Meghan Markle BOMBSHELL: Royal’s father reveals what REALLY happened at first wedding
MEGHAN Markle’s father Thomas Markle has hit out at claims he did not attend her first wedding.
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Mr Markle denied reports that he was not a guest at Meghan’s wedding to Trevor Engelson in 2011, revealing that he walked his daughter down the aisle. Meghan’s estranged father said he was “sick and tired” of reports that he did not attend the wedding.
In an interview with the Mail on Sunday, the 74-year-old shared a picture taken with his daughter on the day.
Mr Markle said: “The picture was taken when I walked into her bungalow just moments before the ceremony was due to start.
“I was so proud and overcome with emotion to see my baby in a white gown, looking so beautiful.
“We took the picture and then Doria and I both walked her down the aisle.”
Mr Markle described how his daughter took charge of wedding planning.
The former award-winning lighting director said: “Meghan planned everything down to the tiniest detail. She took control of everything.
“I was given a white shirt to wear, as were all the male guests. She micro-managed everything.
“Trevor is Jewish and his father, who is a rabbi, conducted the service. But it was not a traditional Jewish ceremony. Meghan read vows she’d written herself.”
And the 74-year-old admitted he kept out of the wedding pictures so that younger guests could take centre stage.
Mr Markle said: “There are no pictures out there of me at the wedding because it was on the beach and everyone else was in their 30s and I was in my 60s.”
Meghan and Mr Engelson’s beach wedding was attended by about 100 guests including the cast of Suits, the US legal drama Meghan starred in at the time.
But Meghan’s marriage to producer Mr Engelson ended in divorce in 2013.
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Meghan went on to marry Prince Harry at St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle, in May.
Mr Markle was expected to walk Meghan down the aisle but he pulled out days before citing health reasons.
And it was revealed ahead of the Windsor wedding that Mr Markle had staged paparazzi pictures.
Mr Markle described his upset at being “frozen out” by Meghan and Harry due to the row over the royal wedding.
Meghan’s father said: “I have made dozens of attempts to reach my daughter via text and letters, but she and Harry have put up a wall of silence.”