
When it comes to Prince Harry, Meghan Markle and their family feuds, it doesn’t get much bigger than the estranged relationship between the Duke of Sussex and the rest of the royals. However, let’s not forget that Markle has an equally strained situation with some of her own relatives. The rift between her and her dad became really apparent when he staged photos for the paparazzi ahead of her 2018 wedding, but one author claims things went wrong long before that.
In his royal fly-on-the-wall book Revenge, author Tom Bower delves into a big sticking point in the relationship between Meghan Markle and her father. Bower claims that as a lighting director in the entertainment industry, Thomas Markle tried to help his daughter get her foot in the door in Hollywood, distributing her headshots and taking her to the Emmy Awards when she was 17. However, the relationship allegedly soured not long after when she lost the role in a play. Bower writes (per the Daily Mail):