Here we go. As we discussed yesterday, People Magazine’s cover story this week is an exclusive with five of the Duchess of Sussex’s friends. They were all interviewed anonymously, but the way this is set up, it’s the way the palace has bypassed directly speaking about the hateful smear campaign against Meghan. This is Meghan-approved and palace-approved. Which makes the added details about Meghan’s drama with her toxic father especially interesting. Thomas Markle is an absolute piece of sh-t, we been knew for months now. Well, now Meghan’s friends are getting in-depth about what really went down around the wedding and beyond.
Meghan Markle has never spoken publicly about her relationship with her father since entering royal life — but her father has frequently done the opposite. In various interviews, Thomas Markle has claimed that he has no way to reach his daughter. In this week’s PEOPLE cover story, Meghan’s best friends offer a very different perspective.
“He knows how to get in touch with her. Her telephone number hasn’t changed,” says a longtime friend. “He’s never called; he’s never texted. It’s super painful, because Meg was always so dutiful. I think she will always feel genuinely devastated by what he’s done. And at the same time, because she’s a daughter, she has a lot of sympathy for him.”
In the week before Meghan’s May 19 wedding to Prince Harry, Thomas decided not to attend after an arrangement with paparazzi to stage several photoshoots ahead of the big days was revealed. After the paparazzi photos emerged, “Meg and Harry were still so focused on getting [Tom] to London,” says the close friend, one of five who spoke to PEOPLE for this week’s story. “At no point was there talk of ‘Now that we know he lied, he’s in trouble.’ Tom wouldn’t take her calls, wouldn’t take Harry’s calls. The next morning when the car got there [to take him to the airport], he wouldn’t get in. [Later] Meg heard he had a heart attack and she’s calling and texting, even up to the night before the wedding. It was like, ‘Please pick up. I love you, and I’m scared.’ It was endless.”
“After the wedding she wrote him a letter. She’s like, ‘Dad, I’m so heartbroken. I love you. I have one father. Please stop victimizing me through the media so we can repair our relationship.’ Because every time her team has to come to her and fact-check something [he has said], it’s an arrow to the heart. He writes her a really long letter in return, and he closes it by requesting a photo op with her. And she feels like, ‘That’s the opposite of what I’m saying. I’m telling you I don’t want to communicate through the media, and you’re asking me to communicate through the media. Did you hear anything I said?’ It’s almost like they’re ships passing.”
It’s basically a confirmation – now Meg-approved and palace-approved – of everything we already knew, which is that Thomas Markle hasn’t been even partially honest from the beginning. The crux of Thomas’s story was always that he merely made ONE mistake with the photoshoot ahead of the wedding and that Meghan and Harry were brutally mean to him after that and Meghan has refused to even make contact with him. Now we know that she sent him a letter, and she was trying to talk to him up until her wedding day. We also know that he could have contacted her at any time… and he’s chosen not to. You know what I wonder? I wonder if Thomas will eventually – like, in the next f–king week – sell Meghan’s letter to a British outlet. The only reason he hasn’t done that yet is because it destroys the “abandoned paternal martyr” story he’s been selling, especially if the letter includes sentences like “I desperately want you to be in my life but you have to stop selling me out every f–king week, Dad.”
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He will sell the letter the Fail and spin it in a way to make himself out to be the eternal victim – cue a Sunday tabloid cry fest this weekend. And maybe why this story has been dropped, they are getting out before him.
That’s the only reason i think the friends have the wrong story. He would have sold that letter a long time ago.
But it did give him and the sister extra interest by the press and now room to fight back when everyone was finally seeing their lack of new material. Sams already in the Daily Mail again
You’re right. It doesn’t make sense. If he’s so desperate to sell her out (which he seems to be), why would he ignore her calls and not do whatever he could to have communication between them? Calling her, going along with whatever she wants would give him plenty of material to sell and probably make him look much better in the process. I don’t think this story adds up…
If he wants to just manipulate her and wear her down, he’d go this route. Given the privacy of the royal family( when their phones aren’t tapped and they’re not giving revenge interviews on each other lol) he probably figured he had a lot of rope. I bet the older daughter helped too, Dad, I worked i media for years and years, I know how to do this.
This whole family is messy, from their actions to her reactions.
@Heather, I see your point but I don’t know what the end game would be. He seems like he craves attention and for everyone to think he has a royal connection. He would have so much more to flaunt by keeping Meghan on side
Roux, he probably feels guilty. The letter probably spelled out all of the reasons why it is wrong to sell his connection to her for profit, and he’d rather ignore that and keep the $$ coming. Remember, having a healthy relationship with his daughter won’t enrich his bank account like selling her out does. If he mended things with her, he wouldn’t be able to do more interviews.
Roux and Tiffany 🙂 I think he wanted instant gratification. The moment the engagement ring was slipped on her finger, everything should have been about Thomas. And it wasn’t. So he’s all pouty and grasping for any attention. He probably expected to be brought immediately into the royal fold and all the status that entails.
I think the letter would have only reflected well on Meghan and furthered a lot of backlash against her father and sister. My conspiracy theory is that the Fail and whomever else do in fact have the letter. They just didn’t publish it because it goes against the narrative they want to build, which is that Meghan is a shrew and a bad daughter who just up and cut her father loose without nary a word and wouldn’t speak to him no matter how desperately he plead with her. If the letter were to come out now, it would prove that she did reach out to him, she did make an effort, a heartfelt one, and he didn’t respond to her at all and simply chose to turn HIS back on her for the payday.
If the letter says what these friends say (which, lets take it with a grain of salt, since this People story definitely has an agenda as well), then I can see why he didn’t immediately leak it. His whole thing has been that Meghan is cutting him out; if this letter really was more like “I love you and I want you in my life, please call me” then it destroys that narrative.
I agree that it makes me think that there is something about to leak this weekend – this letter, or just another stupid interview – but something prompted these friends to share that information NOW.
Of course, it could just be what was speculated yesterday – that Serena’s people are helping and they were like, “wait, you wrote your dad a letter and that information has never been made public???? Let’s call People NOW.”
so….who knows.
I don’t understand why they are engaging, and giving her dickbag dad (and by proxy that evil sister) more material. They’re going to be all over the place discussing/rebutting this shit now.
I mean, I sure as F hope the chips fall in Megans favour with this move – I am not a big fan of the BRF or the insane spending – but any sane human can see the cycle of abuse here, and no human should have to endure what she has from her fing FATHER of all people.
I have no problem with the People story having an agenda. Someone’s got to speak up for Meghan.
@Himmiefan: Agreed. Between the press and the toxic family members she has to deal with, it’s good that Meghan has her friends standing up for her- especially at a time like this. Thomas and Samantha Markle are kind of like Crystal Workman.
If her father weren’t such a narcissistic a-hole, he might realize that Meghan is talking to him through the press. She is spelling out her (incredibly reasonable) terms for a way back in.
@Himmiefan – I don’t have a problem with the article having an agenda (I feel like most People cover stories have a narrative they are pushing), but it is worthwhile to keep it in mind when trying to figure out what is true and what isn’t. I think the story about the letter is probably true because like I said, then it makes sense why it was never leaked, but like I also said, grain of salt.
I think he’s waiting until the baby comes so he can get a payday for a new round of interviews as a “wronged Grandfather”
This mess shows he’s unfit to be around the baby.
It’s already diminishing returns…how many ways can he say “We’re not talking?” Some old song over and over.
He is a horrid person, who emotionally has been abusive.
Thank goodness People is setting the record straight , This man has been horrible to his daughter.
The British tabloids and the Sammie and her dad are such sad people and horrible.
I am so Happy friendly USA media is helping her finally to spshow how much the British Tabloid pres has lied!
I stopped clicking on British tabloid stories on Meghan after the Straight outta Compton article. The agenda of the British press has been obvious for several years now.
Well done to People and Meghans friends and whatever PR helped her.
I think some British media complaining are just ticked off she is showing the British media for the liars they are.
Well done to her friends. I never believed any of the stories from the British tabloid media.
I’ve always felt he is not well and certainly wasn’t up to this wedding. She set him up as a way to lock him out. He had zero emotional support to handle this going in and hadn’t even met Harry.
I’m not saying she has no right to decide she doesn’t want him or his other kids in her new life. But I don’t buy how this all went down from day one.
I’ve been a supporter of her but I’ve also been around people who maneuver others into bad situations, or try to, to make themselves look good while serving their separate private agenda. Meghan is not above this at all. I don’t like how she did it. Now I hope it all goes away.
I feel like it was a mistake to bring up her dad, bc now he’s got new material.
He’s going to talk regardless of if this came out or not.
I agree, you can’t ‘out-smart’ toxic people like this. They’re gonna do what they’re gonna do. Everything is bad in their eyes.
Agreed. This whole People interview was a huge mistake. She’s feeding the trolls, and in an American outlet. The right way for KP to change the narrative is to engage in a little PR 101: grant a couple of key British RRs occasional “scoops” so they’re on her side. Even 2 credible RRs on her side will help to change the narrative and tip the coverage in her favor.
Tom will release the letter, it won’t be 100% what these women claim, and there will be hundreds more negative stories to follow. Plus you’re upping the market value of an interview with the White Markles, which is the exact opposite of what you want.
I think that he got the letter and (maybe) destroyed it because it wrote in black and white why he’s toxic. I think that there are things in there about the royal family, and Harry, and so Thomas decided it was Harry and the Royal Family who made her write this, he could NEVER have raised somebody who would write such bad things about him and send it to him. To be honest, he clearly doesn’t know who she is as an adult. The fame has him selling anybody out for more. He said in one interview that she doesn’t answer the phone calls. Probably not, her number is not changed but she’s not engaging anymore. I have a horrible toxic family and my husband is always encouraging me to just leave it with them and let them know that I am not participating in the abuse anymore. I think it’s an incredibly painful thing, especially after she has this baby, and I encourage to get the help and space she needs to move forward. I also don’t think the article was a great idea, but we are all pained reading this narrative everyone is placing on her, if I were a close friend, I would also want to defend her. Tough but she will cope. Long rant, exhausted.
Honestly, trolls will continue to feed themselves regardless. They dissect her every microexpression and body movement anyway. I don’t think this is for them, you can’t fix batshit insane. This is either messaging to the White Markles or for the general public that doesn’t think too deeply about this stuff but has only received 95% negative information about Meghan for the last couple months.
I’ve always heard the best way to deal with people like her father is to grey rock them. Of course, he’s going to go on and on, but eventually people will stop listening bc he’s just repeating the same crap, but now he’s got new material to refute or confirm.
Idk. I don’t know if going grey rock is successful when the problems are being battled out through the media.
People is the BEST THING to be done for her since the engagement and about time. people are roundly applauding it. The People Magazine article was a master stoke of PR. And Thank goodness.
It’s about time someone addressed all the Lies from the British Media.
The British media is just mad that they got called out for all their lies and are just pissed that the Britiain’s tabloid lies are not the Narrative as truth.
Good for Meghans friends.
Excellent work People.
It was hilarious seeing the British tabloid journos having fits of moaning.
They write crap every day and Meghan friends put out one issue and some complain….lol they hypocrisy is Hilarious!
She is the same. That’s why. Hopefully this is the last time.
Yeah, I always remember Tom telling TMZ live, around the wedding time,that he wasn’t answering her call, and the last time he had she was crying.
I would have been done with him after that, but Meghan is better than me. I think she’s done now, especially with how much worst he’s gotten.
Yeah this story is basically confirming what he’s said but he has changed his story so many times – the heart attack story started as a routine operation to put stents in.
Can you just imagine the stories Doria has about him? Someone in the press needs to do a hit piece on Thomas and his other children.
I don’t agree. Hit piece… this is a family dysfunction and it’s serious. Best to leave it be.
Waiting for her deranged c*nt sister to tweet…
Oh, she’s already all over the DM website.
Cue Samantha booking five new talk shows to “rebut” this.
Yep. I’m glad Meghan was able to set the record straight, but this won’t be the final word on the subject. Her sister’s head is going to explode.
Yes but all her rebuttals ever amount to is that she is lying and I know the real Meghan and nothing to back it up.
I don’t understand the fact-checking portion of the story. Why would her team have to fact-check with her when the tabloids were going to run the story regardless? It’s not like they sued him for libel or anything, so I don’t understand why it was even bothered. Maybe it was a poor choice of words from the friend? I don’t know – it just struck me as weird.
I can’t even begin to imagine how much stress she must have felt. I’m glad he wasn’t in the wedding, but I almost wish he’d at least followed through and been a bigger person about ONE thing for her and just shown up. Even if he showed up briefly to see her and skipped the wedding. But, it’s probably for the best that he didn’t, really. It’s just a shame because she was going to be hurt either way.
I imagine there is still “fact checking” just to make sure they (the palace) understand what is going on and what they are dealing with in terms of Thomas Markle, but beyond that the friend probably meant more like they had to tell her repeatedly, “and on Sunday your dad is going to be on this show! and on Monday this interview is coming out!”
That would make sense. I was wondering if there was something I’d missed that would have made it more clear, but I think your explanation is probably a good sum up.
I thought the fact-checking had to do with IPSO complaints?
My heart breaks for her and I’m glad she was able to share what happened.
Even if Thomas’ one mistake ahead of the wedding was the photo shoot, I still would not blame her for cutting him out. Every day, Meghan puts the work in to quietly demonstrate this apple falls far from the tree. The White Markles have shown themselves to be absolute clowns – does anyone but that idiot Piers Morgan sympathise with them? I love that she’s taking a stand in this way (even if it means ol’ Tommy boy will be back in the papers this weekend).
I predict Meghan will have the last laugh when it comes to her toxic father and siblings. Terrible Thomas and Screeching Sam must be getting paid for their interviews and in Sam’s case travel expenses to hand deliver a letter to Meghan. But will they report this income when they file taxes? Don’t know how it would work with Thomas living in Mexico, but Sam still lives in the US.
The IRS might be paying close attention to her. Good
Expat US citizens still report their income/pay taxes to the IRS. Meghan does as well until she becomes a British citizen, which is why her upcoming 2018-2019 (at least) returns have caused some complications and a lot of back-room strategizing and hand-wringing by the palace to protect the family’s assets to which she may have had access (particularly those of Harry, Charles, and the Queen herself).
Even after she becomes a Britain citizen, she will have to report her income as long as she remains a US citizen. even people with green cards who are now resident elsewhere, outside the US, get letters from their banks at the behest of the IRS. Getting British citizenship wouldn’t exempt her from US taxes, basically.
and I very much doubt she would ever denounce US citizenship – that would be crazy – given the BRF’s track record for infidelity/divorce etc.
Meghan can file her taxes separately, how would the IRS tax the Queen, Charles or Harry?
Concur on both, she will continue to need to file US tax returns even after obtaining British citizenship. US and Eritrea (IIRC) are the only countries to require filing based on citizenship instead of residence. She’ll be a dual citizen and I agree it would be foolish to renounce. Maintaining US citizenship also gives their child(ren) another option in terms of work and study.
She knows how this works, having had to file 2 annual returns to Canada and the USA when she lived in Toronto.
Would assume she’ll file a solo, not joint, return in the USA to shield Harry’s assets? Again, they have accountants to protect them at every turn.
I really hope that lawyers and financial experts were consulted ahead of time and worked out the details so there won’t be a crisis come US tax time.
Meghan will file solo almost certainly, but it’s question of how many of the assets available to Harry are also deemed to be available to Meghan. For example, what is the value of half a loaned painting from the Royal Collection. It will be complicated no matter what.
Even people who previously dropped their US citizenship and took on a new countries citizenship, so they don’t have dual anymore still have to pay US taxes on their income. This has happened to my mother in law who has been a Canadian citizen for more than 40 years. She’s not a dual citizen, but the laws changed under Obama and now even ex-pats have to pay taxes.
@PEG it gets complicated because she has to declare the value of non-cash income as well, such as gifts (her wardrobe, etc.), access to housing (her primary residence, even vacation homes, if there is a market value for it that can be proven), even if she has not paid for it personally but received benefit from it. The IRS will certainly be interested to know the nature of Meghan’s interest in items such as tiaras, which appear to be borrowed from the Queen, but if there’s any kind of understanding about her having ongoing, regular access to certain pieces for an indefinite period of time, that begins to look more like a gift. Furthermore, the priceless artwork that will be in their home – it is characterized as a “loan” or essentially a “life estate,” in that it ultimately returns to the crown, and belongs to the British people. But the IRS, wanting to get its grubby hands on every last cent, will be proving the nature of that, trying to show that it’s a “gift” or that Meghan has acquired some degree of beneficial ownership. And to the extent that she is a working royal, and she receives any “perks” in the form of money, cash, access to housing or other items of marketable value as a result, those values could also be considered compensation for work, and thus taxable. It’s all very complex and I feel like the IRS believes it has a big fish here, and will audit the hell out of her looking for ways she received “value” that they can characterize as “income.”
On Manda’s mother in law: it depends on whether she renounced her US citizenship and when. Gaining Canadian citizenship doesn’t automatically remove a person’s US citizenship. She would have to have renounced. It’s true that the IRS started looking more closely at people who’ve been in Canada “forever” or were born in Canada to US citizens but didn’t file in the US.
Canadians who own property in the US might also have to file.
The IRS cannot go after a Canadian who has not at some point been a US tax person. Just…not possible. If she did renounce then she might have owed some tax for the period of overlap.
Remember this is filing, not paying. There is a tax treaty. Canada gets most of it if it is the primary place of residence.
I think he’s been holding on to that letter as the big payoff. Yeah it will put him in a really bad light, but all this man cares about is money. I grew up with a narcissistic father so I understand if Meghan would want to cut him out of her life especially with the baby coming. However, I’m quite sure even my father wouldn’t sell me out to the daily fail. That’s beyond forgiving.
I had to ghost my father, though we didn’t have that term at the time. People like Markle don’t think this would put him in a bad light; he likely feels entirely justified in his actions.
Everything the friends say corroborates what we saw happen in real time. Kensington Palace made an official announcement that her dad would be walking her down the aisle then had to retract it which was undoubtedly devastating & humiliating for Meghan. It is clear Meghan wanted this horrible man to be a part of her wedding but he reneged.
I feel so bad for what should have been one of the happiest moments for Meghan was hijacked by her father’s shenanigans. Most brides are dealing with last minute arrangements like flowers and place settings but Meghan was dealing with a father backing out of the wedding then faking a heart attacking which caused unneeded stress on her big day.
Thomas hurt his daughter in the worst possible way and is now framing the situation like she is the one wronging him. He is utterly despicable.
I think Thomas has a deal with piers Morgan and the daily mail that as he continues to trash Meghan he will get paid . I think that Thomas loves the attention he has gotten from the British media as much as I think Samantha is a racist jealous hag she did admit on twitter that her father did receive a letter from Meghan but deny the texts as for the why Meghan friends finally spoke out . I think that Meghan and Harry are tired of the British media abuse they hadn’t say anything have been able to create this persona for Meghan as the most horrible woman to ever exist the royal report have been able to get away with reporting whatever they want about Meghan whether it was true or not. I don’t understand the complaints of Meghan friends shouldn’t have say anything about her father he has spent the better part of months on end saying that Meghan hasn’t contacted him . She cut him off when in fact she wanted to repair their relationship Thomas didn’t bring up the letter because it contradicts the narrative that Thomas And Samantha and the British media has been saying for months that Meghan is this heartless woman who ghost her dear oh dad. The palace could have should have done more for Meghan it’s not right that they allowed the British press and her family to racial abuse her for so long if the palace could issue a denial that Kate has hair extensions . Then the palace could have done more to protect a pregnant woman for the relentlessly abuse she receiving for the British press .
This letter shows that Evil Papa Smurf has lied to the public for months and was paid by the UK media to do so. I have yet to see a sympathetic article for Dad yet, either they are mad that the Monsters in Law played them or they are mad they look stupid for playing along with them. Sam’s tweetstorm is out of fear – fear the British press won’t interview her anymore and this story will kill her book. They are probably plotting their next move and worrying Meghan and KP will sanction to start dropping receipts.
Your post made me realize, Samantha’s crappy book is likely why Meghan’s friends did this interview. I have no idea how Samantha can get a book’s worth of material about her non-existent relationship with Meghan.
The ONLY reason — and I will repeat — ONLY reason the letter has yet to be sold is that his price is too high. If he comes down in price, or the media comes up in offers, then we’ll see it. It doesn’t matter what the words are in the letter. True narcissists have their own version of reality and he will be able to spin every word of that letter. But let’s be real – this is just about money.
I had a crap dad who just was clueless at the crazy amount of hurt he caused to our family and bolted to Australia with his secretary when i was 11. It used to really upset me right into my 30s then i had my own children and that’s when i realised that wild horses wouldn’t drag me from my kids and it really helped me to ‘let go’of him because i just no longer had respect for him. I hope Meghan might feel this way after she gives birth. She’ll hve more important things to worry about
Yes, your own children give you lots of perspective. Still I’m sorry that happened to both of you and here’s to better parents emerging from these situations. Roses are lovely.
I also agree with the theory that daddy dearest and sis-from-hell are about to sell stories and they got in front of it. Good, sometimes you just have to protect yourself, especially when it's clear they'll keep attacking during a time when less stress would be ideal.
I think this new PR strategy is in preparation for the birth. H&M have taken everything silently but with a new baby on the way, the stakes are higher. The strategy may work or fail but I think it’s important to them that they feel like they did something. And really, could it get any worse in the media?
Why would Toxic Tom reveal a letter that blows up his whole she ghosted me and is being mean to me narrative which that letter would do? Yes he would get paid but that’s it his storyline in the press would be over.
Remember when Tom was playing phone tag with TMZ claiming he had a heart attack but wouldn’t answer his daughter’s calls which he revealed himself. I buy him not calling and texting. Doesn’t sound like a man who wants to reconnect with his daughter more like he wants to use his daughter.
Meghan’s friends need to keep quiet about her father and their relationship. It just brings the whole issue to the forefront [again].
They don’t need to keep quiet for so long Thomas has stated over and over that his daughter ghosted him cut off all contact with him and now we found out that was a lie . For months on end Meghan and Harry stay quiet while Thomas And Samantha were able to continue lie for profit accusing Meghan of never ever reaching out to her heartbroken father when in reality she was willing to have a relationship with him even though he spoke badly about her to the press so many people took Thomas stories about Meghan has proof that she was this evil soulless woman who turns her back on people in her life . The only reason Thomas kept the letter hidden for the press is because it would prove that Thomas has been lying all along it destroys his narrative of him being this doting loving father who was ruthlessly coldly cut off from his daughter life . He doesn’t want a real relationship with Meghan he wants to use her Continued to be seen as a victim of his daughter even when the press were rampaging up their hit pieces of Meghan he didn’t defend her in fact he basically agree with press and got paid to further humiliating and hurt his daughter by selling personal letters she wrote to him as child and young adult. All he wants to do make himself look good in the public eye
There’s no good solution with people like Markle. Sometimes silence is the answer, but sometimes you have to fight back, mark your boundaries, and defend your integrity. Harry and Meghan may have consulted a lawyer or two about this, and People magazine would have a libel lawyer on speed-dial.
The closer she gets to the birth of Baby Sussex, the more noise evil papa smurf and PsychoSis will make. They are betting on the idea that the palace won’t let anyone drop receipts from Meghan’s side so they can say and do whatever they want with no real push back. I think the letter he sent to her demanding a photo op may be quietly leaked (if it exists) if he keeps up his shenanigans. And if he starts stirring up BS about grandfather’s rights and the queen/BRF purposefully keeping him away from “his” grandchild, you can count on some push back.
Every time Meghan does an event or is mentioned in the news, a horde of tabloid-crazed people posts hate on social media and websites, bringing up that she “did not invite” her father’s side of the family. I’d be for silence, total silence, but there is an actual campaign fueled not only by money hungry tabloids. I think that Meghan is not perfect, but she’s trying, and ultimately who cares? They are doing their role, as many other royals do, let them do their work, call them out, ok, but the hate is immense, more damaging than whatever had happened to others, because Meghan is being attacked mainly by her own family.
Yeah i’m sure its in the interest of the nasty racists misogynists and their supporters that the Duchess of Sussex and those who have her interest at heart should “keep quiet”.
Just so the malicious lies abt her can remain, uncontested, to lodge permanently in the brains of the f@rts and sh!theads who populate hate media. ROLLS EYES.
If its a case of “damned if you do/damned if you dont,” then most sentient beings would “do” anyway.
As in: “Speak your truth quietly and clearly, and listen to others/Even the dull and ignorant, they too have their story.”
The issue is going to be dredged up again when the baby comes, anyway. Who knows if it works but the media coverage certainly can’t get worse than what they’re experiencing.
Ugh! Toxic family members. Best to just let them go. People like Markle will always play the victim, never own up to his fault in the erosion of the relationship and continue to make life miserable for the target family member (in this case, the Duchess). The only time you hear from someone like Markle is when he decides it is time again to spew forth vitriol and manufacture drama to serve his purpose. This man and the Duchess’s half siblings are despicable.
He’s the worst. Awful man and father
I think we’re in for another round of smear the Duchess again. The Jeffrey Epstein story, which preceded the weekend of hell, is being written about again. And which favorite son is linked wit that story? The palace threw Meghan under the bus and they’ll do it again.
The Epstein story gets my blood boiling. Certain royal reporters act sanctimonious and defend gossiping about things like tiara drama or air fresheners as “holding the powerful to account.” But how many of them have reported on Andrew in context of his special relationship with Epstein? A royal reporter said that it was “old news” and had already been reported on years ago. Nevermind that the Epstein settlement was a recent development and now an investigation into the sentencing is newly breaking.
I don’t believe that Meghan is a diva. But even if she is one, how does that warrant wall-to-wall, screaming coverage (including front page of the Times), for weeks on end? Call me crazy but it seems to me that this sort of coverage for royals should be reserved for things like…oh I don’t know, a prince’s known association with a convicted pedophile, said prince’s own set of allegations,…not to mention the fact that the Queen, the actual head of state, has protected him from criticism. Maybe I’m wrong though and Meghan is actually the greatest existential threat to Harry’s hairline and British society.
THIS^^^^
As someone who cut off all contact with my father when I was 18 (I will be 39 this year). I COMPLETELY understand what Meghan is dealing with. Like mine’s her father is a narcissist and a con artist. His only real goal is to get a reaction out of her. And so far that hasn’t happened. Same goes for Psycho-Sam. They want to be acknowledged and it’s driving them insane that they can’t get a reaction out of her. I think this People story was smart. It gets her side of the story out – which I believe 100%- withoit her direct involvement. And it also throws a monkey wrench in the victim-narrative the White Markles have been peddling. And if Toxic Thomas DOES sell the letter? It will only show he is a liar. And it will also prove what we’ve known all along. That he’s an opportunist who doesn’t care about his daughter at all.
I feel for Meghan – I was in a relationship with a narcissist and sociopath and it was a truly devastating, traumatic and abusive experience.
There is no way to “win” with people like this, the only thing you can do is go no-contact and heal yourself. They will just keep taking until you are totally broken, if you let them. I really feel for her, to experience this on such a global level…..
So have I. That’s why this story is tough to figure since I remembered his mental state and that he never actually met Harry. As I said, I don’t blame her for choosing to not have him in her life, I question how it was handled from the beginning. We will never know for sure. This is making me feel weird now about her tho so I hope this is the last. As for her half siblings I ignore all to do with them. Don’t care.
I hope she lets him go. It’s got to be very hard for her, but some things just aren’t worth holding on to. I feel so bad for her in this respect.
She’s in such a tough spot. Of course you don’t want to feed a toxic narcissist, but a lie unchallenged becomes truth. There’s no “good” outcome here; only the one she can live with. She tried keeping silent, and it didn’t help. I wish her some measure of peace.
I really hope that this is a shot across the bow – the letter exists, and it’ll be leaked if he doesn’t clam up.
Because his long-term plans are to be a martyr, poor dad, I did everything for her, she ignores me now.
As soon as the baby is born, he’ll be splashed across the Sunday edition of every UK tabloid, holding a teddy bear with a pink or blue ribbon, looking forlorn, crying about his “first grandchild”, ignoring the fact that he has several other grandchildren. Throw in a few “grandparent’s rights” comments (which the UK doesn’t have, iirc). And so on.
But the letter would rubbish all of those plans, wouldn’t it?
I believe there is a letter and Thomas would have no reason to leak it.
His whole narrative is that Meghan stopped talking to her poor, sick, old Dad and he’s desperately trying to get attention by acting a fool in the media.
This letter contradicts that narrative and reveals him as the selfish man he is.
He’ll never publish that. He may or may not make his rounds in the media but he’s been rightfully put on the defense now.
I concur.
Agreed. If he goes on the record and deny the letter that would be the cue to release it to the media. Did someone say Sam admitted to the letter?
exactly.
Also, she has HIS letter asking for a photo op…
He’s claimed he’s written her many letters, am betting they maybe ‘leaked’ at some point – this story feels like a warning shot before the birth of the baby. He himself has said several times he refused to take her calls and then changed that narrative to she changed her number.
He’s been proven a liar before and I think Meghan will burn him to protect her child. Because we all know he and evil Scammy will attack that child and the minute they do, gloves are off.
When I look back to the wedding I am in awe of how composed she was – she must have incredible inner strength – which will be useful when her baby arrives and her horrible father and screeching Sam will no doubt take the abuse up a notch. I truly wish Meg and Harry all the best. They shouldn’t leave PR in the hands of the tabloids though, why don’t they let Chris Ship shadow the work they do – he covered their trip very well…
Chris Shipp is a tool. He’s had some decent coverage but he’s bending over backwards to make it seem like this People magazine story shouldn’t be believed. Like he doesn’t understand why it was necessary from her friends pov to be anonymous. The British press would eat these friends alive.
There isn’t one person in the British press, except maybe Omid that I would trust for any sort of honesty or objectivity.
Hannah Furness is good and an actual journalist. Also Victoria Murphy and Lizzie Robinson. I believe t they have largely tried staying out of the RR messiness/trolling and largely stick to facts. Emily Nash, although supportive of her colleagues who write for trashy tabloids, tends to report in line with Hello Magazine’s style, as in–always positive, for pretty much any royal. Same with Victoria Arbiter. That can be good or not-so-good, depending on what you’re looking for.
Chris Shipp is a good and relatively fair-minded journalist. His coverage during the Australia tour was excellent and he seemed to really care about covering the loyal cultures and people, not just covering the tour in a British-centered way. Also, my impression of him was set the way he compassionately covered the cookbook/Hubb Kitchen ladies and the One25 charity/bananas. However, he does often cling to that tribal mindset held by RRs and falls into the trap of thinking that “objectivity” means being neutral.
Out of curiosity how is this palace approved? I will say I wasn’t impressed by what People released yesterday, but this really is truly sad and I’m glad she got this out there.
I for one am glad she got the truth out. It was inevitable that Evil Papa and her troll sister were gonna hit the news circuit again the closer the baby is to being born.
At least there is a counter narrative out there that might make some who were “on the fence” see her side of it. You’ll never change the mind of the most ardent and cruel trolls out there, that’s a given.
Buuuut, why not have your story out there anyway?
I see no problem with her friends speaking out about this asshole. He’s going to be an attention-seeking jack-ss regardless of what is or isn’t said.
I also find it so funny that the royal reporters are questioning the anonymous friends when they want everyone to believe everything they’ve been peddling from “palace sources”.
I know right all sudden people are saying people is unreliable when their positive coverage of Meghan now that her side is been told oh it not to be believed. But we should trust the racist royal report who have been spewed nonsense about Meghan for months on ends with their #palace sources aleast with Meghan friends you can connect the dots and knew what friends say what just because they choose not to have the identity reveled doesn’t mean what they are saying is not true . I believe that the royal reporters are pissed because a a lot of what they been reporting with their so called sources are being called out with these article its direct rebuttal of a lot what they been saying for moths now . The press has a field day with the coverage of Meghan they been reported anything and everything as truth with no real deny for the palace the only deny came when it involved Kate yelling at Meghan but everything was repeated reported as fact . I don’t understand why people have such a problem with Meghan friends defending herself her character has been ripped to shreds by the British press while pregnant no one but this site and Meghan supports say lay off she pregnant instead the abuse toward her rampage. It’s about time Meghan combat some of the outrageous lies being told by the press and her awfully dad and half sister.
I know… as if their “Palace source says Meghan and Harry won’t get pregnant til after their Australia trip due to Zika fears” or “Palace source says Meghan’s wedding dress will have lace” is the same thing as “Meghan’s friend from LA who has a son says Meghan helped her out with [this specific situation” or “Meghan’s former co-star says [ ]” (which can only be like 1 of less than 10 people of Suits).
The royal reporters are in a snitch because THEY didn’t get the scoop, the friends didn’t go to the UK press to spill the tea.
Everyone’s said what I would say about her no-good dad, but GOD her skin is beautiful in those pics!!!
I love her hairdo. I wonder how it’s called so I can youtube it. It would be great for some meetings I have to go to next week.
a chignon with side swept bangs perhaps?
Good for Meghan and the PR team for finally standing up for her in a palace approved way. I remember a few months ago that there was a story about how Meghan felt totally powerless to respond to the things her father was saying because she can’t speak for herself the way she could before. I’m so glad that she’s finally found the means to do that at long last (does this mean that Poor Jason isn’t their PR manager anymore?)
I just hope that somehow, Meghan builds up a relationship with the British press and they can start picking up some exclusives as well. That would also go a long way towards getting her voice heard.
I think the only way for harry and Meghan to give exclusive access to the British press is for the British media to lay off Meghan with the bullying and racism . Every negative articles can be trace back to the British press especially the daily mail why should they be rewarded with access to Meghan when they treated her so horrifically. Meghan and Harry are showing them the British press that they don’t need them to get the side of story out there . That’s why the royal reporters are so mad right now their so used to being able tell what every stories they want about Meghan now their are illegitimate sources who are close to Meghan who can refute a lot of all they were reporting about Meghan . That’s why I didn’t believe all the #palacesources said Meghan throw a tantrum over tiara or she made Kate cry the royal reporters don’t know anything their mad the duchess got her side of the story out there .
May have missed this discussed but – we are all in agreement that Serena is one of the sources, yes? Or was instrumental in this story being published? Her Twitter today……so simple but so on point.
Im related to narcissists so his response to her letting begging him to respect her privacy by asking for a photo op? Narcassists dont listen to others, theyre too busy thinking about what they want.
I was telling my mother once that she had disregarded my boundaries too many times and she needed to earn my trust back, she interrupted me and badgered me with personal questions-completely disregarding everything i just said.