Thomas Markle Snr was arrested by the FBI this week on suspicion of possessing child sexual abuse material, according to the article. He had been under investigation in the Philippines after reports of alleged images found by his son, Thomas Markle Jnr, at a property associated with him. The claims have not been proven.
The Sun reported that Meghan first learned of allegations about her father in 2019 through a letter said to have been written by his first wife, Roslyn Loveless, and sent to the Metropolitan Police. The letter reportedly claimed Thomas had travelled to parts of Asia where the age of consent is 12 to have sex with young girls. Meghan, 45, told the newspaper she was “deeply distressed” and expressed concern for any children who may have been harmed.
The letter’s handling is now under scrutiny. Reports say police did not act on it or keep it in their records, and that Meghan later supplied a copy from her personal papers after it was reportedly misplaced. The Daily Mail’s Richard Eden quoted a source calling it “unthinkable” that the Palace had not been informed. A palace source told the paper that police had a duty to alert the Palace and would have done so. Those accounts do not establish who received the letter or what action followed.
Buckingham Palace has made no official statement. A source quoted in the article said King Charles and Prince William were being briefed, while another warned that any evidence of officials knowingly ignoring the claims would have serious consequences. The article also reports that police are trying to locate the officer who gave Meghan the letter. Meghan has been estranged from her father since 2018; she is believed not to have spoken to him for more than eight years.
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