Thomas Markle arrested

[ElspethRose]

I see TM has been arrested for possessing incriminating material . I am wondering if his son is still being linked to these crimes.

This is absolutely horrific.

I hope that however people feel about Meghan and Harry, we can be respectful of them here.

We have a history on this forum of handling big news rather poorly.

I’m glad he’s been arrested and hopefully will face justice if he’s found to be guilty, I won’t probably stay on this thread just in case details are shared, purely my personal issues.

I probably will not, either.

It’s awful, I wonder how quick the conversation will turn to Meghan should have done X

I wouldn’t be suprised if she had been a victim of this man too sadly.

He didn’t bring her up though, did he?

(Apologies if I’ve got this wrong - I don’t really follow the royals much, but I thought she lived with her mother?)

At least M is here and not there for all this. Good move to get over here before the S hit the F.

It must be so traumatising for any family to have a person like him in it.

But he hasn't been convicted yet I suppose.

I'm half expecting comments along the lines of

"How could Meghan do this? Clearly she forced her father to download those images".

The FBI statement alleges that he is IN some of the photos.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cwnv03203yvmt?post=asset%3A5ba05261-682e-47d8-8813-6c2dce42b26b#post

Ditto

He is going to appear in Federal court in Miami today.

nypost.com/2026/11/06/us-news/thomas-markle-accused-of-unspeakable-acts-as-lawyers-reveal-sick-new-details-in-child-porn-case/

Not on here, I don’t think. I’ve seen sympathy for her as a daughter on these threads so far. No reasonable person would blame her for her father’s behaviour.

I’m a critic of Meghan and I do think that it would be tactful and tasteful for her and Harry to keep a low profile while this investigation is ongoing. Since their subject is often online safeguarding of children I imagine it would be embarrassing and difficult to put that message across at the moment.

I just wondered why you were contradicting yourself and had thought that comment seemed out of character for you.

Are we allowed to be both sympathetic and wish she had ensured the allegations made it to the FBI?

If the police notified you of allegations, wouldn't you assume they were dealing with it? I would.

Not in this situation, because it not was an alleged crime committed within the jurisdiction of the Met Police. It’s not the remit of the unit that passed the letter along to investigate, either. Their one job was to protect her.

Generally, I would have followed up because I wanted to know the truth, too. No matter my relationship I would hope like hell it was a lie, and been looking to find out for certain.

lol, you haven’t seen anyone questioning her actions on here?

Generally, I would have followed up because I wanted to know the truth, too. No matter my relationship I would hope like hell it was a lie, and been looking to find out for certain.

So how would you have found out for certain? How would you conduct an investigation?

If I were Meghan, as an American citizen and because he is also an American citizen, I would have reported it to the FBI and gotten a case number then checked back until they either closed the case as unsubstantiated or pursued it.

That’s not what @CoffeeCantata wrote. She wrote that she has not seen anyone blaming Meghan for her father’s actions.

@CircumspectionIve seen posts saying if she did more she could have stopped dc getting abused. Is that not blaming her?

@Circumspectionso what does pursuing it look like? Phoning weekly? monthly? If they said they were not investigated due to lack of evidence (I don’t believe anyone knows what was actually in the letter) then what?

Blaming her for turning a blind eye, I suppose.

I think it’s not so terrible to preach that of you see evidence of something of this nature you need to act. You, Me, Meghan; anyone.

I won’t pretend I feel otherwise to spare anyone’s feelings today.

Why didn’t the person who wrote the letter go to the authorities?

More than once in seven years?

If they don’t have other evidence then they at least have it on record.

We report simple complaints to authorities all the time. Medical office, for example. Maybe it goes no where, but into a record so that if a pattern is revealed it’s noticed.

Because they were a messed up person perhaps. What does it matter?

Meghan has gone on record saying she had this info and stopped speaking with her father because of it. So she believed it to be true?