Meghan Markle's father: 'If she would just speak to me, things could be different'

Explosive interview: Thomas Markle has spoken out yet again about his daughter
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Hatty Collier9 December 2018

Meghan Markle’s father has revealed he is still facing a “wall of silence” from his daughter and her husband as he spoke of his love for her and his hopes that they will reunite.

Thomas Markle, 74, said he has been “frozen out” and has still not heard from pregnant Meghan, 37, after a rift developed between them when he did not attend the royal wedding and staged a series of paparazzi photos and tell-all interviews.

He said he has made “dozens of attempts” to reach his daughter via texts and letters and even sent a handwritten note to her via his ex-wife and Meghan’s mother Doria Ragland.

In an interview with the Mail on Sunday, his first in months, he said he was reaching out to them once again “to try to correct the lies and get the truth out there”.

Thomas Markle with Meghan 
Daily Mail

He apparently showed the newspaper a series of handwritten notes from Meghan that were sent before they became estranged in a bid to prove that their relationship was once very close.

He said: “She wrote me hundreds of little cards and notes through the years. Sometimes they were for special occasions, other times just little notes she would leave round the house. I’ve still got a Post-It note on my fridge which says, ‘I love you Daddy.’ "

Meghan and Harry on their recent overseas tour
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Another is said to have read: “All I want to do is make you proud… and I promise, no matter what, I’ll do it.” Mr Markle said Meghan also sent him $2,000 to put towards a holiday on Christmas after she became successful on the hit US legal drama Suits.

He also produced a string of medical bills and showed them to the newspaper in a bid to prove his heart problems that prevented him from attending the royal wedding were not faked.

Mr Markle said his life has been “turned upside down” since Meghan, now the Duchess of Sussex, met Prince Harry. The couple are expecting their first child in spring next year.

“When they announced her pregnancy I had seven paparazzi on my doorstep night and day for seven days. They rented the house next door,” Mr Markle said.

He said he has faced harsh trolls on the internet and that harsh lies had been spread about him.

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“I don’t read things but then people send them to me anyway. They say I faked my heart attacks, that I wasn’t at the first wedding. It’s all bull****. Meghan and I never had any problems before this.

“If she would just speak to me, things could be different. I love Meghan very much. I want her and Harry to have a beautiful, healthy baby and a great life.

“But I want them to stop believing the lies.”

Asked if he believes he will ever be reunited with Meghan, he said: “Maybe. Some day.”

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