Met refers itself to police watchdog over handling of letter about Meghan's father
The watchdog will review why the Met passed the letter to Meghan’s office and withheld allegations from overseas police, after an internal review found the lapse.
- On Thursday, the Metropolitan Police voluntarily referred itself to the Independent Office for Police Conduct over its handling of a 2019 letter containing allegations against Thomas Markle Sr, the Duchess of Sussex's father.
- In 2019, the Fixated Threats Assessment Centre received the correspondence, which the author claimed concerned the Duchess's security; the Met admitted it lacked security information and instead detailed alleged offenses outside the United Kingdom.
- Commander Adam Slonecki said the Met passed the letter to the office of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex 'for their awareness' instead of notifying overseas law enforcement, a decision now under IOPC scrutiny.
- Separately, police in the Philippines obtained a search warrant for devices at Markle Sr's former home after his son Thomas Markle Jr reported finding alleged child sexual abuse images there.
- Currently recovering in Florida, Markle Sr strongly denied the allegations, describing them as 'sick lies,' while the IOPC will now determine whether further action against the Met is warranted.
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Prince William, Kate Middleton dragged into Thomas Markle child porn scandal as more questions arise over 2019 letter to police
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry received a letter from police in January 2019 containing "troubling and distressing" allegations against Meghan's estranged father.
Prince William and Kate Middleton may have been aware of serious allegations against Thomas Markle; in 2019, a letter was sent to their joint office with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, reports claim
Prince William and Kate Middleton may have been made aware of serious allegations against Meghan Markle’s father, Thomas Markle Sr., after a letter was reportedly sent to their shared Kensington Palace office in 2019. The development comes as police investigate separate claims involving suspected child sexual abuse images found at his former home in the Philippines.
The Philippine government claimed to have found "a large amount of child pornography" at the former home of Meghan Markle's father. Markle's father revealed that he knew of a letter sent in 2019 to the Royal Family Protection Police about his father. The police were seized to determine whether the London police should have forwarded this letter, which referred to "suspected offences", to the judicial authorities at the time. - British police sei…
A letter with serious allegations against Thomas Markle goes to Scotland Yard - but the police only direct him to Duchess Meghan, not to the responsible investigators. Now the Metropolitan Police is checking itself.
In the scandal over abuse charges against the father of Duchess Meghan (45), the police are also increasingly focusing on the action taken by the police. In 2019, the Metropolitan Police, which had sent a letter of accusations against Thomas Markle to the Duchess's office, announced on Thursday that the supervisory authority had asked for an examination. In particular, because other law enforcement authorities had not been informed at that time.
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