23.10.2026 00:20
Thomas Markle, the father of Duchess Meghan Markle, daughter-in-law of the British Royal Family, has been placed under police investigation on allegations that he kept child abuse images in his home in the Philippines. In the scandal revealed by the British press, it was learned that the shocking report to the police about 82-year-old father Markle was made by his own son. As the allegations, said to include hundreds of abuse images, fell like a bombshell on the world agenda, eyes turned to the Duchess of Sussex, who has not seen her father for years.
Thomas Markle, the 82-year-old father of Meghan Markle, the bride of the British Royal Family, has been placed under police investigation on allegations that he kept images of child sexual abuse at his home in the Philippines. According to a report by The Sun, one of the leading publications in the British press, the person who made the horrifying report about Thomas Markle was his own son, Thomas Markle Jr.
HIS OWN SON REPORTED HIM TO THE POLICE
According to the allegations in the report, Thomas Markle Jr. came across four large boxes full of material at his father's home in Cebu, Philippines. In his statement to the police, Markle Jr. claimed that these boxes contained “hundreds, even thousands” of child abuse images and videos.
According to the information obtained, Philippine police teams, who took action after the report, launched a comprehensive investigation and accelerated their preparations to seize the materials in question. While the allegations continue to be examined, there is not yet any finalized charge or judicial decision against Thomas Markle.
HAS NOT BEEN IN CONTACT WITH MEGHAN MARKLE FOR YEARS
Ties between Meghan Markle and her father Thomas Markle were severed before the lavish wedding to Prince Harry in 2018. The distance between the Duchess of Sussex and her father Markle, who did not attend the wedding citing the health problems he was experiencing at the time and the tension he had with the tabloid press, has been maintained for years.
After the investigation allegations, sources close to Markle who spoke to The Sun drew attention to the long-standing estrangement between the Duchess and her father, while legal experts emphasized that the allegations are still at the investigation stage and that no one can be declared guilty without a court ruling.