A reported decision by Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, not to speak publicly about allegations involving her father has shifted attention toward the advice she received and the Metropolitan Police’s subsequent handling of the matter.

Coverage grouped on the right said Meghan “wanted to go public” over the claims concerning Thomas Markle.¹ A report grouped on the left similarly said she wanted to address child-abuse allegations about her father but was “told not to.”² Neither account presents the decision as a public confirmation of the allegations; rather, both describe a private response to a letter received in 2019.

The more detailed account says the Metropolitan Police’s Royalty and Specialist Protection team assessed a seven-page letter from Thomas Markle’s former wife, Roslyn Loveless, and passed it to the Sussexes’ Kensington Palace office “for awareness.” It says a protection officer advised Meghan to leave the matter with police rather than speak out, reportedly saying: “Leave it with us, we’ll investigate it.”³

That account also reports that the Met did not investigate the allegations because they were said to have occurred abroad, and that the force has referred itself to the police watchdog over an alleged failure to pass information to relevant overseas authorities. It quotes a source critical of the protection team’s approach, saying officers should have considered “the wider consequences.”³

Meghan said the letter contained “troubling and disturbing allegations” and that the distance she maintained from her father was intended to protect her children.³ Thomas Markle has denied wrongdoing, describing the allegations as “sick lies,” according to the same report.³

The shared reporting therefore frames the issue less as a dispute over Meghan’s reported wish to speak than as a question of whether the authorities who received the allegations took sufficient action.