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Meghan broke contact with father in letter citing abuse claims

Meghan said the allegations led her to cut off contact and bar him from seeing Archie and Lilibet, according to reports.

  • In December 2025, The Duchess wrote to her father, Thomas Markle Snr, banning him from meeting Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet, citing 'disturbing allegations' regarding his conduct.
  • The Metropolitan Police confirmed that in January 2019, they received a letter containing claims of alleged offending by Markle Snr outside the United Kingdom, which they passed to the Duke and Duchess but failed to share with other relevant law enforcement agencies.
  • On Friday, Meghan issued a statement expressing distress over the allegations, while Markle Snr denied possessing illicit images, calling the accusations 'sick lies' in an interview with the Daily Mail.
  • Admitting the failure to share claims with other agencies was an oversight, the force is now reviewing its handling of the 2019 matter and considering whether a referral to the IOPC is necessary.
  • Authorities, including the FBI and The Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking in the Philippines, are investigating the claims; Markle Snr, currently in Florida, has welcomed a forensic examination of his computer to refute allegations of misconduct.
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REJECTS allegations that he possessed photographs and recordings of child sexual abuse.

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According to the British media, Duchess Meghan is said to have broken off contact with her father last year. Thomas Markle is accused of being abused. London police had already received a letter of allegations against him in 2019.

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The Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle, knew since January 2019 that her father was allegedly consuming child pornography. The police alerted her seven years ago, after her wedding and before she left the British Royal Family in 2020 and left with Prince Henry for the United States. This was the reason why she cut off contact with him, Markle herself explained on Friday in a letter to the newspaper The Sun. The duchess says she has endured media c…

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rtl.nl broke the news on Saturday, October 24, 2026.
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