Thomas markle

[Thomasina79]

Meghans dad has had two strokes and a heart attack. He is 80 so probable does not have much time left. It shows Meghan in a very poor light (again) as she has not contacted him at all so the chances of a reconciliation are slim. He has never seen his grandchildren. Whatever you think of Meghan and I don t particularly like her, I think this very sad and she may regret it. How hard is it to make a phone call?

I think she means all those posts in her previous blog. She was absolutely gushing, he clearly was central to her life, incredibly supportive and well loved and respected. Obviously, that changed.

Yeah things change. I used to get on quite well with my brother.

Now we barely sprak at all

Relationships can and do chnahe as people change too. She ca be a glowing abojr the gather who raised her but if he has since changed and done things he isn't thay person anymore so she is no longer in touch with him that's her decision.

Only have to go on relationships board here to see this happening all the time.

Yes, I've just had a Google , apparently she gave permission for her friends to speak to People magazine and then TM released the letter to prove that they were not telling the truth.

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7887773/amp/Thomas-Markle-gave-letter-newspaper-let-friends-make-claims-relationship.html

Yes I meant the posts in her previous blog @OctopusFriend

Wasn’t he offered money by the papers that were writing awful things about her and took it? He joined in with bloody Piers Morgan. I can’t imagine why she won’t see him 🙄.

I wouldn’t call my mother in the same circumstances and she hasn’t met 2 of my children. Consider yourself beyond fortunate that you don’t understand.

Let’s not forget Thomas Markle the guy who set this up (wedding photos) was a friend of Meghan and has been pictured with her in recents months. She could’ve protected her Father more. I would expect my child to in similar circumstances and she certainly supported her Mother prior to the wedding.

Same. It breaks my heart but his grown up sons now visit us independently which I believe speaks volumes.

Why is it ok for the royal family to turn their backs on a family member who blabbed too
much but not ok for Meghan to turn her back on someone who blabbed too much?

good question..

I did say earlier it would presumably be the same for both..

The irony! Meghan and Harry have made an absolute career out of selling their family stories. They then go on to preach about spreading love and joy and whatever other twee word salad of the day. It's hypocrisy at its finest.

How do you know they "turned their backs" on Harry. They may not have. The difference is that Harry tells the media everything, in order to make money and keep in the headlines. The rest of the RF have chosen not to, out of privacy and respect.
Harry is a liar. Do not trust his wild claims.

I know. Five years of selling stories and vicious gossip to whatever chat show or tabloid would pay them.
Such hypocrisy.

Why is TM getting slagged off for selling stories about MM when MM has sold numerous stories about the royal family? Why is she allowed to sell sorties and he isn’t?

Exactly. How many people in Meghan and Harry’s life are that awful they need to be cut off. One or two, maybe they are the problem. Multiple family members from two families and lots of her and his friends. Very much suggests the problem lies with them.

Judging from what I have seen on the tv of both Thomas Markle and those awful step-children, and of Doria, and the way that they have all behaved throughout this saga, then give me Doria a thousand times over!

I absolutely agree with Spectre8 that relationships can change.

A lot of adult dc judge their parents harshly in their twenties but when they go on to have children themselves, their attitudes become much more grateful and forgiving.

Conversely, if you have a bad childhood, you may not have the life experience to realise that what you went through was less than ideal, so you may start off singing your parent’s praises and then start to question their actions when you become an adult.

As an actress, Meghan may also have understandably over-egged the “wonderful childhood with my dad the lighting director” for her cv.

Also, don’t underestimate the effects of shame. A child or young adult who didn’t have the greatest experience growing up, may play down what the awfulness of what they went through, because they desperately want to be seen as the same as their peers and don’t want the world to know that they weren’t loved and valued properly by the very people who should have loved them the most,

But Meghan was a mature woman, on her second marriage in her mid/late 30s by the time she married PH. She had spend the previous Thanks Giving with both of her parents, had repeatedly spoken fondly of the sacrifices he made for her but only cut him off in the days before the wedding.

He didnt suit her 'aesthetic'

I agree, @Knakeredd . That's the most likely scenario. Who would look good walking up the aisle in St George's Chapel?

Whose step children?

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I think the younger Tom M has a similar look to Harry, whilst I think Megan was predatory, I also think she was attracted to Harry.

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