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queen of sussex Has “reached out” to her estranged father Thomas Markle His leg was amputated after the report After surgery in the Philippines.
Meghan has been estranged from her father since their wedding in 2018, after he was caught taking paparazzi photos before the big day.
A spokesperson for the Duchess of Sussex said: “I can confirm that she has reached out to her father.”
It is understood that the development has just taken place.
No further details have been released, including whether Meghan’s effort was successful.
It is said that Meghan had tried to contact him earlier also.
Mr Markle, who moved from Mexico to live in the Philippines, has never met his grandchildren Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet.
Her son, Thomas Markle Jr., said before the news that the duchess had “reached out” that she hoped Meghan would show “compassion.”
“My only wish is that Meghan would show some mercy to my father. He is literally fighting for his life,” he told the Daily Mail.
Mr Markle pulled out of attending Harry and Meghan’s wedding seven years ago after he was caught taking photographs for paparazzi in the US and then suffered a heart attack.
Harry’s father, now king, walked Meghan down the aisle.
Mr Markle repeatedly spoke to the media and later claimed Meghan had “abandoned” him.
He criticized Meghan but still said he wanted to reconnect with her, and publicly requested to be able to see Archie and Lily in 2023, saying: “She is not the person I knew as my daughter.”
The Duchess previously won a privacy and copyright claim in the High Court against Associated Newspapers Ltd (ANL) over articles that reproduced parts of a “personal and private” handwritten letter she wrote to Mr Markle asking him to stop speaking to the press.
