Harry and Meghan reveal dramatic moment they knew she…

Harry and Meghan reveal dramatic moment they knew she no longer 'had a father'

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have revealed the dramatic moment in which they knew that she no longer had a father.

In a new Netflix documentary on the couple, which was released today (December 8), the Duke and Duchess of Sussex told all about the days and weeks leading up to their fairytale wedding in May 2018. Since their engagement, the pair felt they had been subjected to an intense glare from the media spotlight.

Speaking to the cameras in episode three, the final segment released today before parts four to six come out next Thursday (December 15), the couple recalled the story of how Thomas Markle decided to swerve the nuptials.

In the run-up to the big day, photos of Thomas getting fit for the wedding, reading up on British history, and looking at photos of the couple online appeared in various news sites. That led suspicions to be raised among their press team that they were staged.

In the documentary, the suggestion is that Mr Markle staged the pictures in exchange for a huge sum of money. At the time, Harry and Meghan's press team decide they need to ascertain if that was the case.

Their press team tell Meghan to call Thomas to see if it was true. He denied that it was on the call.

Meghan then suggested that they arrange for Thomas to leave his home in Mexico a day early to come over to the UK for the wedding to avoid the glare of the spotlight. But he said "no, I have things to do [here]," Meghan remembers.

"It felt really cagey, I was likeit doesn't make sense. When we hung up, I looked at H and I said I don't know why but I don't believe him."

His involvement with the media leaves Meghan's mother, Doria, "stunned". She told the cameras: "I was stunned that Tom would become part of this circus. Certainly as a parent that's not what you do, as a parent that's not what you do."

However, the refusal to leave Mexico a day early is not the end of the issue. Meghan says that Thomas wouldn't pick up the phone to her but he would speak to TMZ. "I'm finding out that you're not coming to the wedding through a tabloid," Meghan says.

Following that, Meghan found out her father was in hospital with heart problems. She says she attempted to call her dad "more than 20 times", but to no answer. Then, she sent texts asking for details of where he was being treated, and offered him help.

There were more leaks, Meghan continues, so she then texted Thomas to ask him to stop speaking to any media. He replied suggesting that his "heart attack was an inconvenience for you".

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That set alarm bells ringing for Meghan, because in that message, he called her by her first name in full. That's very out of character, according to the actress.

"You know how people text, my dad would use emoji and ellipses. This was the opposite," she says. "It called me Meghan, he's never called me Meghan on any day I've lived on this planet.

"Meg. That's what all my friends and parents call me. I thought that's not my dad."

After another message, it's suggested Harry asked Thomas to call him "because the couple believed his phone had been compromised".

This is the moment which the couple believe was the end of the relationship between Meghan and Thomas, it's implied in the film. "It's incredibly sad what's happened with all this," Harry reflects.

"She had a father, now she doesn't have a father. I shouldered that because if Meg was not with me, then her dad would still be her dad."

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