Histoire
24 oct. 2026
Met Inquiry Recasts Meghan’s Long Estrangement From Her Father
The Metropolitan Police is checking whether a 2018 letter containing allegations about Thomas Markle Sr was passed to Meghan, Duchess of Sussex. Supportive commentary says the disclosure adds context to her family estrangement, while police stress they are not investigating him.
A Metropolitan Police internal inquiry into a 2018 letter has renewed attention on Meghan, Duchess of Sussex’s estrangement from her father, Thomas Markle Sr. The immediate issue is not whether the allegations were true, but whether officers passed the letter to her and what action, if any, followed.
Meghan said the letter was sent to the Met and its Royalty and Specialist Protection command, then shared with her. It contained “troubling and disturbing allegations” about her father, she said, and she was assured they were being investigated.1 She argued that her decision to keep him away from her children was “for one reason: to protect them.”1
The Met has taken a narrower public position. It said it was making internal inquiries “in an effort to confirm” reports that its officers were involved in passing on the letter, while maintaining that it has not previously investigated, and is not currently investigating, Thomas Markle Sr.2 That distinction leaves unanswered whether information in the letter was referred elsewhere.
Reports cited by several outlets say Thomas Markle Jr alleged he found suspected child sexual abuse material among belongings at a former home in the Philippines. Thomas Markle Sr has denied the claims, calling them “a bunch of lies” and saying he could never do what he is accused of.2 No charges are described in the reporting.
Coverage sympathetic to Meghan presents the newly disclosed letter as context missing from years of public debate over the family rupture. One commentary argues that, regardless of views about the Sussexes, she had been criticised for excluding her father without the public knowing what she says she had been told by authorities.3 Other coverage focuses more squarely on the police question: whether the letter existed, reached the relevant unit and prompted an adequate response.1
Both accounts converge on the central uncertainty: the Met’s inquiry may clarify the handling of the 2018 warning, but it does not itself determine the underlying allegations, which Thomas Markle Sr continues to deny.