GOSSIP
Longstanding rumors that Meghan Markle fell out with her dad many years
ago were given new credence by reports Thursday that their difficulties go
back some time. The new insight into the world’s most high-profile father-
daughter relationship breakdown comes courtesy of DailyMail.com, which
claims that Meghan and her dad have “had problems” for years, dating from
well before the time when she met Prince Harry. The report goes some way
to making sense of one of the most pressing questions swirling around the
Thomas Markle debacle, namely why the royal family did not seek to bring
Meghan’s dad into the fold way ahead of the royal wedding. It is perhaps, the
area where the Meghan and Harry’s youthful team are most glaringly at fault:
Why, many have asked, was he left to his own devices, stewing in Mexico,
where the temptation to collaborate with a paparazzi photographer
apparently became overwhelming?
Why was it that Harry was not introduced to him well ahead of time—after all
he was dating Meghan for almost two years before they were married—and
plenty of space was made available in his schedule for him to meet her
mother? Could it be that it was longstanding tension that made Meghan not
want to have her dad around in the run-up to her wedding? Did she already
have an inkling he was not to be trusted long before he started talking to the
media for money? We do know that the two fell out when Meghan was
younger.