Police confirm they received letter relating to Meghan Markle's father

Meghan Markle issued a statement earlier this week(Image: Jonathan Brady/Pool PA via AP)

Police confirm they received letter relating to Meghan Markle's father

TL;DR

  • The Metropolitan Police confirmed they received a letter with claims about Meghan Markle's father and passed it to the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's office in January 2019.
  • Meghan Markle stated she saw the letter containing claims about her father in 2018, a year earlier than the police record.
  • A spokesperson for Meghan suggested a few months' discrepancy in recalling events from over seven years ago is understandable.
  • Meghan has previously stated that distance from her father was to protect her children.
  • Thomas Markle Snr is reportedly under investigation in the Philippines over alleged child sex images, which he denies.
  • Meghan has been estranged from her father since before her wedding and he has never met her children.