US EditionMeghan contacts estranged father Thomas Markle in Philippines hospital
Meghan Markle overcame multiple communication barriers to privately send a handwritten letter to her estranged father, now recovering after emergency leg amputation in the Philippines.
- On Wednesday, December 10, Meghan Markle's spokesperson confirmed a letter from Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex, has been delivered to Thomas Markle, father , despite a Daily Mail reporter at bedside.
- After an emergency operation on December 2, Thomas Markle underwent surgery to remove a 14-inch blood clot that led to a below-knee amputation, prompting Meghan Markle to contact regional hospitals in Cebu, Philippines.
- Her team called several hospitals in the Philippines to find him, and Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex, emailed an address he no longer uses as she lacks his phone number.
- A journalist's bedside presence has raised privacy concerns as a Daily Mail reporter stayed with Thomas Markle, while DMG Media defended Caroline Graham’s close relationship with him and Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex, won a High Court privacy claim.
- Estranged since shortly before her May 2018 wedding, Thomas Markle has said he is open to reconciling and wants to meet Prince Archie, six, and Princess Lilibet, four.
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