Thomas Markle ‘hopes to heal rift with duchess after Harry and William put differences aside’
Thomas Markle is hoping to heal the rift with his daughter after Harry and William put aside their differences at the Queen‘s funeral.
The Duke of Sussex and Prince of Wales put aside their feud for a united front to remember the monarch, and again showed that they could at least be on speaking terms as they interacted with each other in the chapel at Windsor Castle.
The 78-year-old watched the service with his son Thomas Jr and was bolstered by the show of royal unity between the brothers.
Thomas Jr – Meghan’s half-brother – told the Sunday Mirror: ‘We both watched clips of the Queen’s funeral together.
‘I was overcome with emotion at how every person spectating was honoured to be there and respectful.’
Addressing Meghan directly, he added: ‘Dad treated you like a princess your entire life and deserves the respect.
‘You didn’t call him for his heart attacks or stroke, but it’s never too late.’
Thomas Markle is hoping to heal the rift with his daughter after Harry and William put aside their differences at the Queen’s funeral
Thomas paid tribute to the Queen after she passed away at Balmoral aged 96 – calling it ‘the end of an era’.
Meghan’s father said the devastating update was ‘truly a loss to the world’.
Thomas, who never met Her Majesty due to the fallout with his daughter before her wedding, added it ‘feels like we’ve all lost a member of our family’.
Markle told DailyMail.com: ‘My heart goes out to the Royal Family and to the British people for their loss of the most-loved and admired Queen Elizabeth.
‘Her service, grace and devotion signals the end of an era and she will always be cherished in our memories.
‘Truly a loss to the world.’ He added: ‘In a way it feels like we’ve all lost a member of our family.’
Thomas hit out at Meghan’s claims she had ‘lost’ him – and accused her of throwing people ‘under the bus’.
It came after she appeared to say Prince Harry had spoken of a breakdown in relations with Prince Charles following his decision to move to the US.
The brothers put aside their feud for a united front to remember the monarch, and again showed that they could at least be on speaking terms as they interacted with each other in the chapel at Windsor Castle
Hours after her remarks were published in The Cut magazine, however, Meghan’s unofficial spokesman Omid Scobie wrote on social media: ‘I understand that Prince Harry is actually referring to Meghan’s loss of her own father, and Meghan is saying she doesn’t want Harry to lose his.’
Mr Markle, who suffered a blood clot on his brain earlier this year, said: ‘I am still very ill and trying to recover from the stroke in May. Yet every time she opens her mouth she brings me into [the story]. It never ends.’
Speaking falteringly to The Mail on Sunday from his home in Rosarito, Mexico, he said: ‘She didn’t ‘lose’ me, she dumped me.
‘I am not lost. She knows where to find me. My number hasn’t changed. I would love to hear from my daughter and meet my son-in-law and my grandkids for the first time.’