He hasn’t been able to get to his daughter for four years – he apparently only has the way via television.
The family feud never ends. Now Thomas Markle (78) on Australian television again about the broken relationship with his daughter, Duchess Meghan (41), spoken. In an interview with “ 7NEWS Spotlight“He shares his pain over the radio silence, begging Meghan to approach him again.
In his grief over Meghan, the 78-year-old chooses drastic words: “She killed my thoughts and then mourned for me in television interviews.” But Thomas Markle does not want to give up: “I refuse to be buried by her”, he says in front of the camera.
Ever since Meghan married Prince Harry, her relationship with her father has deteriorated
The time of TV documentary could not be more explosive: It will be broadcast on Sunday – just six days before the coronation of King Charles III. (74) on May 6th.
There has been absolute radio silence between Markle and his daughter – for four years! “She loved me. i am her hero And suddenly I was kicked out,” laments Markle.
In her youth, Meghan spent a lot of time with her father. The documentary shows private family videos and photos from those days
Meghan broke off all contact not only with her father, but also with her half-siblings Samantha Markle (58) and Thomas Markle Jr. (56). In the TV interview, they sat at their father’s side.
Meghan’s half-brother Thomas Markle Jr. is also involved in the TV interview
Thomas Markle Senior found Meghan’s actions particularly cruel when she last contacted him: In 2018, she wrote her father a letter urging him to stop speaking to the press.
Markle found her words extremely hurtful: “When she wrote me this letter, there was no address I could have replied to. It was so awful and cruel.”
The loss of his daughter has hit Thomas Markle hard
Because he leaked the letter to the press, the situation worsened. Meghan saw her privacy violated, misrepresented herself. She sued the British newspaper group “Associated Newspapers”, which had printed parts of the letter – and won.
Thomas Markle destroyed his daughter’s trust by sharing private things with the press and collecting money for staged photos
But that only drove the wedge between Thomas Markle and his daughter deeper. The situation seems deadlocked. “How can I fix this?” He asks his daughter on TV.
“I wish we could sit down and talk. I wish we could work out our differences,” says Markle.
To mend the broken relationship with his daughter, he takes Meghan’s husband, Prince Harry (38), on duty: “Harry should take the lead here and try to bring us together somehow. I think he could help.”
Hope dies last.