as she did not reply with an answer. She reportedly smiled instead, and said nothing, the Mail Online reports.

While Markle didn't do any interviews at the event, her Suits co-star Patrick J. Adams told Entertainment Tonight she is "so happy" with her royal romance.

"Meghan and I have been such good friends for years now and to see her so happy is great. She's super excited," Adams told ET. "I'm super happy for her and she's been such a pro in this season and it's going so well."

Markle attracted a lot of cheers as she read her Suits script, and reportedly blushed as her co-star Rick Hoffman, joked that she should read part of the script in a British accent.

People.com reports that Prince Harry does not want to rush into marriage just yet.

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