Meghan Markle’s strange father, Thomas, has suffered a major stroke that has caused him to lose his speech. Thomas, 77, was rushed to a California hospital from his home in Tijuana, Mexico on Monday night, according to TMZ. He was about to arrive in the UK to comment on Queen Elizabeth’s platinum jubilee for right-wing media GB News, according to host Dan Wootton, writing in the Daily Mail.
Meghan’s estranged sister, Samantha Markle, told Wootton, “My father is recovering in the hospital. We ask for privacy for the family, for their health and well-being. He just needs peace and rest. Kindness. “It just needs to be rested. It’s a parody of how much she’s been tortured and how much she’s had to go through my sister’s contempt for the last few years. That’s unforgivable.”
The circumstances of the stroke that prevented her from traveling to Britain reflect the two heart attacks that Thomas Markle suffered just before Meghan married Prince Harry, which made her unable to be present on that occasion.
Thomas said he hoped to meet Archie and Lilibet, his two grandchildren, for the first time during his platinum jubilee trip, and added to GB News: “I would like to meet with Prince Charles and “Thank you for accompanying my daughter down the road. Hallway, and also for meeting and talking to him because I think we have a lot in common now. We’ve both been ghosts to our children.”
“I strongly believe that Thomas Markle has been unjustly deprived of his dignity by his ungrateful daughter and pathetic son-in-law. I consider him the living incarnation of King Lear.”
– Lady Colin Campbell
The Daily Beast understands that Thomas had been invited to stay at the home of society author and youtuber Lady Colin Campbell, who planned to accompany him to a number of major events, including Royal Ascot, as well as several private aristocrats.
The Daily Beast understands that Thomas originally made the decision to come to the UK on the assumption that Harry and Meghan would not be coming, and had reservations about continuing the trip when it was revealed earlier this month that they would attend.
Lady Colin told The Daily Beast: “I’ve never commented on Castle Goring guests and I don’t intend to start now. However, I think Thomas Markle has been unfairly deprived of his dignity by his ungrateful daughter and pathetic son-in-law. I consider him the living incarnation of King Lear, and I see it as the duty of all honest people to defend him. “