Meghan Markle has long been touted as a potential US politician, and now a friend of the Duchess of Sussex is urging her to run for office.

Meghan’s tour of Nigeria has been praised by many (Image: Getty)

Meghan Markle should consider a career in politics because she is a “diplomat” and an “ambassador”, a former co-star on hit US legal drama Suits has claimed.

Erika Alexander, 54, believes Meghan has shown great courage with the way she has spoken about the Royal Family in recent years.

Alexander tipped Meghan to become a Senator – despite the fact that her focus is currently on a new Netflix series and her lifestyle business American Riviera Orchard.

She told The Sun: “She was doing great work as an activist, and I think she’d be a great Senator.

“She’d certainly be a great Congress person, and I think it’s a great way to represent not only America and the world, when I say her person, but also Britain.

“Run run, I’ll come and run that campaign and we’ll get this done. You hear me? We’re going to have a great time and we’ll wear a nice little tiara the whole time.”

Meghan and Harry toured Nigeria last week (Image: Getty)

Meghan and Prince Harry showed off their capabilities when it comes to public engagements during their recent trips to Nigeria.

The couple visited a school, discussed mental health, and even went to a warzone.

During the trip, Meghan also revealed she had taken an ancestry test and discovered she was “43 percent Nigerian.”

Journalist Ian Gallagher wrote a column for the Daily Mail branding Meghan’s performance “presidential.”

He said: “Whatever the true complexion of this fascinating tour – private, non-royal, quasi-royal, presidential – one thing was certain.

“It was controlled skilfully and with an iron hand.”

Erika Alexander tipped Meghan to run for office (Image: Getty)

Gallagher added that Meghan appeared as a “sure-footed global stateswoman in her own right”, adding that it was suggested by one insider two years ago that “it wouldn’t be a huge shock if Meghan went into politics.”

Suits star Alexander said Meghan already faces the scrutiny of a high-level politician.

She said: “She’s also a diplomat and an ambassador, and so I think she should think of herself that way. I did a lot of activism in my life and that’s why I said sometimes things you would do for yourself, you wouldn’t do on the other side of that.

“So I think she’s handling herself very well, and I think it’s also important that she remain herself and really start to continue to stand for herself as an individual so she doesn’t get overwhelmed because that’s heavy.