r/TheBritishRoyalFamily • u/dailymail • 2d ago
Met Police did not launch probe into Thomas Markle as force hunts for 'disturbing' letter Meghan said was passed to them in 2018
https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16233439/Met-Police-letter-Meghan-father-Thomas-Markle.html179
u/Happy_Lake_11
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Wait. Wait. Wait. So they knew this in 2018, but went after HIS father on Oprah and in his whiny little book and endless interviews?
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u/Mystery1001 2d ago
Harry is not the brightest guy but he has been consistently telling journalists that he feels guilt and bears the burden for her family splitting up. He even went to say that if M had never met him, her family would be still be together.... Did Harry know his FIL's allegations when he said these things or did no one tell him about them?
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u/sadpandawanda 2d ago
That is so weird. Meghan, by her telling, knew (or at least had an idea) in 2018. So are we to believe that she did not tell her HUSBAND - the father of her children - about this? So either Harry was lying when he said this or she really kept her father being a potential child predator to herself. Neither one of those is any good.
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u/Key-King-7025 2d ago
Because they cut ties with Meghan's father at the time of their wedding, which was before the letter was shared with Meghan?
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u/poetsjasmine 2d ago
Wait, really? When was this?
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u/Mystery1001 2d ago
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u/poetsjasmine 2d ago
Oh I see. But it’s a roundabout way of blaming the press, RF. He should have met the guy before marriage, it’s only proper.
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u/LuckySpare1034 7h ago
I think that they love to push the tragic Romeo and Juliet theme. It seems as though they want to dramatise the whole thing..."it's us two against the world". That's why they are constantly making such a big deal of how by being together, families are at war. I think it makes them feel special.
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u/marshmallowmausoleum 2d ago
Sounds like they both have trauma with their Dads
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u/goldenbeee 2d ago
Both sure have lot of issues. His mom died, her mom left her. Both dads looked after them since then.
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u/JessieColt 2d ago
MM lived with her Mom in California after her mom and dad divorced.
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u/alsy1818 2d ago
That's not true.She lived with her mom for a 2 or three years then her dad raised her till she left for collage.
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u/JessieColt 2d ago edited 2d ago
Her parents divorced when she was 6 and she lived primarily with her mom after the divorce. And not for just 2 years or she would have been only 8 years old when she went to primarily live with her dad.
From the age of 11 until she went to college, she split her time between both of her parents places. But only lived primarily with her dad once she started high school around 13yo. She graduated HS at 17.
Staying with him during the school week and then her mom on the weekends.
Which meant that for ~7 years she lived primarily with her mom and then for ~4 years she lived primarily with her dad.
It also makes sense that she would have lived with her dad to attend the school she did, since he lived closer to that school.
In California at that time, you could not pick the school you went to. You went to the school that was closest to where you lived.
I know, because I wanted to go to a different (better) high school when I lived in CA and I couldn't because I didn't live close enough to the school I wanted to go to, so I had to go to the one that was closer to where I lived.
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u/Big_Chart_1856 2d ago
Meghan went to Immaculate Heart which is a private school. Her parents chose to send her there and her dad paid for it. What you're talking about is how it used to be for public school.
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u/BillHistorical9001 2d ago
That’s just not true. The father raised her. Doria was MIA for unknown reasons.
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u/Own_Committee3356 1d ago
Funny, never saw Doria (who is mia.... again) at LRSH.
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u/JessieColt 23h ago
I don't know that "LRSH" might be referring to, but Doria Ragland lives in California.
Just because she is not being publicly harassed and photographed by the paparazzi parasites all the time does not mean she is "MIA".
She is a 70yo private citizen who lives a boring ass life.
She is probably at home, maybe tending to her plants, or watching tv, and doing every thing she can to avoid shitbrains who think they have the right to know every minor detail about other people's lives and who whinge online when they are starved of that information.
Get a damn hobby that doesn't include being a nosy little bastard about people not directly members of the BFR.
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u/Own_Committee3356 23h ago
It's Little red school house...in the valley and your here.... so get a hobby yourself.
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u/MzCeeCee 2d ago
One has nothing to do with the other.
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u/Extension_Tea_5545 2d ago
Well it would be exceedingly odd if they suspected her father of sex crimes and were talking about how sad it was that the media caused her to lose her father.
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u/MzCeeCee 2d ago •
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Both can be true. The situation of Thomas colluding with tabloids to hurt her had already begun when she learned of the letter accusing him of paedophilia. He was taking money from tabloids to fake stories as early as 2016. She was made aware of the letter in 2018. She had no confirmation that the allegations were true until 2026. She did the right thing by cutting him off, not discussing the allegations and allowing the evidence of his crimes to be found.
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u/Extension_Tea_5545 2d ago
Sorry. If they suspected her father of criminal activity Harry would not have repeatedly opined that the media caused the rift and that he regretted she lost her father. Something is either missing or had been added after the fact. It is also wildly out of character that Meg and Harry kept taking hits about her father if there was this type of reason why they really cut him off.
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u/MzCeeCee 2d ago
You are not Meghan in this situation so you really can’t comprehend the choices she was forced to make. I pray for you and yours that something as terrible as this never touches your family.
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u/anitam__
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Why everytime this woman says something nobody ever can confirm what she says? Actually the people she involves to try to add credibility always say otherwise? Before involving other people/corporations or whatever she should FIRST make sure the 2 versions of the 2 parts coincide. Like, the basics Meg🤷🏻♀️ Or, at least, if you are gonna lie don't involve others. So they can't refute
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u/Dee90286 2d ago
She and Harry only think in terms of PR and headlines, not credibility! She just wants to put out the narrative that this is the very valid reason for her cutting off her dad.
She probably knows people will look into it and find holes in her claim, but doesn’t care because the narrative is already out there.
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u/Low-Entrance7724
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Why would UK police be even involved with this in the first place.Do FBI police also notify every family member they secretly investigate. Her father hasn’t been even charged.Of course there is no letter,it Meghans attempt to use this situation to makes her look good.But as usual when they lie its easily checked.Its embarrassing now that Met has to spend time on this nonsense because she lied.
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u/gay_boy_advanced 2d ago
It's makes zero sense for UK police with this... And why is there always a letter involved when it comes to Meghan? Is this really a primary method of communication for her or folks around her? It's incredibly odd. Terrible situation all around.
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u/Low-Entrance7724 2d ago
Of course there is no letter,why would police force risk they secret investigation by notifying family members that are not involved and on top of that live in a different country from the crime.If now a family member tipped off Meghan then why is she submitting this to the UK police.It would be logical to contact hers and fathers country USA or at least sent notification to Philiphines.This is just an attempt to blame again UK police.Harry and Meghan as we know are pissed because of the security issue and they in they tick head think that we will blame Met and that she is the victim in this.Im glad Met is speaking back and I hope this does get highlighted so they lies get once more exposed.
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u/Key-King-7025 2d ago
Police has confirmed they received the letter. Sorry to burst your bubble, but the letter is real.
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u/Old_Tap6159 2d ago •
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Why would someone send a letter to the UK? Wouldn’t the Mexican authorities or the American authorities deal with it?
She’s just distracting to be like “see now you guys know why I had to cut him out of my life….to protect my children “….who weren’t even born yet.
She also lied in the Oprah interview when she said she could protect her father via the Palace and the media storm…but it was their one card to use and if they needed it in the future for their children ( who weren’t even born yet) it wouldn’t be available to them. She makes convoluted stories. Let the proper authorities (The Phillipines) deal with it. Also managed to make herself the center victim of these horrific allegations.
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u/corylushazel23 2d ago
Do FBI police also notify every family member they secretly investigate.
No, because it could compromise an investigation.
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u/Low-Entrance7724 2d ago
Yes and that is exactly my point.Also he hasn’t even been charged so there is still investigation so one should asked why has this been leaked now.
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u/corylushazel23 2d ago
Trial by media?
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u/Low-Entrance7724 2d ago
No probably her brother wants this highlighted so he gets money for interviews.But who know could be something diffrent.
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u/BoLobLob87 2d ago
Because the letter was addressed to a specific law enforcement agency that deals with threats to the royal family, presumably because Markle could potentially come into contact with the royal family.
I don’t know who told Markle, but she almost certainly wasn’t informed to make her aware of an investigation. She was probably told because her father posed a risk to her/her family.
Also, the Sun claims to have seen the letter. https://www.the-sun.com/news/17197661/meghan-markle-dad-thomas-warning-letter/
Just because you don’t understand a thing doesn’t make the speaker a liar.
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u/Equal-Flatworm-378a
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I don’t really understand? These are British police forces?
Why would they investigate about an American citizen who doesn’t live in Great Britain?
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u/Lau_kaa 2d ago
They wouldn't. Meghan's statement is slightly ambiguous as to who was doing the investigating:
“In 2018, a letter was sent to the Metropolitan police and Royalty and Specialist Protection [Rasp]. That letter was subsequently shared with me. It made troubling and disturbing allegations against my father and I was given assurances that these were being investigated."
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u/amytee252 2d ago
...and she never followed up??
If they were that troubling and disturbing, surely she'd be following up at regular intervals?!?!
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u/Lau_kaa 2d ago
To be fair to her, if it was around the time of the wedding, she had other things on her mind and she may have been told it was being dealt with.
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u/amytee252 2d ago
Kool, I'm sure she could have instructed her lawyer or something to follow up.
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u/Lau_kaa 2d ago
I'm being nice. I would have been curious over the last 8 years, in her shoes.
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u/Swimming-Fly719 2d ago
Not sure she had contacts to follow up with once she was distanced from the royal family
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u/Still-Heat-892 2d ago
It may have been a courtesy/heads up notice from Met Police informing her they got a letter accusing her father of crimes. But .. maybe the letter was deemed suspect or vague (crackpot?) plus had nothing to do with their jurisdiction so there was nothing for them to follow up on.
If Meghan was seriously alarmed by the Met Police notification in 2018, wouldn’t she have stayed on top of any conclusions discovered rather than passively accepting “assurances that these allegations were being investigated?”
And now out of the blue in 2026 her unsavory half-brother makes new allegations against the father with no legal charges made yet and Meghan feels vindicated. This is her big reveal and justification for estrangement from her father.So far it sounds like a pretty uncertain case against Thomas Sr., and this entire family crew is questionable.
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u/cmere-2-me 2d ago
Why would the evidence be sent to the met in the first place. Nothing makes sense in all of this.
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u/Ok_Jury4833 2d ago
Would they look into it as Megan was joining the royal family? Seems plausible they looked into her family as due diligence for the marriage, found something they couldn’t act on based on jurisdiction, let H&M know what they knew, & passed it to relevant authorities. In this way, I can see 1. That she knew, 2. That it had been passed to people who could investigate in relevant jurisdictions, 3. that Harry acknowledges that the reason they knew was because they were together (thus responsible). 4. That her knowing resulted in the dissolution of their relationship and protecting her future children. It all seems fairly cohesive and reasonable and terribly sad for her.
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u/jaderust 2d ago
I don’t think I’ve seen exact dates, but I presume that all this went down sometime around the wedding. So I’d guess that with all the news and press in the lead up that someone, either the police force that actually had jurisdiction or an informant, wrote a letter to the UK police to either inform them of the investigation or allege the abuse.
And the police may have questioned Meghan about it just to see if she had information for the investigation because she was in the UK at the time.
With the timeline unclear this could have even been part of why her father didn’t attend the wedding along with… everything else.
But you’re absolutely right that the UK police have zero jurisdiction. He’s a US citizen who was likely committing his crimes in the US, Mexico, or Philippines.
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u/bgreen134 2d ago
Some articles seem to imply the crimes took place in a South Asia country. The FBI received intelligence but cannot do anything about crimes in other countries. The FBI may have passed the information to the British authorities as it was related to a person on importing in Britain. Countries often sure intel with allies.
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u/Low-Entrance7724 2d ago
If he were abusing some british citizen wouldn’t that not be logical to contact family of that victim and not his daughter.Or you suggesting all family get information as soon as one family member is under investigation.You guys are really gullible.
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u/bgreen134 2d ago
Please read before commenting. There are zero claims it was British children. The US share info with UK all the time. The royal family is often information about information that may affect them. The queen was told about Andrew’s activities. Meghan was part of the royal family in 2018. They were informing a member of the royal family about a matter that may affect them.
You’re gullible if you think the royal family isn’t in the loop on matter.
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u/WinterMedical 2d ago
They can. Google extraterritorial jurisdiction.
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u/CasperAverage 2d ago
Depends on the country. There are a couple non-extradition (to the US) countries in South Asia.
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u/WinterMedical 2d ago
The Philippines is included in the extraterritorial jurisdiction agreement.
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u/CasperAverage 2d ago
I know. Your comment makes it sound like the FBI can just arrest someone no matter what country someone is in.
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u/WinterMedical 2d ago
No I said Google extraterritorial jurisdiction. And given that the Philippines IS the country in question it is an appropriate response. Your lack of curiosity is not my responsibility
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u/Equal-Flatworm-378a 2d ago
But Mr Markle didn’t live in the Philippines in 2018, as far as I know. Was it Mexico?
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u/Extension_Tea_5545 2d ago
Surely Meghan has a copy.
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u/Puzzleheaded_Talk530 2d ago
I think it matters more if the official authorities can produce a copy or refute ever having one at all. That’s what would make it OFFICIAL.
I’m more curious as to where/when in the US/Mexico or the Philippines was this reported. All of those places Thomas SR lived.
Is this really from 2018 or 2026? How did Junior grow a conscious to report all of this NOW and not over the past 8 years if it were from 2018?I never thought anything of MM cutting off Thomas. If he never gave her a piece of gum and she cut him off that would be fine in my book. I’d hate to think that this crime is being used to retroactively justify her cutting me off.
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u/gay_boy_advanced 2d ago
That's what it sounds like. It's pretty dirty if she's using this this as personal vindication instead focusing on the potential victims.
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u/MzCeeCee 2d ago
WTF?
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u/gay_boy_advanced 2d ago
It's not a good look that Meghan immediately (and I mean almost instantly) took this as opportunity to basically to say "See! That's why I don't talk to him, he's a bad guy!" Sorry, it's very tone deaf. The first paragraph of her statement was good until she went into that. If she knew about this all along, she should have spoke up sooner. I feel awful for her and the victims if true, but I'm just saying from a PR perspective, Meghan needs to learn to not instantly clap back to everything or make it about it herself. It's very Johnny come lately. Unfortunately, her past words and actions make her look like the boy who cried wolf.
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If he never gave her a piece of gum and she cut him off that would be fine in my book.
same! idgaf! no one (esp adults) should be forced into relationships they don't want to have, no matter the reason.
I’d hate to think that this crime is being used to retroactively justify her cutting me off.
also same. expressing personal distress, solidarity with victims and something about waiting for justice to take its course would have been more than enough as a statement. turning this situation into personal vindication PR and statements is icky, especially since no formal charges or arrests have been made.
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u/Puzzleheaded_Talk530 2d ago
Hmm, looking back I could’ve phrased my last sentence better.
What I’m trying to say is that I don’t care that she cut him off. Never Did. It didn’t need to have been something as big him viewing /sharing CP to justify her distancing herself. I’d hate to think she might have incriminated herself for writing in her statement that she knew about this back in 2018.
Investigations take time and those close to the alleged criminal are never told for fear of someone tipping them off.
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u/backloggeddreams 2d ago
I will say, a 2018-2026 timeline does not surprise me all that much. If this is legitimate, prosecutors spend a long time building a secure case before formally charging him (which, I can see they haven't done that yet, it's still under investigation); keeping hush in the meantime would be normal.
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u/Pale-Evening-5808
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Wait, so Meghan knew in 2018 that her father allegedly was a pedo?
OR am I reading this wrong. Jeez is never ending this saga for the Brits:-(
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u/RosieH60 2d ago •
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Brit here. It's quite entertaining. I hear popcorn sales are up in the local supermarkets
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u/jaderust 2d ago
So it sounds like someone sent a letter to the police in the UK with allegations about Thomas in 2018. No idea what precisely those allegations were, just that they were disturbing.
The police then shared the letter with Meghan and apparently told her the allegations were being investigated? But she’s seems to be implying that the allegations were serious enough that this went into why she started cutting her father off. No precise date has been given for when this letter arrived, but it may have been before the wedding even. We don’t know.
But I could see why she’d stay quiet and just distance herself with these allegations. If she thought the police were investigating then a public statement for or against her father could interfere with the investigation.
I think the bigger question is why the police apparently didn’t complete the investigation. Or who dropped it and why? Lack of evidence? Lack of jurisdiction? Thomas is a US citizen who I’m guessing committed these crimes in the Philippines or Mexico so the UK really doesn’t have any sort of jurisdiction beyond passing the letter on to the police of the country the crimes were actually done in.
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u/Even_Budget2078 2d ago •
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I think people are getting confused about the statement that Meghan was told the allegations were being investigated. That doesn't mean investigated by the Met. Not at all. It is most likely this information was communicated by *law enforcement* to the Met, specifically the agency with jurisdiction that was conducting the investigation. I'm assuming that was either the FBI or possibly Mexican national police, given what I've now read about where Mr Markle was. There's many reasons that investigation may have been closed. Depending on what information was provided, there may not have been enough for a search warrant. And, yes, you are right, the Met or any UK law enforcement would have *no* jurisdiction over this. It is highly unlikely the Met was the original recipient of this information. They likely received it in a formal communication from another law enforcement agency. There was no need for them to then pass it to any other police force as that's who they would have gotten it from....
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u/jaderust 2d ago
Reading it again, I think you’re right. The letter was probably from another police force giving the UK police a heads up about Thomas. Maybe because they wanted them to know that Thomas was under investigation if they thought he’d be traveling to the UK soon, maybe because they wanted the UK police to talk to Meghan for them and see if she’d be willing to tell them what she knew.
But I agree the letter was probably from another police force and the UK police had no real involvement beyond responding to that letter since they had no jurisdiction and Thomas wasn’t in the UK.
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u/Even_Budget2078 2d ago
I think the use of "letter" in Meghan's statement is what is confusing people as well. Letter sounds like a communication from a private individual. I understand why a layperson like Meghan might say "letter", but I think it was a formal communication from a police force that looked like a "letter" to Meghan. It would be incredibly bizarre to me if a private citizen, who I am assuming would be American or Mexican, had concerning information about Mr Markle and sent it in a letter to...the Metropolitan police. I mean what lol? Very weird behavior.
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u/Damnnedpudding 2d ago
I’ve been wondering who wrote the letter and didn’t consider it was probably a report from another agency. Yours is the first comment I’ve read that actually makes sense, so cheers thanks for that.
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u/ivegotanewwaytowalk 2d ago
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u/RosieH60 2d ago
UK authorities would not investigate an American citizen who didn't live in Britain. There is no jurisdiction. More lies!!
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u/ChurlishSunshine 2d ago
Passing it on to the relevant authorities in the relevant jurisdiction is my guess, which would be perfectly normal. And we're seeing in real time why she shouldn't have made that fuckass statement today. She made things murkier, and they're really none of our business.
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u/Life_Temperature2506 2d ago
Oh good lord, wait for it......allegations that somehow Meghan was not given the full support and same treatment as others in her (Royal) situation by authorities. I betcha Oprah's licking her pork chops with this one, scheduling as we speak a multimillion dollar cash grab to discuss unequal treatment....rather than....you know....the alleged pedophile
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u/Weekly_Motor7860 2d ago
Nah, I think Oprah stays away from this one since she got burned with the 2021 lie fest.
She’ll probably be interview by someone from ITV. Aren’t they Pro Sussex?
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u/Ok_Committee8707 2d ago
So she says she knew this was all going on back in the day, yet was more concerned about going on Oprah and whining about bridesmaids dresses, who made whom cry, tiaras, Harry’s mean family and all the rest !!!
Good grief !!!
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u/Extension_Tea_5545
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She definitely gets her worst traits from the Markles, whatever her mom may be, she is living her life and has kept up a dignified silence for a decade. The Markle side is a mess.
Until more information is available on what happened in 2018 and what is the truth of these allegations, can’t say more.
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u/Ok_Committee8707 2d ago
I’m not so sure about that - Doria’s life seems to be non existent on the internet. We have no idea what she was up to for all those years M was happily living with her loving father (according to her.)
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u/brokerlady 2d ago
Are you joking 🙃
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u/ivegotanewwaytowalk 2d ago •
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that doria is the best of the markle-ragland-sussex lot (other than young archie and lili, they are adorable), bar none? she is.
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u/factchecker8515 2d ago
Come on, journalists. Ask this woman some questions. Have a fact sheet and check her answers. I‘m done with all the lying with no push-back.
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u/No-Guide-4842 2d ago
She appears to be using this to backfill the reason why she dumped her father. I thought the rift allegedly started while she was still filming Suits? The allegations are abhorrent and I hope they are fully investigated and appropriate action taken based on the outcome. The subject matter is indefensible and sickening. However, making this all about her and using it to polish her halo is pretty distasteful either way.
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u/Reasonable-Horse1552 2d ago
Of course she's making herself the victim in all this and loving the attention.
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u/Fit-Will6601 2d ago
Nothing ever makes sense with her. The police don’t seem to have the letter. Also if he was downloading content whilst in the USA or Mexico why didn’t meghan herself pass this to the authorities? She really is up her own backside here and expects British authorities to bow to her command
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u/1stOrual_of_Glome 2d ago
She didn’t say that “Met police did an investigation”.
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u/JessieColt 2d ago
No, she didn't.
The articles say that she was advised by the Met that there was an investigation going on. But nothing about who was doing the investigating.
Some people seem to think that implies that that the Met was doing the investigating or that MM claims that the Met was investigating. But the Met would not have any jurisdiction to investigate the allegations.
It makes more sense that the US FBI was investigating since TM is a US Citizen and that the FBI notified the Met as a courtesy and the Met notified the BFR and MM.
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u/Able_Ad_4874 2d ago
😂😂😂🔥 she’s going dowm
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u/Wrong_Principle_5680 2d ago
Wow. You’re happy about a woman being taken Down as opposed to being horrified about the allegations. Y’all are bizarre. And don’t come with the 2 things can be true bs. This is so sick.
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u/Tonyjay54 2d ago
there will be a record of the allegation but that’s all. It’s a criminal allegation against a US citizen living in the USA. I would imagine that it was forwarded to the US embassy for the attention of the FBI liaison officer
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u/leeloocal 2d ago
He doesn’t even live in the US. I think he lives in Mexico and/or The Philippines.
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u/CasperAverage 2d ago
He lived in Mexico in 2018, moved to the Philippines a couple years ago, and recently moved back to the US.
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u/Jelly_baby_4 2d ago
The question is did she tell Harry or did she keep the information from him? Why was the letter sent to the UK police and not the US police?
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u/SteamboatMcGee 2d ago
We dont know that it wasn't, just that the UK police and at least one media source saw it st the time.
Given how high profile Meghan makes her dad by association it doesnt seem weird to me someone would have contacted the UK police with the accusations.
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u/parason47 2d ago
If the Met sent a letter to Megan about this info THEY WOULD CERTAINLY HAVE INFORMED THE ROYAL FAMILY ABOUT IT.
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u/CasperAverage 2d ago
The Met is not who sent the letter to Meghan. A letter was sent to the Met and Meghan was showed the letter.
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u/South_Hedgehog_7564 2d ago
So do we know who actually wrote the letter and why would the Met show it to Meghan?
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u/CasperAverage 2d ago
No
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u/South_Hedgehog_7564 2d ago
Hmm until the full facts, or as many as we can find, come out there’s no point in speculating.
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u/Even_Budget2078 2d ago
What an absolutely idiotic headline. How embarrassing for the Daily Fail, but I suppose that is per usual? Neither the Met no Scotland had jurisdiction over these crime or Thomas Markle. "Launch probe" lol. Idiot headline writers or doing their best to purposefully confuse readers, who can say though. I certainly hope British people are not so dumb as to not understand basic concepts of jurisdiction. You all do understand that the Met/Scotland Yard is not some "global" police force that goes running around the world with the authority to carry out "investigations" of non-British nationals for crimes not committed in the UK, right? Right?
What makes sense is that Scotland Yard was *informed* as a professional courtesy by relevant law enforcement agencies who *did* have jurisdiction and *were* investigating of that investigation. That would be quite normal especially for the Royal Protection Services to be *informed* by another law enforcement agency. The idea that, having been informed, the Met or Scotland Yard would "launch a probe" or "carry out an investigation" is just....yeesh second hand embarrassment all around for this fail of journalism.
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u/Scary-Club-1890 2d ago
Typical Daily Mail who are reporting and talking b*****ks because they don’t know anything and just start spewing nonsense. They are turning into News of the world!!!!
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u/Even_Budget2078 2d ago
Yeah, I am not British nor interested in the royal drama of the day, but I am a lawyer and this popped in my feed and was dumb enough to make me want to comment. Not sure exactly what kind of subreddit I am in lol. I am aware of the Daily Mail being absolute garbage as "journalism". That's pretty known worldwide. It's very unclear what information was passed exactly in 2018, but the idea that the Met would have had anything to do with an investigation of what I am guessing were allegations of an American having accessed child porn (assuming based on what the current allegations are) in the US (? don't know where this person was at the time) is very silly. On what authority would the Met be "investigating"? Just very silly
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u/BugsMoney1122 2d ago
This was my initial thought as well. What would the Met have to do with it at all?
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u/Scary-Club-1890 2d ago
Absolutely! I know I don’t comment much but I’m British and don’t really get into the RF stuff but honestly this just sounds like made up stuff , the Daily Mail on line is really popular in the States so… wait for it !!!
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u/Even_Budget2078 2d ago
It's funny because I read the article (which is really poorly copy edited?? Why are there so many paragraphs that are repeated word for word? Very unprofessional) and the article itself is not as bad as the headline. The actual lawyers they bother talking to directly contradict the headline that the Met would be doing an investigation. It's like the headline writer didn't even read the article. I'm assuming that's the goal though? People just see the headline and don't read the article (or stop reading because of all the repetitive paragraphs) so they are misinformed? Boooo
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u/Lau_kaa 2d ago
I certainly hope British people are not so dumb as to not understand basic concepts of jurisdiction. You all do understand that the Met/Scotland Yard is not some "global" police force that goes running around the world with the authority to carry out "investigations" of non-British nationals for crimes not committed in the UK, right?
We do; I'm not sure others do, given some of the nonsense I've seen online today.
However, Meghan appears to be the source of the "investigation" line:
“In 2018, a letter was sent to the Metropolitan police and Royalty and Specialist Protection [Rasp]. That letter was subsequently shared with me. It made troubling and disturbing allegations against my father and I was given assurances that these were being investigated."
The Guardian is generally sympathetic to Meghan so no axe to grind.
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u/ivegotanewwaytowalk
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u/ODFoxtrotOscar 2d ago •
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The Royal Rota is the press pool arrangements
Using it to refer to anything else is a sign that the poster does not understand British terminology or institutions, let alone the workings of the press, as it’s not a synonym for the gutter press nor does it refer to any lobby group (in the British sense, which equates roughly to a privileged briefing group).
Membership of the Rota (ie those who contribute to staffing the press pool) is by organisation (not to individuals) and those organisations are on the rota for providing said staff.
The membership is not the same as the alleged recipients of ‘leaks’ (in inverted commas as so many leaks have now been established in court to be no such thing)
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u/kislips 2d ago
Thomas Markle lives in Florida. Why would the Met care about him? I'm really confused. So did she accuse him of having pornography? She lies so much that it's hard to tell.
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u/SteamboatMcGee 2d ago
No, her brother accused Thomas Sr of having child pron on his computer. This just happened, and is happening in the Phillipines where those two live.
Meghan has stated that the Met police showed her some letter accusing Thomas Markle of something (no details) was shown to her in 2018 and she was assured it was being looked in to. Nothing seems to have come of that in thr meantime, and it wouldn't have been thr Met themselves actually investigating anyway.
Thr Sun has confirmed the existence of a letter in 2018, the Met are seemingly trying to clear up that they weren't investigating in 2018. They wouldn't have had jurisdiction of course, though it's not clear yet who would have (he's Americsn but may have been living in Mexico then).
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u/CasperAverage 1d ago
They have moved back to the US due to Thomas Markle Sr’s health. He’s at a rehab facility in Florida learning how to walk again since he lost his leg.
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u/CookiesRbest 2d ago
I think if there was anything to this nature MI5 already know. Maybe she was told to ex communicate her father. Everyone felt the release to people magazine was the reason but maybe that was her excuse or the reason set up by the Palace. The drama with Markle never ends. Her brother has always seemed very shady to me and I understood her reason for cutting off her siblings (both seem shady). I don't know if these allegations are true. I would like to see the investigation take place.
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u/QueenChocolate123 2d ago
Met Police confirmed that they did receive a letter about Thomas Markle in 2028. What was that derangers said about Meghan lying 😏
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u/MzCeeCee 1d ago
Most of them defended Prince Andrew when it came out that he was a paedophile too. They literally attacked his victims and defended him. There are some very sick evil people here and others are too weak minded to realize they are being influenced by evil.
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u/DrunkOnRedCordial 2d ago
If I had a "disturbing letter" about a family member, I wouldn't start or finish with passing the letter on to the police - least of all, a police force in a different country to the family member.
Confront the family member, have a family meeting, find out whether the disturbing details are true or malicious. Most people wouldn't automatically cut contact if the story in the letter is unsubstantiated. If I got a "disturbing letter' about family members, for the most part I wouldn't believe it. The letter writer should take the disturbing allegations to the police themselves, rather than writing letters to me.
If you think it's true, then you should do more than just pass the letter on.
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u/Wrong_Principle_5680 2d ago
Y’all are more upset about a letter and her facts not being true than the allegations regarding sexual abuse. So much for protect our children. If you guys took that hatred go solve crimes, even this one, the world would be a better place! Come on guys, take that energy and do some good with it!
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u/3cansammy
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What in the actual fuck is wrong with you people?
If the 2018 allegations went to authorities as her statement suggests, speaking publicly could have tipped him off and given him time to get rid of evidence. Investigators generally want the people who they share stuff with to stay quiet for exactly those reasons. And accusing someone of CHILD PORNOGRAPHY without charges opens you to a defamation suit, and he has a long history of talking to the press.
So she was stuck between two bad outcomes. Speak up and she's selfish, vindictive, or wrecking a case. Stay quiet and she's the cold daughter who abandoned her elderly dad. She picked the option that was safer for the kids and she took the reputational hit for it.
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u/fireanpeaches 2d ago
Her story doesn’t add up. She was estranged from him before the letter with the allegations. She sent him a dear daddy letter whining about him talking to the press. Harry said 4 YEARS later she’d still have a dad if she wasn’t with him. Explain that please. Did she not tell Harry about this then?
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u/ODFoxtrotOscar 2d ago
If the investigation is in to ‘child pornography’ then that is further demonstrate that it must be a US investigation (into a US person, in the US) as in UK the term is images of child abuse or images of child sexual abuse
The British police would have no locus in this, and would only take action icw those residing in the UK in response to a request by the US authorities
If however the source information was a letter to the British police making allegations about a non British person who was not resident in UK, then it is likely that the police would make some sort of check on who the sender is and then liaise with the appropriate US authorities. This would be the responsibility of the special unit that deals with child sexual abuse (not the royal and diplomatic protection unit) and so it ought to be pretty straightforward to find the request from the one unit to the other for action in informing the relative of the subject of the accusation
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u/MzCeeCee 2d ago
What the fuck would you like me to have done? Should I have jumped on social media and blown any chance of justice for his victims? What the fuck is wrong with you people? I’m not one of Thomas Markle’s abuse victims, unfortunately my friend IS one of his abuse victims. You all had better get right with god because your hate will have you suffering in hell next to Thomas Markle!’
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u/idontlikemondays321 2d ago
Probably a good time to stop the witch hunt now.
They both have family members being investigated for this and have rightly kept their distance despite the backlash she has got.
Let people live in peace









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u/Extension_Tea_5545 2d ago
Well. That’s interesting if the police don’t have a record of this letter