Meghan Markle is ‘giving up hope of reconciliation’ as her father recovers
Meghan Markle has “no plans to see her father” as he recovers in hospital after having his leg amputated, amid reports she has given up hope of ever reconciling with him, RadarOnline.com can reveal.
Thomas Markle, 81, underwent life-saving surgery in the Philippines after doctors discovered a massive blood clot in his leg. Despite the serious nature of his condition, he has spoken publicly about his desire not to “die estranged from Meghan”, after years of tension between the couple.
The 44-year-old duchess, who has not seen her father since marrying Prince Harry in 2018, is reportedly tried to contact him after I couldn’t reach him by phone or email. According to reports, she reportedly “reached out” by sending a hand-delivered letter.
However, according to some media, Meghan feels that her father’s ongoing relationship with the media – which she reportedly discussed in her letter – makes any reconciliation unlikely.
The rift between Meghan and her father dates back to before her royal wedding, when Thomas worked with a paparazzi photographer near his home in Mexico to take photos of him being measured for a suit. Shortly afterwards, he suffered two heart attacks and was forced to cancel his plans to attend the ceremony.
Thomas has reportedly never met his son-in-law, the Duke of Sussex, 41, or his grandchildren, Prince Archie, six, and Princess Lilibet, four.
Before their estrangement, he had been close to Meghan and played a key role in supporting her early acting career in Los Angeles after he and her mother, Doria Ragland, divorced when she was six.
In a 2014 Father’s Day post on her now-defunct lifestyle blog The Tig, Meghan praised him as “the person who believed in this big dream of mine long before I could even see it as a possibility.” She also recalled how he “lit my high school musicals so they felt as big as a Broadway show” and how he “put gas in my car when I auditioned, trying to make it as an actress.”
“To my dad – my thoughtful, inspiring, hardworking dad – happy Father’s Day,” she wrote.
Earlier this month, it was revealed that Thomas had been fighting for his life in the hospital after moving to the Philippines to be closer to his son, Thomas Jr. In an emotional interview, he said he had not heard from Meghan during his illness, “but would like to speak to her”.
“I have always said that I am open to a reconciliation with my daughter,” he added. “I have never stopped loving her. I don’t want to die estranged from Meghan. I want to meet my grandchildren. It might be nice to meet her husband too.”
Thomas has now been moved out of intensive care and has started physiotherapy as he undergoes months of rehabilitation and hopes to be fitted with a prosthetic limb once his wound heals.
