Thomas Markle: Harry should 'take responsibility' says expert

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The Royal Family is moving to restore its image following Meghan and Prince Harry’s tell-all Oprah interview. Lasting two hours, the pair aimed several allegations at the Firm, including issues on race and mental health. Appearing alone for the first half, Meghan spoke of personal encounters with the royals, and struggles with her own family.

Thomas Markle, Meghan’s father, who has featured heavily in the media since she and Harry married in 2018, was covered in detail.

She said she had felt betrayed by her father after he admitted to leaking parts of a letter between the two to the press.

When asked by Oprah whether it felt like “betrayal” on finding out that Thomas had spoken to the press, the Duchess of Sussex said she was trying to decide whether she “was comfortable even talking about that”.

She continued: “If we are going to use the word betrayal, it’s because when I asked him, when we were told by the [communications] team, this is a story that was going to be coming out… we called my dad and we asked him.”

Meghan claims her father said he had “absolutely not” been speaking to the press, to which Oprah said: “So he basically lied to you.”

Meghan replied: “I said, you know, the institution has never intervened for anything for us, but they can try to go in and kill this story.

“But if they do this once, we’re not going to be able to use that same leverage to protect our own kids one day.”

While the episode appeared to make a significant dent in Meghan’s relationship with her father, she has previously sung his praises.

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Writing in her blog ‘The Tig’ in October 2016 – which has since been deleted – Meghan credited her father and mother, Doria Ragland, with instilling in her a sense of humanitarianism and compassion for others.

Listing the ways in which she was a product of their values, Meghan wrote: “Despite the contrast of my two worlds growing up, there was a powerful commonality: both my parents came from little, so they made a choice to give a lot.

“Buying turkeys for homeless shelters at Thanksgiving, delivering meals to patients in hospice care, donating any spare change in their pocket to those asking for it, and performing quiet acts of grace – be it a huge, smile, or a pat on the back to show ones in need that they would be alright.

“This is what I grew up seeing, so that is what I grew up being: a young adult with a social consciousness to do what I could, and to, at the very least, speak up when I knew something was wrong.”

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The comments are in stark contrast to the fissure that has opened up between her and Thomas in recent years.

Before meeting and marrying Harry, Meghan worked with several charitable organisations.

She was involved with World Vision, an Evangelical Christian humanitarian operation, as well as being an advocate for the United Nations (UN).

In breaking away from the UK and Royal Family, the pair are tipped to pursue their shared love of humanitarian work, a big driving factor behind their Archewell Foundation.

Actress Janina Gavankar, a longtime friend of Meghan’s, appeared on ITV’s This Morning earlier this month and said the Duke and Duchess would pursue charitable endeavours now that they were “free”.

She said: “I think they are feeling free.

“It is nice to see them feel free.

“Now they can get back to what they really were focussed on and how they really met and fell in love, that was through humanitarian and environmental work, they have Archewell.

“They have been doing that kind of work way before they met each other and now they can do it together.

“It is actually a really good time.”

Meanwhile, in a statement, Buckingham Palace said the family was “saddened” to hear of Meghan and Harry’s struggles.

It read: “The whole family is saddened to learn the full extent of how challenging the last few years have been for Harry and Meghan.

“The issues raised, particularly that of race, are concerning.

“Whilst some recollections may vary, they are taken very seriously and will be addressed by the family privately.

“Harry, Meghan and Archie will always be much loved family members.”

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