Gist of the interview for those who didn't see it:
The interview took place in October 2019 over 6 days.
At 11 Meghan wanted to leave her mum and go and live with her dad. The documentary didn't say why or say anything about what Doria thought about that or what she then did.
Meghan was my most important relationship and my pride and joy.
Meghan was living with her mum for the few months before she went to college in 1999 (although Thomas thought she lived with him until she went to college).
Her first jobs were acting as a prostitute and as a stripper, as were many young actresses jobs, and then she was a briefcase girl.
In 2005 she started seeing Trevor Engelson. Then her career took off.
Thomas Markle retired (at 55?). In terms of finances, she gave him $5k one Christmas and money was usually gifts but on one or two occasions he did ask for financial help, but only $2k. She however had words with him and told him she'd given him $20k over a year.
Meghan phoned and told him she'd met someone, Harry, a Prince who spoke to him on the phone.
He lives a quiet peaceful life and then suddenly he was being hounded. His clothing was critiqued, the way he looked was critiqued, whatever he bought was critiqued. I get it every day.
Meghan and Harry said they would protect him but their idea of protection was to tell him not to talk to anybody.
The RF never sent anyone her to give advice. No-one gave me any guidance or help.
Thomas doesn't relate to Samantha's comment about Meghan being shallow and a social climber.
Thomas had a weird letter sent to "Thomas Markle, Meghan's dad who lives in Mexico". (We saw the envelope and how it was addressed). It was in his car and he never opened it until the interview. (It was a 6 page letter which was anti-Meghan and saying they didn't think she was pregnant, used a surrogate and the kind of nutjob things we've read in the press about Archie).
Meghan and Harry called Thomas and Harry asked for her hand in marriage. Thomas felt he should have gone to see him.
When I heard Harry say she was getting the family she never had that was an insult. That was bullshit. She's had 2 families that were good.
Every paper seemed to want to make me look like a dumb fat slob.
A man called Jeffrey approached him and convinced him he could help his image. Although Thomas felt it was hooky and hammy, Jeffrey convinced him by saying "you've got to trust me".
I got a percentage, 30% of the sales of the photographs but I didn't do it for money.
Harry and Meghan phoned and asked if he'd posed for the pictures and he admitted he'd lied and said no to her. Harry asked if he'd posed to be be measured for a suit and Thomas lied and said no, he'd been measured for a hoodie.
Those shots (photos) will be with me forever. I should have been smarter. I've been stupid. He apologised to Meghan and Harry. He wanted to apologise to the RF and they said "don't".
They still wanted him to go to the wedding.
He had a massive heart attack, was taken to the hospital and after an angiogram was told that it would kill him. He had stents put in. He asked about flying and was told he couldn't fly.
He phoned them and said he couldn't come to the wedding. Meghan cried and Harry seemed upset. Harry told Thomas if he'd listened to him it wouldn't have happened. Thomas said something about them preferring it of he'd died. He was hurt and hung up on them (Harry?).
He was sneaked out the back door of the hospital and watched the wedding on a little television while lying on the couch. He wanted to be there and was jealous of Charles walking her down the aisle and he cried a bit about that. (At the time, not in this interview).
He kept trying to call her all the time after the wedding. He then sent a text saying he really want to hear back from her. He never heard from her. He did this every 30 days.
If he could speak to her he would say he loves her and wants to be part of her life.
In 2015 she made a speech championing her dad, saying we need more men like my dad. (This was shown).
Meghan has now changed her story to say she worked her way through college which Thomas says is not true. He put her through college.
When Meghan wrote the letter to him, he kept it for about 6 months but when friends of Meghan's said it was a conciliatory letter trying to make peace with him, he felt defamed, and decided to release parts of it because he wanted to tell the truth. He felt the friends were telling organised lies about him.
He did say there were other parts of the letter he would never put out because they are too awful and too hurtful to him.
He was sitting in his car waiting to cross the border when he heard on the radio that Meghan was expecting a child.
He hopes Archie has his nose so that when that look at Archie they'll see him.
Thomas thinks it is a great possibility he'll never see her again. The last time they might see me is when I'm lowered into the ground.
He doesn't know who she is now.
Qu: What dd you think Harry and Meghan will say when they know you're doing this film?
I don't know what Meghan will say when she finds out I'm doing this film. She'll probably be upset because Meghan thinks I shouldn't talk to anyone.
Later interview after the split from the RF
I can't see her reaching out to me, especially now. I think the'yre lost souls. I don't think they know what they're looking for.