While Meghan Markle presents a picture of festive warmth and familial bliss in her latest Netflix special, a starkly different reality is playing out in a sterile hospital room in the Philippines. The Duchess of Sussex has found herself at the centre of a firestorm of criticism, accused of turning a blind eye as her estranged father, Thomas Markle Sr., fights for his life in intensive care.
The timing could not be more jarring. Just as the duchess launched her With Love, Meghan Christmas special on Wednesday, Dec. 3, news broke that her 81-year-old father had been rushed to a hospital in Cebu following a severe medical emergency.
