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Meghan ‘Deeply Distressed’ by Allegation Her Father Had Child Abuse Images

She said she had been informed of disturbing allegations in 2018 and kept her children away from him to protect them.

  • On Friday, the Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle, said she was 'deeply distressed' by allegations that her father, Thomas Markle Snr, was found in possession of child sexual abuse images.
  • Meghan revealed she was informed of 'disturbing allegations' about her father in 2018, when a letter sent to the Metropolitan Police and Royalty and Specialist Protection was subsequently shared with her.
  • Markle Snr vehemently denied the claims, calling them 'sick lies' after his son, Thomas Markle Jr, reported him to police for allegedly keeping the illicit images at a former home.
  • Citing the need to 'protect them,' Meghan confirmed she has not allowed her father to have contact with her two children, Prince Archie, seven, and Princess Lilibet, five.
  • The Cebu Police have launched an official probe into the matter, with Meghan expressing her 'sincerest hope is that justice will be fully served' for the safety of innocent children.
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LONDON — Prince Harry's wife Meghan said Friday she was "deeply distressed" by accusations her father had possessed images of child abuse, adding she had blocked contact between him and her children over previous "troubling and disturbing" claims. The Sun and Daily Mail newspapers reported that images had allegedly been found among her estranged father Thomas Markle's belongings at his former home in the Philippines. He denies all the claims. Af…

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(Hanoi=Yonhap News) Correspondent Park Jin-hyung = Philippine authorities have launched an investigation into allegations that Thomas Markle, father of British Princess Meghan Markle, possessed images of child sexual abuse...

·Seoul, Korea (the Republic of)
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Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, wife of Prince Harry, expressed deep sorrow after reports emerged of numerous images of child sexual abuse found in her father's former residence in the Philippines.

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Independent Journal Review broke the news in Alexandria, United States on Thursday, October 22, 2026.
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