Thomas Markle trying to force Meghan to speak to him.

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When the wedding stuff blew up I was inclined to think he was more clueless than horrible. Then he did his interview, about what she 'owed him' and I found it a lot harder for to feel sympathy for him. Just seen a clip of the GMB interview and heard him say he will do a story every 30 days unless Meghan speaks to him. Whatever you think of them and what they have done, what kind of father threatens his (pregnant) daughter that way?

YABU - he is just a hurt father who is desperate
YANBU - his behaviour is repellent and she is better off without him.

Narcissists hate being ghosted, it stops them having the last word. THEY do the rejection, not YOU. They will pursue you to the ends of the earth to do this. if he does manage to speak to her again it will be to berate her for being such a bad daughter then dumping her again.

I speak from experience, people like him can't stand a woman saying no. Just look at Piers, he admitted openly that his hatred of her stems from being ignored. Pathetic.

He’s the very definition of a shit that just won’t flush. It’s true I guess that he has nothing to lose but that doesn’t mean he should keep up his pathetic behaviour. If he truly loves his daughter he wouldn’t. But he doesn’t. At least not as much as he loves himself. Loser.

You have to question why a couple who say they want a private life go out of their way to do an interview that draws worldwide press coverage.

I understand if Harry felt Meghan had been overwhelmed he agreed to a change of lifestyle. I do hope Meghan won't regret doing this interview when the relationship between them might go through a rocky patch. My advice to Meghan would be to build bridges and mend relationships. I felt that Meghan had so much to offer the RF but maybe she was impatient so I'm sad it's gone pear shaped.

He's a horrible entitled man who thinks Meghan owes him. That's why him and Piers Morgan get on so well.

Trying to blackmail someone into talking to you is rarely the basis for a healthy relationship.

@HoldontoOneMoreDay

He's repellent. If she was posting on MN we'd be telling her to go NC and stay NC. Horrible controlling dick of a man.

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Quite a bit of irony on this thread. I totally agree he is behaving badly and she is better off without him.

However...is he doing exactly what H&M are doing to Harry’s family.

The apple doesn't fall far from the tree...

@DayBath

Narcissists hate being ghosted, it stops them having the last word. THEY do the rejection, not YOU. They will pursue you to the ends of the earth to do this. if he does manage to speak to her again it will be to berate her for being such a bad daughter then dumping her again.

I speak from experience, people like him can't stand a woman saying no. Just look at Piers, he admitted openly that his hatred of her stems from being ignored. Pathetic.

Sounds like you've met my father.

They're as bad as each other in different ways.

It all seems completely dysfunctional to me but sadly, for the Markle family, this seems to be just how they live their lives. I find it rather sad.

Maybe this is why Meghan was so quick to get on the defence with her treatment by the RF, if this is the behaviour she is used to.

He ought to be locked up, abusive controlling manipulative piece of shit that he is.

The more he speaks, the more I suspect he domestically abused Doria, she had the temerity to leave him, and that Meghan's time living with her father rather than Doria was related to that - "you can leave me, but you won't take MY daughter". In practice, such men rarely make good and loving fathers shocker.

She's been extremely discreet, but I'll bet Doria's testimony of Thomas' behaviour towards her could strip paint.

Burning bridges and showing complete lack of respect clearly runs in the family....

It’s not really surprising that Meghan struggled to fit in with the royal family and thinks chat show interviews are the way to resolve family issues.

@WaggishDancer

It’s not really surprising that Meghan struggled to fit in with the royal family and thinks chat show interviews are the way to resolve family issues.

No, the Prince of Wales would never do such an undignified thing.

Oh wait 🤔

@GreenlandTheMovie

He's not got anything to lose, has he?

Trying to be fair, he probably thinks his daughter uses the media to make money and control her public image, so doesn't see why he shouldn't also.

I agree. Both similar in their ways of airing dirty laundry in public.

@PicsInRed where did I say anything to about him? I was responding to the thread title and question. It’s normal for children to grow up like their parents and clearly Meghan doesn’t have the sort of father to set what most people would consider a decent example. If you want to chat about someone else, then off you toddle to another thread debating it.

Thank god she has her mother...

I remember reading a blog about “estranged parent” forums (ie support groups for parents whose children had cut contact).

Makes interesting reading. Mr Markle appears to tick a lot of the same boxes.

www.issendai.com/psychology/estrangement/missing-missing-reasons.html

[quote WaggishDancer]@PicsInRed where did I say anything to about him? I was responding to the thread title and question. It’s normal for children to grow up like their parents and clearly Meghan doesn’t have the sort of father to set what most people would consider a decent example. If you want to chat about someone else, then off you toddle to another thread debating it.[/quote]
The point I was making is that the Prince of Wales literally did the undignified and so unroyal thing you're talking about - but worse IMO. He sat down with an interviewer and poured his most cringey heart out to the world.

I think that was when he complained his parents show him love or something? It was decades ago, my memory's faded, but it was something like that. It was cringe

He looks and sounds quite fragile and ill. Meghan says she wasn't prepared for her entry into the royal family so I doubt if he was prepared in any way. I think he's suffering and has admitted that he behaved inappropriately. Her comment during the interview that she had lost her father was quite shocking. I'm sure if he had been guilty of any sort of abuse Meghann would be keen to talk about it.He seems more like a sad and lonely man.

Mr Markle's behaviour supports the idea of an adult being able to divorce from a parent.