Ham pr disasters 55! …no neither David Attenborough or John major will be head of state! ….

She made it clear after she left the RF that she didn't sign anything which prevented her from speaking out. She is a US citizen, her dad is a US citizen, she, until last month, lived in the US. Trying to put the blame on to the RF for not allowing her to speak out or take any further action for eight years, when they have been free to do what they want for the last six years just wont wash.

If it was written by someone close to the family, there’s a whole back story there that will have coloured how it was considered - just more bits of the jigsaw puzzle missing

I am awe struck by the stupidity of releasing a statement without thinking through all the implications or even checking shit (playing Devils advocate, even if the Met were wrong, they could have checked all this before releasing a statement)

cross post with everyone else!

Met Police confirms it received letter over Meghan’s father Thomas Markle.. Brief Times article. I suspect there is much more to follow.

https://www.thetimes.com/article/63a94c61-47bd-4497-a699-27bada5c92e3?shareToken=9019ee187244aa93191862d247098a2a

She won’t listen to any comms team. That was Meghan all over.

You definitely don't get it wrong when you're going public with what you knew and when. This is so, so bad for MM.

Did a letter arrive in 2018 and it got to Meg ….and then it was forwarded back to the Met?

https://news.sky.com/story/met-police-received-thomas-markle-allegations-letter-but-did-not-tell-other-forces-13597502

As I said earlier, her comms team should be sacked for making her rush out that statement yesterday.

Yeh, if you’re told your dad committed a heinous crime….you don’t get the date wrong of when you were told. That stays with you.

Exactly. The Met has said they've reviewed their systems and records and can confirm the letter making allegations about behaviour outside of the UK was received in Jan 2019. The Met is now deciding whether to refer itself to the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) for its handling. This is a disaster for MM, because that letter is now going to get scrutinised. Findings for the IOPC, particularly in high profile cases, are usually made public.

Well said. It’s a stigma that never goes because the crime is so serious.

Like I said yesterday, I’m lost as a fart with all this. It breaking on the BBC now and it definitely says January 2019 🤷‍♀️

Straw man alert. There was no reason for MM to say anything to the press about the reason for estrangement from her father, let alone the CSA allegation. She put out a false narrative on the estrangement entirely of her own volition and to make herself money via Netflix (and via Spare through Harry). Stop blaming the public for believing Meghan’s own words on the matter and then questioning it when she’s come up with an entirely different story to the one she’s been maintaining for the best part of a decade. Most people would have kept quiet on the matter entirely (at most, no comment) and done what was necessary with the relevant authorities in privacy.

Just wow that none of this was investigated! How awful

I'm afraid for M when your dad is a child abuser it's a hard sell that you are living an aspirational life.

One of the terrible things for the families of men who turn out to be child abusers is the sense of shame or being tainted by their albeit innocent association with such evil.

It's horribly unfair but very common. Families often want to move, start afresh, or live very quietly because their past relationship with such an sick abuser haunts them.

I know people who have lived through something similar to this situation. It's terrible and life shattering to discover someone you trusted is an abuser.

I think the vileness of the alleged crimes are being overlooked here. The details provided are stomach turning even in their brevity.

This horror if true is going to be something that haunts M and the children to have such a grandfather.

I'm really not sure the 'I'm living a dream life' shtick can work once your life is actually an obvious nightmare.

Jan 2019 is the date they have?

But Sussex camp saying they were told of the letter in Summer 2018.

Meg in her statement says she knew from 2018?

So basically they saw this letter in terms of its potential threat to the 'security' of the Duchess of Sussex. Does that mean they did not consider the allegations serious enough to pursue or refer to another police force?

The fact that it was sent later than Meghan alleges is also interesting.

I wouldn't be so sure now the Met have come out and said they were passed the letter in January 2019.

MM lied in her statement yesterday.

I remember Thomas markle jnr sent a handwritten letter warning about Meghan around children ! - I thought how weird and bonkers that was -

I would like to know if he sent the second handwritten letter about her father
in which case why wait 8 years to open the boxes

it will leak out who sent it if it’s been shown to the media

I’m quite Suprised it’s been found after all the moves

its all very troubling - sounds horrific

Yikes. Neglected to inform other forces ?

And if she does, on this matter the palace will certainly break their silence if she lies about their conduct.

Should have added

It hasn’t, that’s the point.

Meg is trying to make people belive she was told the Met were investigating.

This is on Sky News herehttps://news.sky.com/story/met-police-received-thomas-markle-allegations-letter-but-did-not-tell-other-forces-13597502

BREAKING: Statement from @metpoliceuk confirms they DID receive a letter from the USA about Thomas Markle. It raised concerns “in relation to the security of the Duchess of Sussex”.
But police say it was in January 2019. Not the summer of 2018 as Harry & Meghan’s office said yesterday.

It smears Doria, too, for leaving MM to be brought up by her dad alone, if it was known that he was "at the least a sleazy bastard". Especially since she was supposedly a social worker.