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)
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.