Thomas Markle is back - right after the Invictus Games

[beatan]

What surreptitious timing, Thomas Markle has been wheeled out again, let's hear what he has to say.

https://twitter.com/GMB/status/1703638539450089909

Many people do not introduce their spouses to their families - perhaps take a look at AIBU or the stately homes threads for examples. Just because your relationship with your family is supportive and close doesn’t mean that everyone else’s is.

This is true, but Thomas was still, right until the last minute, supposed to be attending the wedding and walking Meghan down the aisle. It would have been difficult not to introduce him to the family under those circumstances.

It was going to be a big spectacle. She'd allegedly had a decent relationship with him going by all the tig daddy posts. They must've known he would possibly have been very overwhelmed at the thought of being centre stage at such an event, so the pair of them should've made it a priority to meet him, gain his trust and confidence and take it slowly.

I think it's more likely they hoped keeping the distance would've resulted in the no show so the fairytale wedding pics weren't spoilt.

That's fine. No misreading.

Your posts of 15.12 and 15.15 yesterday being the first poster to bring up open heart surgery in relation to TM's mental state, stand.

I'm happy with that 😊

Exactly.

Plus Doria seems to have made the effort to meet Harry (including going to the Invictus Games in a different country!), so I wonder what Thomas' excuse is and why Meghan and Harry are being blamed for them not meeting.

Thomas drove* to Doria's to deliver flowers and drove to Oprah's to deliver letters. Why didn't he make the effort to meet Harry?

It's likely possible they were distant before Meghan and Harry began dating, while there's evidence Meghan was closer, and still is, with her mom.

Plus, Meghan was a once divorced, 36 year old woman, not some ingenue. So this near fainting about Thomas not meeting Harry just seems a bit ridiculous to me. I highly doubt Thomas (or anyone) would care if Meghan's second marriage was to Rando from down the street. He wouldn't be giving 59 million interviews and slating his own daughter on tv and YouTube that's for sure

Two posts on TheTig. Two whole posts.

The text messages to him show that they very much wanted him there and he, for some reason, was not engaging with them but preferred to communicate via the press. Very strange for someone overwhelmed by it all. Also strange that Meghan’s other parent seemed to have no difficulty with the plans as they had been set out and for all intents and purposes seems to have first met Harry when she came to London for the wedding (I may be wrong about this though).

@Roussette Your posts of 15.12 and 15.15 yesterday being the first poster to bring up open heart surgery in relation to TM's mental state, stand.

Both those posts refer to the article. People can check.
You asked at 15.26 'Why do you keep talking about open heart surgery???

My posts state clearly he had multiple stents.
The posts are there for people to read. I'm sure you unintentionally assigned the article to my comments about TM, and there was no wish to mislead other people.

,@colourwheelofortune

You only mentioned stents at 19.16 when I challenged you about open heart surgery and TM. He did not have that huge op and it was irrelevant.
I asked why you were ascribing open heart surgery (very very different) attributing his mental state to this and linking an article and talking again about OHS in the posts I have mentioned. THEN in your post at 19.16 you started talking about stents

I agree. If anyone is bored senseless as I am, they can check

@MrsMaxDeWinter

Please do a press thread, I'll be there;

See you there @Roussette

He didn't even receive an invitation. He wasn't invited.

Because it's Meghan, they believe she deserves every horrible thing happen to her.

It is what it is.

Yes. This is why I find it so hard to engage in these types of conversations. It’s just an opportunity to air the same hateful drivel. Regurgitating tabloids and palace ‘sources’ without an ounce of media literacy. It’s so 2020! It’s like record stuck on loop. You hear the same nonsensical, speculative, defamatory tales again and again and again…

Two posts on TheTig. Two whole posts.

Meghan posted about her father on her Instagram grid too.

It’s the bullying of a young lady on a national scale and thanks to social media and Murdoch’s empire, it’s gone global.

The bullying and vilification of Meghan Markle (and her children) is a national sport.

Young lady?

She’s a woman at 42 surely?

Sigh

Also, the millions of parents you refer to don’t bring their children up in the glare of international press attention and lifelong scrutiny.

They choose to exploit their very young children for content and favourable coverage. They are no different to YouTubers & Influencers. I personally don’t like any child being used by their parents when they are too young to fully understand the implications. I think this is something that needs updating within the Monarchy. Each child deserves complete privacy until they are 16-18 and are able to make an informed decision.

Anyway, this a topic within itself.

Yes, this bothered me too.

He didn't even receive an invitation. He wasn't invited.

Really? I didn't know that.
I do recall the lead up to the wedding being quite the drama and the business with her dad was very odd, as a PP referenced upthread there was certainly more going on there behind the scenes.

Proof, please.

He didn't even receive an invitation. He wasn't invited.

Thomas has never said this.

Meghan posted about her father on her Instagram grid too.

Sure. The context was about The Tig which a previous person was talking about, not her Instagram. The point, however, remains the same. She did not post prolifically about her her father.

Thomas Markle originally said this to the Mail. It was widely reported.

"I never got a wedding invitation. "At first I thought, 'That's OK, because I'm part of the wedding', but I would have loved to have had an invitation to put in a frame."