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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Dan Haygarth

Meghan cut off contact with her father Thomas Markle last year over sex abuse claims

The Duchess of Sussex last year wrote to her father last year telling him she knew about sex abuse claims against him and that she would never allow him to meet his grandchildren, it has been reported.

Meghan told Thomas Markle, 82, that it was the last time she would contact him in the letter, understood to have been sent while he was in hospital in the Philippines after having his leg amputated, sources close to her told the BBC.

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