Meghan Markle’s estranged father Thomas suffered a massive stroke that left him unable to speak. Thomas, 77, was taken to a hospital in California from his home in Tijuana, Mexico on Monday night, according to TMZ. According to presenter Dan Wootton, he is due to travel to the UK to comment on Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Year for right-wing media outlet GB News. written in Daily mail.
Meghan’s estranged half-sister Samantha Markle told Wootton: “My father is recovering in the hospital. We ask for privacy for his family, for his health and well-being. He just needs peace and rest. Acceleration. We are praying. He just needs a little rest. It was a betrayal that he was tortured with and how much he had to go through because of my sister’s disregard over the past few years. That is unforgivable.”
The stroke situation that prevented his trip to Britain mirrors the two heart attacks Thomas Markle suffered just before Meghan married Prince Harry, which meant he couldn’t be present for the occasion. .
Thomas said he had been hoping to meet Archie and Lilibet, his two grandchildren, for the first time on the trip during the Platinum Jubilee, adding to GB News: “I wanted to meet Prince Charles and thank him for being there. took my daughter down the aisle, and also to meet and talk to him because I think we have a lot in common now. We are both haunted by our children. “
“I feel very clearly that Thomas Markle has been unjustly stripped of his dignity by his ungrateful daughter and poor son-in-law. I consider him the living embodiment of King Lear.”
– Lady Colin Campbell
The Daily Beast understands that Thomas has been invited to stay at the home of socialite author and Lady Youtuber Colin Campbell, who is planning to escort him to a variety of major events, including Royal Ascot, as well as to the private houses of the nobility.
The Daily Beast understands that Thomas initially made the decision to go to the UK on the assumption that Harry and Meghan would not be coming, and had made reservations about making the trip when it was revealed earlier this month they would be attending. .
Lady Colin told The Daily Beast: “I’ve never commented on house guests at Castle Goring and I don’t intend to start now. However, I feel very clearly that Thomas Markle has been unjustly deprived of his dignity by his ungrateful daughter and poor son-in-law. I consider him to be the living embodiment of King Lear, and I consider it the duty of all eminent people to stand up for him.”
