Meghan Markle has a shaky relationship with her father and it’s back in the headlines. Royal experts have pointed out that her push to promote a warm, wholesome home life image doesn’t quite line up with how little contact she’s had with him.
“Meghan has frantically tried to build a wholesome family-oriented brand in 2025,” Kinsey Schofield, host of YouTube’s “Kinsey Schofield Unfiltered,” told Fox News.
“It would be in her best interest to show her elderly father, who had just lost a limb, some compassion. Otherwise, every time we see Meghan and Harry lovingly engage with wounded vets at Invictus, we will ask ourselves why they couldn’t show Meghan’s father the same compassion.”
“Right now, she is simultaneously promoting a holiday special centered on family,” Schofield continued. “At the very least, Thomas should be allowed to meet his grandchildren.”
Thomas Markle, a former Hollywood lighting director who has reportedly undergone a left leg amputation, told The Mail on Sunday that he doesn’t want to die while alienated from his daughter.
Fox News reported that a spokesperson for the Duchess of Sussex said that the 44-year-old was able to send a letter to the 81-year-old, who is currently hospitalized in the Philippines after undergoing emergency surgery.
“Given that a Daily Mail reporter has remained at her father’s bedside throughout, broadcasting each interaction and breaching clear ethical boundaries, it has been exceedingly difficult for the Duchess to contact her father privately, despite her efforts over the past several days,” said the spokesperson.
“With the support of reliable and trusted contacts, her correspondence is now safely in his hands,” the rep added.
