Meghan alleges abuse by father in letter, police review handling

Summarised from Evening Standard's report · Updated 25 Oct, 10:44 · Archive

Meghan told her father in a letter she knows he is an abuser and he will never see her grandchildren, according to reports.

Meghan sent a final letter to her father, Thomas Markle Sr, telling him she knows he is an abuser and he will never see her grandchildren, according to reports. Meghan's half-brother, Thomas Markle Jr, alleged to The Sun that he found a stash of child sex abuse images belonging to their father at his former home in the Philippines and reported them to local police and the FBI. Thomas Markle Sr has admitted to paying for sex in the Philippines but denies he possessed such images.

The Metropolitan Police confirmed it passed a letter to Meghan and the Duke of Sussex in 2019 containing claims about alleged offending outside the United Kingdom, but did not share details with other law enforcement agencies. Meghan said she was shown a letter sent to Scotland Yard in 2018 making 'troubling' allegations against her father and was assured they would be investigated. The Telegraph reported that Meghan is 'upset and really frustrated' by the Met's handling of the matter. The Metropolitan Police is now reviewing how it dealt with the investigation, including whether it needs to be referred to the police watchdog.

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• Meghan ‘told father I know you’re an abuser, you’ll never see the grandchildren’According to The Sun, Meghan’s half-brother alleged that he found a stash of child abuse images belonging to their father.Evening Standard · 25 Oct, 10:10

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