Meghan Markle’s father makes shock claim Duchess is ‘tossing away’ royal dreams for cash
MEGHAN MARKLE’S father made a stinging attack on his daughter and Prince Harry after claiming in a new documentary that the Duchess was “tossing away” her dreams for cash.
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Thomas Markle revealed he was distressed over Meghan and Harry’s announcement of their departure from the Royal Family. He claimed his daughter and son-in-law were turning the Royal Family into a “Walmart with a crown”. Speaking in a new TV documentary set to air soon, Mr Markle said: “This is not the girl I raised”.
The 75-year-old claimed in Channel 5’s ‘Thomas Markle: My Story’ that Meghan and Harry were “embarrassing”.
He is said to believe his daughter has “let down” the Royal Family over her and Prince Harry’s plans to step back from their senior roles.
Mr Markle told Channel 5: “When they got married they took on an obligation, and the obligation is to be part of the Royals and to represent the Royals. And it would be foolish for them not to.
“This is one of the greatest long-living institutions ever.
“They are destroying it, they are cheapening it, making it shabby. They shouldn’t be dong this.”
He added: “With Meghan and Harry separating from the Royals, it’s disappointing because she actually got every girl’s dream.
“Every young girl wants to become a princess and she got that and now she’s tossing that away.
“It looks like she’s tossing that away for money.”
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Meghan’s half-brother Tom Markle Jr claimed their father longed to hang a photo of himself with his daughter, Harry and grandson baby Archie on a special picture wall at his home in Mexico.
Mr Markle Jr said: “If he can do that he will die a happy man.
“He’s still got a lot of pictures of Meg on a wall and Archie is up there also.
“What he wants though, is a picture all three of them, or even the four of them.”
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He added: “For months, years, he held out hope she would reach out but theres too much turmoil now for that to ever happen.
“She would not be anywhere without him. He paid for her education, car, clothes, rent, bills, spending money at uni - a small fortune - and that’s what put her on her way.”
The Duchess’ half-brother continued: “It’s great Meg goes to women centres and so on. But she needs to look out for her family.
“We’re just out here surviving as best we can. We don’t have millions in the bank like her and Harry.
“She’s pretending we don’t exist.”
He also fears Harry could end up “dumped” just like Meghan’s ex-husband Trevor Engleson.
Mr Markle Jr added: “I’d warn Prince Harry, ‘Don’t end up like the other guys’.
“She has to get her own way. That is why she is no living in the country any more and has burnt through personal assistants.”