There were too many headlines about abolishing the monarchy and Prince Andrew’s nasty associations with Jeffrey Epstein, so the Mail on Sunday decided to fly someone out to Mexico for yet another sit-down interview with Thomas Markle. We’re in another one of those cycles. We should have expected it. Thomas Markle’s lies were outed when Meghan and her friends went to People Magazine earlier this year and talked about how Thomas and Samantha are serial liars who need to keep Meghan’s name out of their mouths. They also spilled the tea on a letter Meghan wrote to her father in August 2018, where she told him how much he hurt her by selling her out – keep in mind, Thomas had been telling people for months that he hadn’t heard from Meghan at all, so of course after that, he sold a copy of Meghan’s letter to the Daily Mail, even though he proved that he was a liar and it proved that Meghan had given him a blueprint for what he needed to do to be in her life.
Thomas stayed miraculously quiet – for the most part – this summer. But of course the Mail needed to revive this old sh-t, all while pretending the letter debacle never happened. The Mail also noted that Thomas Markle “neither asked for nor received any payment for this article.” Curious, because I bet they paid him to license the old photos of Meghan used in the article! That’s my guess. Anyway, if you care, you can read his sh-t here. Some “highlights”:
He wants a picture of Archie: ‘I would like them to send me a picture of Archie so I can frame it and put it on my wall beside the one of Meghan. Isn’t that what any grandfather would want? I’d love to know if he’s got the famous Markle nose.’
On Meghan’s birthday: ‘I sent her a card via her financial adviser in LA but received no acknowledgement. I have no idea if she got it.
Why he stayed quiet for a few months: ‘There was never any problem between Meghan and me until recently. I’ve stayed quiet because Meghan was pregnant with Archie but I’m speaking out now because they and their PR people are continuing to ghost me out of her life. Of course I’m disappointed not to see Archie. I had hoped becoming a mother would mellow Meghan and she would reach out.’
His apology for arranging those photos before the wedding: ‘I was approached by a photo agency which said it would be a way to improve my image because the press were making me look like a homeless guy. It was a huge mistake. I wanted to apologise to the Royal Family publicly but Meghan and Harry told me not to. So I texted Jason Knauf, who was Harry and Meghan’s then press secretary, and he asked me what I’d like to say? I said I wanted to apologise to the Queen and the Royal Family and that I meant no harm. That apology never came out. I don’t know why.’
I mean, there’s a lot more in that piece, but I truly feel ill when I have to read this man’s comments in which he tries to bully and emotionally abuse his daughter with the mainstream press’s help. There was literally no reason for the Mail on Sunday to send someone down to Mexico to report on WHICH PHOTOS were on Toxic Tom’s wall. Meghan told him in the letter that if he ever wanted to speak to her again, he needed to stop abusing her in the press and he needed to stop selling her out. He has not stopped. And what he’s most upset about is the fact that he doesn’t have his own photo of Archie… so he could sell that for a higher price.
After a day or two, “royal sources” went to The Sun and told them that Meghan has no intention of allowing Thomas back into her life at this point. A source said: “It’s a terribly sad situation but Meghan has made the very difficult decision that she doesn’t have an active relationship with her father any more. This was actually a decision she made some time ago and it is something she’s now coming to terms with. It’s obviously heart-breaking for her but she has to protect herself, her husband and her son.” Yep. She has to protect herself too, because her father seems hellbent on humiliating her and smearing her for money and attention.
Also: before the British peeps roll their eyes at Meghan’s tacky, gauche American family, just remember that the Duke of York raped a 17-year-old trafficked to him by Jeffrey Epstein.
Photos courtesy of WENN, The Sun and SussexRoyal IG.
This person is so toxic and disgusting. I feel so bad that her own family is dragging her like this. Like clearly these people are fame thirsty and to just read “he wants a photo of Archie” like turned my stomach, like no part of him deserves to see that baby and to publicly say that is so toxic and disgusting.
I think we should collectively start ignoring all these articles. I will no longer click on anything with his face or name on it. I hope everyone does the same, and maybe he will eventually go back under the rock from which he crawled out of.
I’ll only read the articles that Kaiser posts, I refused to directly link to the article.
It may be a “new” interview but he has nothing new to say, just the same old boo-hoo woe-is-me stuff.
I don’t click on any tabloid story that mentions Harry, Meghan or Archie but click on lots that mention William, Kate and Andrew (don’t read them necessarily). I know I can’t change the overall click rates on my own but feel like I’m doing my little bit….
It feels gross to even talk about it. I’m sure he’s not a total monster but theres clearly a lot thats gone on here and the way he talks is so manipulative.
As for Kaisers comments about “Meghans tacky, gauche American family” I think everyone knows that the Markles are no more of an example of American families than Andrew is of British families.
This is how my abusive father would have behaved if I had married a prince and he could contact the Daily Ragmail.
Mind you, he guilt-tripped my mum over my refusal to invite him to my wedding and kept complaining about the whole thing for months to every single relative… by the time I got married we had already been estranged for years.
How Meghan has the patience to stand this man and the crap he says is beyond my logic.
And in UK there still a constitutional crisis, only Daily Fail readers could be distracted by that.
StarGreek, I’m so sorry that you have such a personal understanding of abusive fathers. I’m glad you stood up to him regarding your wedding, so that your day was a happy one. As for Meghan, Harry has proved his loyalty to her and his pride in her many times. I’m sure that kind of love has given her the strength to withstand not only her father’s abusive behavior, but also that of the press.
As far as the constitutional crisis, you have my sympathy also. Britain has a crisis, we have an idiot for our President. It’s awful to know how quickly two such strong countries have been damaged.
He says the same thing over and over: They won’t talk to me. It’s boring and repetitive and I hope they cut him off.
Doing as Feeshalori suggested above, and no longer clicking on any links to Toxic Thomas’s stories, nor reading anything posted by any British (or American, or any other) media by him or his minions (I am looking directly at you Samantha).
I am just sticking to Kaiser’s summaries as well, and I am sad for Kaiser that’s she’s taking one for the team.
Can you imagine the mileage he would get out of interviews if he had a picture of Archie. Even the blind saw this interview coming.
They should send him a huge print of the photo of Doria, Meghan, Harry, Archie, Queen, and Duke from when they introduced baby Archie to the Queen. Or a big blown up picture from the christening with Doria standing comfortably, looking beautiful with all of Harry’s family.
Exactly, Swack! My first thought was: of course he wants a photo, he wants to sell it to the tabloids and make $$$. He’s gross.
I was thinking that too, anything for money.
I look for him to cut a picture out of a magazine, and copy it on other paper. He will then put it in a fancy frame and claim that Meghan and Harry sent it to him. She has maintained her silence about him, so there probably won’t be a denial. I predict a picture of dear old dad in the DM where he is holding the “portrait”.
Does he not have anyone around him who knows how to screengrab? He could print out a picture of Archie if he wanted. Any photo place would make him a print for less than $1. So it has to come from the palace? 🙄 yeah, keep dreaming, fat boy.
Ugh. He’s so vile.
Did Andrew call him up personally for some headline grabbing wailing? Epstein stories have all but vanished from the headlines over the weekend.
Maybe Andrew paid him for it *adjusts tinfoil hat*
I genuinely wouldn’t put it past him/the Queen/BP! They have been really gross in their desperate efforts to shield him
*wears large tinfoil hat with pride*
It’s true what they say: you can’t pick your family. She is unfortunate in that most of her family is trash (at least on the father’s side)
Her new family doesn’t seem to treat her much better.
You’re very right. But her new family has always been problematic and this was her choice.
Yes, the Markles and the Royal family are two sides of the same disloyal, trashy coin at the end of the day. The RF has more money that’s the only difference. Someone from the inside – or even several someone – is definitely using Meghan and overblown controversies to cover up their a**es. And BP is not doing anything to stop the smears, if they are not actively participating in them.
If I were in Meghan’s shoes, I would leave right this minute (I mean, I would not have married into a family of colonial, white supremacist trash in the first place but that’s another discussion).
A Brit once told me that in Britain it’s common knowledge that only the aristos get to break the rules. I’m sure that’s an outdated mentality. But no doubt it fuels the RF’s own sense that they get to be messy and sometines criminal but the likes of Markles & Middletons do not.
Yes but her mother Doria is better than all of the royal family put together.
I love how he acts like he doesn’t have any other grandchildren. He probably has no relationship with them either.
I’ve said this in other posts-just because you are related does not mean you have a right to a relationship, especially if that person is emotionally or mentally abusive. I’m sure Meghan has had to deal with this bullsh@t all of her life.
He has five other grandchildren, two of whom he has never even met. It’s been years since he had any contact with the other three. But of course, in his mind, Meaghan is keeping him from the joys of being a grandfather by not allowing him near her baby.
And that would sting for the other grandkids, but I suspect it would just be more of the same from grandpa Tom. But can you imagine being one of the other grandkids and seeing your grandfather openly be more interested in your cousin because he’s royalty? Even if you couldn’t stand your grandfather, it’d be a pretty crappy feeling.
THANK you for that last paragraph! As infuriating as he may be I’ll take five Thomas Markles over one Prince Andrew. So much for the upper class. 🙄
Ikr! 😂
Thomas Markle reminds me of my sister who is also abusive, intited, and arrogant.
Family isnt always blood.
The adage, “Blood is thicker than water” is a bastardization of the true adage, “The blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb.” The latter referred to Roman soldiers who forged closer bonds with their brothers in arms with whom they spilled blood than they did with their own families. It’s often the families we choose that feel like real families.
Wow, that’s great to know! Thanks MariaS
@Maria
Thanks for this!
@ Maria. I loved this. Needed it today after my family pulled a Markle on the weekend with disgusting manipulation.
I had read a list of these misquoted sayings not too long ago, and found this one really interesting. It’s crazy how much people can bastardize a saying over time.
Awesome and making so much sense!
So true. To skin a cat is another misrepresentation of a saying that puts off a lot of people. It’s skinning a catfish, not a an actual cat. It was such a relief when I tried found out the true meaning of that phrase although I’m not crazy about skinning anything.
You’re welcome! I keep this quote close when my estranged, narcissistic father tries to use my siblings to guilt me into contacting him.
“By order of Her Majesty the Queen and Buckingham Palace, to distract you from Prince Pedo Andrew, we present to you Meghan Markle: Heartless B!tch Daughter, Part Infinity (and just in time for P!ss Morgan coming back from his holidays!)”
He can easily find the christening photos on the web. There you go, that’s all he deserves.
Right? If he really just wanted to honor his grandson he could print a picture like anyone else on earth. Put it up on the wall next to his pictures of Meghan. And not tell anyone, because it would just be something he did for himself.
I was really hoping he had gone away. Although I think Britain is more preoccupied with the Brexit mess at the moment to give him much attention, thankfully.
Poor Thomas can’t keep his lies straight.
They didn’t call when I was in the hospital although I texted them to let them know where I was.
Previously, he said Harry screamed at him when he was lying on the hospital bed and he hung up the phone on him.
I knew from the way that letter was written that it was the end of the road for Meghan with her father.
By the way Meghan was married before, and didn’t need your permission to get married.
You said Harry asked for her hand in marriage on the phone, because you told him it was too dangerous to come to Mexico, now you’re saying he should’ve come to Mexico.
What more Meghan have to do, don’t you get it she wants nothing to do with you and your children.
By now Thomas should realize that Meghan is not going to give him anymore money and the Royal Family don’t care enough about you, to pay you to go away.
The last time Meghan gave Thomas money was in October 2017, maybe Harry whispered in her ears, that is why Thomas is always attacking Harry.
My grandfather always said that telling the truth will save you lots of work, meaning you won’t have to work to put your lies straight to not get caught by them!
No, being pregnant was never gonna “mellow” Meghan out. In fact, the opposite happened. She became a parent. A parent who loves her child and will protect him from anyone who would try to hurt or exploit him, even if that means protecting him from ill-intentioned relatives. But I guess Tommy boy can’t relate to those kinds of nurturing instincts.
This!
‘mellow her out’ because she’s a hysterical out-of-control woman who just needs to calm down. If she knew what she was doing, she wouldn’t treat me like that. That line actually infuriated me.
He gets treated “like that” because he’s a greedy, abusive, unhinged, cruel piece of garbage.
…and he deserves all of it and more. He wants a picture of Archie to photoshop himself into. A picture with the smiling parents and grandparents excludes him and reminds him that through his own fault, he’s not in that picture. I wonder if this clown has the awareness to blame himself for anything he expected that didn’t materialize. I wonder if he thought he and his family would be on easy street from now on?
You wonder if he thought he would be on easy street?! Please, don’t wonder: be sure!
…..so he can sell it to the highest bidder. Prick.
The UK is in free fall at the moment so I don’t think anyone GAF about any of this. There was an anti-Brexit march on Buckingham Palace over the weekend and Boris Johnson is threatening to refuse to request Royal Assent if Parliament passes legislation to prevent a hard Brexit. Democracy is dying. This doesn’t even qualify as a carnival sideshow anymore.
Scary days ahead. Make sure you have cash and a bit of gold in your mattress.
Cash?
You mean euros? We have emptied our coffers and placed our savings in euros before the pound crashes under every other currency.
what’s the gold for? I don’t recall any stores or businesses that take gold in lieu of cash.
Gold always retains its value. Absolutely essential if a currency collapses. Gold is how my family survived WWII.
It was hardly a ‘march’, they aren’t even reporting how many people were there because it was such a poor turn out, photos from the air show you could probably find more people congregated together at a susan boyle concert. It’s the people who are trying to prevent the fulfilment of a referendum that are anti-democratic and are causing the problems in our country.
Thank you for the PSA about atrocious Andrew, Kaiser, peoples’ memories are very short and selective.
Sloppy Tom wants a photo, cut photos out the paper and put them in a frame.
Public Service Announcement – lovely prints can be made for pennies at the local drugstore. They really do a bang-up job. They also sell frames.
The Fail gotta distract from the pedo. Also it says he didn’t take or was offered any money for the interview but fail to properly credit the photo’s which he WILL have sold to the Fail for a tidy some.
It was only a matter of time that he showed his mug to whine about not having access to Archie.
Also its worth noting that he is just like Uncle Andrew if what Thomas Jr has said is true – the evil one liked to pay for it with younger women during trips to the Philippines.
Amazing how money changes things. I sold my house and made a profit. Mom started bringing up 500 she had loaned me 5 years ago. I paid ut back to her. Meanwhile my brother has been living in her house, rent free for 15 years. Wtf mom?
Thank you for the last sentence of every royal article today.
Don’t let us forget it for a second.
The only people on this mans side are the haters and BM, who are only using him. No one cares at this point and it proves that they are desperate if they have to get this cash for quote loser after he was publicly embarrassed with that letter. The lack of access is killing him and the media because either can’t make money. Keep shining, Harry and Meghan.
We need Daenerys saying “Dracarys” on this disgusting man.
Dear Thomas, you can buy a copy of Hello and you have a pic of Archie.Bye!
I am honestly surprised he kept his mouth shut for so long. He probably thought he would mellow Meghan into giving him access to pictures of Archie, if not Archie himself.
Oh and I don’t know what they did with Scamantha but it worked real good. Last time I heard she was being approached by Scotland Yard. She’s been real quiet ever since!
When was Scotland Yard talking to Samantha?
In January 2019, according to a VF’s article.
His silence was nice while it lasted.
That a-hole can see the pics on the internet, just like this rest of us. And I’m sure her fans (many strangers) have her best interests at heart (which is more than you can say for him $$$, her own father).
I wish this jerk would stop getting any press. He’s a vile human and only wants contact with Meghan so he can sell stories about her.
I hate how he acts like they had a close relationship before she met Harry. He wasn’t in her life until he realized how much money he could make off her. Something is seriously wrong with him.
He reminds me a lot of my “father”. He found out I’m living a nice life with my husband and son and now wants to connect. Which is odd because he never wanted to connect in all my 34 years. My mom told me she thinks he’s probably dying or wants money. Or both.
If you dad asks for money send him a 5$ gift card to Starbucks
Tell him while he drinks his cup of coffee by himself, he can think of all the times he didn’t spend with you
I think that Meghan & Doria have handled this situation with a lot of grace and class. It would take so much strength to remain this dignified when an abuser’s toxic behaviour is enabled by the mainstream press. If this is how he speaks in public I can’t imagine how he treated her & Doria behind closed doors.
And yeah Andrew is also cruel. I hope he is taken to court for his sexual crimes.
Unbeweavable, so sorry for your situation. Live your best life with your husband and son.
I found the last sentence in this piece to be the most important.
Well, the Daily Mail does not belong to the mainstream press, that would be too much of an honour. The Daily Mail is a gossip rag, that’s all and the people working for this rag cannot be called journalist or reporters. They also did not send somebody to Mexico and this “news” was not initiated by Thomas Markle. That is all the doing of the Daily Mail. I bet they still paid him a certain amount, so he does not spill the beans. They make up stories as they see fit and which have not a grain of truth in them. The Daily Mail is a waste of time.
He sold that picture of he and Meg though, so he got paid for that.
Yet the the only person I can recognize from the Ragland family is Doria.
So it can be done Toxic Tom.
Thomas Markle lives a sad pathetic life
“Markle nose” ugh the narcissism. This jerk only wants a photo so he can sell it.
There were problems in this relationship as soon as she was old enough to see what an emotionally abusive bastard he was, since her late teens. Publicly she covered for him and gave credit where it was due. As usual, every word is a lie. We all know why he wants a picture, and the Markle nose is not famous. There are no words for how nasty and repulsive this POS is. My gut turns over when I see his hideous greasy face in any newsfeed. He was not quiet throughout Meghan’s pregnancy. At the beginning he even threatened legal action for access, which was laughable, just like he is now. He can squawk all he wants. He’s only an abuser trying to bully, force and blackmail his way back into her life. Will never happen, ever.
I clocked he was awful from him using TMZ to update on his attendance at the wedding or not. Not sure how anyone could have thought he was just a confused old man from that.
He’s a serial liar and has no credibility. Fact that some in media still cape for him shows their malicious intent as they know this. He’s just used to keep negative press cycle on Meghan going.
if this was someone’s ex saying he loves her whilst selling pictures, cards, bashing her to people who have called her a sociopath, saying they will write book about her, saying he won’t stop talking to the press unless she allows him back in her life- there would be alarm& I would hope such rants wouldn’t be published. This is emotional abuse and borders on coercive control (which is a criminal offence in the UK) or harassment so i’m disappointed it’s been treated so casually just because it’s targeted at her. Another reason why people shouldn’t click on his rants because it prolongs this behaviour.
It’s awful that he’s become a mouthpiece for the press against his own daughter eg saying press haven’t been racist to her- saying that to the Fail of all places& hypocrisy over jet use. He’s pure trash& think he’s used to Meghan forgiving his narcissistic tantrums so fact she isn’t is why he’s getting even more aggressive and why he hates Harry who I’m sure he sees as barrier.
I’ll never get why Harry never introduced himself before the wedding. There’s no excuse for it, they were on good terms. All this could have been avoided if they’d respected her father enough to meet him.
REALLY?
This is a good point
I don’t really get the timeline. Just by virtue of being a serious BF who traveled to California with her (and thus was in geographic proximity to her dad) it’s just a normal thing to do to meet parents. But I’m gonna trust that Meg had her reasons.
I have long believed that Harry DID try to meet him but that Markle Sr refused to meet with Harry.
Harry met Doria multiple times and all of Meghan’s close friends. Harry has always been close to his partners’ families. SO something tells me the issue with meeting was on Pa Markles part, not Harry’s.
No doubt Harry was open to meeting Dad. So either Meg was like “bad idea” or TM is weird about acknowledging other men in her life and refused a meeting. Either of those options indicates it’s for the best.
Most likely Meghan was covering for her dad by not having them meet. You don’t know they were on good terms, they were speaking and communicating but that doesn’t mean they were on good terms. It was a new relationship and she probably didn’t want her father embarrassing her in front of Harry with his toxicity. She was probably hoping he would behave himself and not speak to the media and then only have him meet Harry at the wedding, which would obviously be on her terms and on her turf. And the wedding being such a huge event, it’s not like Harry and Thomas could get to know each other super well with all the other guests they would have to acknowledge and pay attention to. I think that’s why she kept Harry away from him before the wedding and Thomas just ruined any chances of meeting him on his own.
Often times family members will cover for other family members because they don’t want their significant others to know the truth. This is exactly what happened to my friend who tragically lost her husband last year and was left to raise her eight month old son on her own. Her mother-in-law has very severe mental health problems and my friend really didn’t notice them since she never dealt with her one on one when her husband was alive. Her husband did everything in his power to keep my friend from realizing just how ill his mother was. It was only in the weeks leading up to his death that my friend started to realize her MIL was off and it was cracked wide open once her husband passed away. I won’t go into all the details but the MIL is very unstable and cannot be left alone with her grandson. My friend hasn’t been able to grieve properly because her MIL who only lives 5 minutes away is such an issue.
Nope. I know an organizer who works with hoarders. We got talking about the TV show, and somebody brought up one of the hoarders terrible tragedy. The friend who had worked with hoarders said, “some people are just waiting for a trigger to happen.” Toxic people will always find something that set off or caused their behavior, but the truth is that at a certain point, the behavior will just happen anyway. The “trigger” is justification more than it is cause. Note, hoarders are more ill than classically toxic, but their effect on their families can be horrific.
I agree with much of what you have said with respect to emotionally abusive people just waiting for a trigger. Really wish you had not brought in hoarding as an example though. As a recovering hoarder there is still a great deal of shame involved. I can honestly say I was not waiting for a trigger to have an episode. Toxic people are toxic regardless of their diagnosis and many don’t come under the mantle of mental illness. All the better yo do their nasty work.
Really? To me, the real surprise was to see him on the wedding guest list at all! Me thinks Meghan knew what he was capable of, didn’t really want to invite him, let alone have him walking down the aisle, but in the end, decided to go with tradition and go all in. And this blew up in her face because Papa Markle is a disloyal, dishonest piece of sh^t. After what he did in the lead-up to her wedding and afterwards, she will never trust him again and rightfully so.
I agree Sarah.
It’s telling that he was not apparently invited to Meghan’s first wedding to Trevor Engelson in Jamaica. That was 2011.
In the article in the DM he talks about texting at the time of the wedding preparations not just with Meghan but with Jason Knauf who was working for Harry at the time. He was in the loop with them until he started behaving abominably.
He was at her first wedding tho.
@wisdomheaven: No, he was not, and he told at least six lies around that too. Scam produced a photoshopped picture of them saying Sr. was at first wedding, but he was not there. Only Doria was there.
No, this all could have been avoided if Thomas Markle was a respectable person. And all of his actions have confirmed he is not respectable.
@Meg Meghan has known her father her whole life. If she didn’t ‘respect her father’ enough, she probably had a VERY good reason. Oh wait, maybe it’s because she KNEW he would sell the story about the meeting with Harry to the highest bidder.
I love that people are determined to blame a victim of abuse for her own abuse. I guess the girls that Andy raped were ‘asking for it’.
We have no idea what happened or didn’t happen and why. Remember for months the Markles were claiming Harry had secretly travelled to Mexico to meet Thomas, and spun a whole story about their private conversations.
I think the issue may have been Samantha (and Tom Jr. to a lessor extent). If Meghan and Harry wanted him to exert pressure on those two to keep quiet and he didn’t or maybe she felt he didn’t, that may have soured the relationship. Plus, supposedly Harry and Tom Sr. spoke on the phone, about Trump no less, lol. So I think he’s a liar who changes his story for his convenience.
You do understand that this is the 21st Century and women don’t belong to their parents so you don’t have to ask anyone but her about getting married. You don’t have to introduce your parents to you SO’s if you don’t want to for various reasons. Seriously, lets stop this sexist , nonsense.
He has a photo of Archie. It’s called the official press release of Archie’s christening.
Exactly!
Thomas wants a framed picture of Archie? There are some really beautiful ones online. So print one. And then frame it.
@Meg nice try- no way this is reaction to not meeting Harry. He’s met Meghan and Doria and that hasn’t stopped him attacking them.
In one of his many interviews he said Harry and Meghan offered to fly to him to spend time with him and he said not to bother. He hadn’t seen his own children for years until last year and has not met 2/5 of his grandchildren so Im guessing the problem is him.
He’s a grubby, greedy guy. From Meghan’s letter he sold he was getting money from her and was pushing 4 more to buy his silence on their relationship. When Harry put a stop to it he saw pap pics as way to make money. Everything since has been about making money and improving his reputation.
The only surprise here is that it’s taken him so long to climb back out again.
He truly is a one trick pony, hopefully people will get bored and move on soon.
He probably hopes that if he continually throws crap at the wall something will stick.
It was bad enough when he was trying to force Meghan to pay attention to him, but for him to drag a baby into his coercive demands shows once, again, who this man really is. He’s a narcissist obsessed with his own image to the detriment of all else. If he had a never before seen picture of Archie, that picture would be sold the next day to a tabloid. And then he would want more. After all, he said his stated goal was to meet the Queen. Give in to one demand, he’ll just make others, to the point of wanting his own paid-for house next door to the Sussexes (which he would complain wasn’t big enough or “regal” enough). The only thing to do with toxic people is to cut them out. Him selling the letter she wrote begging him to stop hurting her was unforgivable. What kind of father who truly loves his daughter does that? She’s a possession to him, no more. No one’s buying his “poor me” stories anymore.
If Meghan wanted the papers to have more photos of Archie, she’d release it herself.
Yeah you know he’d sell a pic of his grandson in a second.
I think he actually did want to get back in touch with Meghan and tried really hard not to speak of her. He then expected her to get in touch and when that didn’t happen, he became impatient and went back to his old tricks of trying to emotional blackmail her in to contacting him. Like that approach was going to work.. He couldn’t keep with his pretence for very long.
which shows that all he cares about are getting his own desires met, damn anyone else. If he stayed quiet, there was a chance that Meghan could have reached out to him privately but now?
I don’t think he has tried that hard not to speak of her or to the press although maybe to his narcissistic self it was hard. Since last TV interview in December, he had Fail interview in February when he sold letter, released comments on birth in May, on the christening in June and he has spoken to TMZ etc through “sources” in between.
I bet those rumours about her wanting Doria to walk her down the aisle were true but palace insisted on it being her father for tradition and of course that blew up in Meghan’s face.
In the DM article he went way beyond just whining about not seeing Archie etc. A huge swath of the article is him calling Meghan a liar for saying in a speech that she worked her way through college, had loans, etc. He goes on and on about how he paid for Meghan’s college at Northwestern and how he sent a letter after Meghan’s speech to Doria (!) basically threatening to expose Meghan as a liar on this matter.
He also trashes Harry and Meghan for being private jet hypocrites. Way to pile on there, Thomas.
And as Kaiser points out, the DM article says he was not paid for his interview BUT says nothing about the fact that he was very likely paid for the two new pictures of Meghan he gave them.
Unfortunately I think this guy is going to keep flaring up like hemmorhoids as long as there are tabloids willing to spotlight him trashing Meghan.
Nope. Just nope.
Man toxic people are the worst, especially when they are related to you. I have a whole family full of them, and they all married toxic people too !
@tourmaline- yep I forgot about him calling her a liar in his latest rant as well as the threat to sue for access to Archie in October when she was pregnant and again in May. He’s despicable. Wonder if he will fake a letter on tuition like the picture of him with Meghan he released from the first wedding which looked fake.
Can’t wait 4 the media to tire of using him
Her mother must be an amazing woman.
Some REALLY bad news about Andrew must be coming out if they’re resorting to Thomas Markle.
This man is a lot like Trump. He’s desperate to have a relationship with the Royal family; he doesn’t give a shit about his daughter. And now he’s trying to use Meghan’s baby as a way to manipulate her. If she didn’t want him at her wedding, does he honestly think she’s going to let him near her child?
Meghan’s mother left this man to protect her daughter. Yeah, he helped pay for college and gave her a leg up in the business, but that’s what a father is SUPPOSED TO DO, if he has the means. This piece of shit wants credit for being a father to his daughter which is proof positive of what a horrible father he was.
Oh and Prince Andrew sexually assaulted several girls. Do any of the people taking this story as gospel care about THAT?
You know Thomas declared bankruptcy just before Meghan started college.
So let’s see his bank statement, and hope some one he owed money go after him.
Clearly Markle has burned through his money and is need of more. Wonder what Sam’s been up to? Book finished or is it a similar project to Kate’s children of broken Britain?
I have another theory about Toxic Tom. When he was busted for Letter gate MSNBC confronted him and Bad Dad told the reporter go talk to the Daily Mail. The Fail also was the first to report Evil Papa Smurf’s non relationship with his five other grandchildren and his love for a Filipino club where hookers work. Why go to press that has trashed him? DM has the sperm donor on retainer, or more like a leash. The rag and its distorters must have reams of receipts on Markle, starting with he faked the heart attack and lied about the surgery. The reporter sent to Mexico is his handler and it has been mentioned by other talking heads his interviews look coached. The demand for Archie’s picture is for the Fail’s exclusive and no one else’s. And if Dad was really getting paid he would be dressing better and not wearing the same blue polo shirt and busted khaki pants. DM has Tom by the shorts – cooperate or have all your mess comes out.
@aquarius64- I think you are right. They tend to get the big exclusives. His interviews are definitely coached- from his 1st interview with GMB he looked like he was being prompted. he also responds to public criticism of him eg that he wasn’t at 1st wedding or has no relationship with grandchildren, with new details which usually contradict earlier statements or seem made up but like they know he needs to sell certain image to continue his rants. And he uses the media talking points eg jet use makes them hypocrites.
The Sun is claiming a source🤥 close to Meghan said Meghan’s relationship with her father is over, after his reply to her letter, and she is dealing with the reality of it.
Her priorities are Archie and Harry.
I honestly cannot understand what this man hopes to achieve. Why would he treat his youngest child this way and go to the press to trash her, and expect to have any kind of relationship with her? Did the other daughter get to him when she started dating Harry or even became successful with Suits. It seems like the Markles are so consumed with envy and cannot handle how Meghan has come up in the world. No wonder Doria took herself and her child out of that marriage. Why enable nasty family members to take advantage of you and use you, while trying to tear you down.
Don’t give it to him…..
In what world can you *force* someone to accept you into their life?
Family is only special if your family members are actually special. They have no special unearned claim to you.
Thomas Markle needs a “She’s Just Not That Into You” guide for dysfunctional dads.
Give it up already!
Man, this guy really steams me! Stay strong Megan.
He can have the same photos of Archie that we have. Those Harry and Meghan release to the public. What a creep
I think @aquarius64 is spot on…the Tabs have been delving into his shady past since he allowed them access cos he saw $$$$ signs but they now have dirt on him so he’s being played…they use him to keep his beef with Meghan in the spotlight just so they have an “exclusive” but he has nothing new to say. He has made his own smelly bed which he will need to lie and stew in. Meghan is well rid.
I think the royal protection team knows the tabloids have compromat on Markle and its useful idiot. The purpose is to have him infiltrate Frogmore and report back everything he hears and sees. With the Epstein scandal brewing around Andrew and the queen’s assent to suspend Parliament those are juicy tidbits of private conversation Markle would report back to DM. Express had a story that the queen influenced Meghan to cut off Dad. I could see that because Markle is now a bigger threat to the Firm.
I don’t understand how Markle can be a threat to the firm? No one in the Royal Family knows Thomas, Harry only spoke to him, so it’s a case he said, he said.
You can bet your bottom $, that he is dead to Harry for the way he treated Meghan, and running his mouth to the press.