Meghan Markle: Family and Background - November 2017-May 2018

[Zaira]

Originally Posted by soapstar

So this is now the third time Thomas has gone to TMZ and spilled the family business. SMH. It feels incredibly manipulative for him to keep running to the press to discuss this. At this point, I think it's best that he stay away from the wedding.

It is clear to me now that he is manipulating Meghan. This is disgusting. Markle should be ashamed of himself. The pap issue could have been excused, but this subsequent crap with TMZ is pure emotional manipulation and abuse.

The palace needs to get a handle on this now. This is overshadowing what should be a big triump for Harry, Meghan and the family and a national celebration.

[ACO]

I don't want him there. I think Thomas Sr is manipulating his daughter. This is her time and all we are talking about him and his other daughter. This is ridiculous. Why does he keep going to TMZ. No doubt in those "messages" from Meghan she told him to knock it off. Something is very off about all of this now and my heart breaks for Meghan.

[Juliette2]

Originally Posted by O-H Anglophile

Why are you blaming Harry and Meghan for the actions of Meghan's relatives? None of it is a reflection on either of them nor should it affect any role they take on for the BRF.

"Pippa Middleton lacked class when she kept on and on writing about her derriere..." I think you have confused Pippa with the tabloid press.

KP, PH and MM should think of protecting the monarchy FIRST. That's their first goal. They can choose to do otherwise, renounce his title and live happily privately. They both have private means/skills which would certainly allow them to do just that.

About Pippa Middleton (sorry it's OT): In a public speech she said: ""As I have found out, recognition has its upside, its downside and – you may say – its backside". And in articles she wrote in Vanity Fair (which I can't find at the moment) also wrote again about it...

[O-H Anglophile]

Originally Posted by Juliette2

I just feel sorry for the woman because sha has MS. Believe me, it's not an easy illness to deal with.

I don't feel sorry for her at all at this point. Her illness is not an excuse for this sort of behavior.

[Marlo]

Originally Posted by Juliette2

I just feel sorry for the woman because sha has MS. Believe me, it's not an easy illness to deal with.

About the update...please, make it stop. Can this get any more ridiculous??

Now that I think about it...How didn't MM and KP realize the pictures were fake? Mr. Markle being "measured by a tailor"??? His suit is probably being made in Saville Row and then fitted in the two days preceding the wedding... I think everybody knew and hoped it wouldn't come out...

I don't understand why you feel sorry for Samantha? I don't care if she has MS. She doesn't deserve sympathy. She is a MEAN spirited fool.

[Juliette2]

Meghan Markle's Dad Thomas Now Wants to Walk Daughter Down the Aisle | TMZ.com

This family is insane. They have no idea what they're doing. What a total embarrassment.

[Zaira]

People feel bad for Samantha?? She is a toxic and awful person. She deserves no sympathy. Her goal has been to hurt her sister from the start. And she is succeeding! Sam and her father are ruining her sister’s special week. It’s sickening

[ACO]

Originally Posted by O-H Anglophile

I don't feel sorry for her at all at this point. Her illness is not an excuse for this sort of behavior.

This. Her MS is a poor excuse. She knows exactly what she is doing and uses her MS as a weapon against people all the time. I have lost count how many times she tossed her being in a wheelchair back at people who called her out.

[wyevale]

The only members of this ghastly family I have ANY sympathy for, are the Bride, and [to a lesser extent] her Mother, who must be in a 'proper state' herself over this..The rest 'can do one'..

[duchesschicana]

I just hope Meghan wll have her dad there if she truly wants him there. if TMz or any media outlets have been following her dad and he has been truly sent to the hopital he wouldnt even to say anything, I would think the press would put two and two together, just a thought, heck I wouldnt put it pass the press to follow him to the hospital given the chance.

[Ista]

Originally Posted by Osipi

Now.... wait for it.... Daddy can go to the wedding but Daddy needs assistance so that job falls to his eldest daughter who will be accompanying him throughout his stay in the UK.

(Osipi washes her mouth out with soap)

I hope you're making a warding off the evil eye sign as you say this.

And that's almost not a joke.

I so, so hope you are wrong.

[soapstar]

Posts discussing Nazis and the BRF, the US Constitution, Guantanamo Bay and US history have been deleted. Let's please stick to the topic, which is Meghan's family.

[princess gertrude]

After days of reading all of this and watching the TMZ clip, I hope for everyone's sake that Mr. Markle stays in Mexico (or LA or wherever) and does not attend the wedding. This has been a really big mess up on his part (and the extended family). KP needs to get a handle on this situation quickly and/or MM needs to tell her dad to please stop talking to the media outlets. It's gotten way out of hand. I feel for Meghan and Harry being put in this situation, when this week and especially Saturday should be the happiest day of their lives.

[jacqui24]

Originally Posted by princess gertrude

After days of reading all of this and watching the TMZ clip, I hope for everyone's sake that Mr. Markle stays in Mexico (or LA or wherever) and does not attend the wedding. This has been a really big mess up on his part (and the extended family). KP needs to get a handle on this situation quickly and/or MM needs to tell her dad to please stop talking to the media outlets. It's gotten way out of hand. I feel for Meghan and Harry being put in this situation, when this week and especially Saturday should be the happiest day of their lives.

Agreed. It seems, from what we read in the TMZ article, that he has not talked to his daughter, but it's not due to lack of effort on her part. She has called him and texted him. Instead of reading him the riot act, which I'm sure most of us would be doing if this was happening to us, she's concerned about his health and wants him there regardless of the embarrassment he's caused her. She's also publicly asking for understanding and respect to be extended to him. He doesn't deserve her.

[Lady Reem]

Originally Posted by Juliette2

Meghan Markle's Dad Thomas Now Wants to Walk Daughter Down the Aisle | TMZ.com

This family is insane. They have no idea what they're doing. What a total embarrassment.

Bottom line, he says, "Of course I'd walk her down the aisle. This is a historic moment. I'd like to be a part of history."

And there we have it. What about wanting to be there to support Meghan, Sr?

[ACO]

Originally Posted by princess gertrude

After days of reading all of this and watching the TMZ clip, I hope for everyone's sake that Mr. Markle stays in Mexico (or LA or wherever) and does not attend the wedding. This has been a really big mess up on his part (and the extended family). KP needs to get a handle on this situation quickly and/or MM needs to tell her dad to please stop talking to the media outlets. It's gotten way out of hand. I feel for Meghan and Harry being put in this situation, when this week and especially Saturday should be the happiest day of their lives.

I have very little doubt Meghan hasn't told her father to not talk. He is going on TMZ basically saying "I missed Meghan's calls but I got her message!" What is that? is he avoiding her? He doesn't even make sense. He says he doesn't wan to embarrass her yet he is airing their personal business all over the media? He hasn't all this time and now he has given TMZ three interviews. Seriously?

He is no better than his kids. That much is clear now. He is emotionally manipulating Meghan and it is vicious. I hope her mother and her BFFs are in London now and loving on her, but also reminding her that she has kept her distance from these people for a reason. Tell dad you love him but to stay home.

It is the best for everyone.

[Cocoasneeze]

He's an extremely manipulative man. His daughter is actually begging him to come to her wedding, he doesn't answer her calls or texts, but then talks to TMZ. He wants to be part of HISTORY?! I'm so sorry this is happening in public 4 days before the wedding, and he's humiliating Meghan like this.

[jacqui24]

Originally Posted by ACO

I have very little doubt Meghan hasn't told her father to not talk. He is going on TMZ basically saying "I missed Meghan's calls but I got her message!" What is that? is he avoiding her? He doesn't even make sense. He says he doesn't wan to embarrass her yet he is airing their personal business all over the media? He hasn't all this time and now he has given TMZ three interviews. Seriously?

He is no better than his kids. That much is clear now. He is emotionally manipulating Meghan and it is vicious. I hope her mother and her BFFs are in London now and loving on her, but also reminding her that she has kept her distance from these people for a reason. Tell dad you love him but to stay home.

It is the best for everyone.

At this point, I think KP should just come out with a statement saying that Meghan has asked her father to stay home and focus on his health and that her mother or someone else will walk her down the aisle or however they want to handle the aisle situation. That's the only way to put an end to this.

[Zaira]

Originally Posted by jacqui24

At this point, I think KP should just come out with a statement saying that Meghan has asked her father to stay home and focus on his health and that her mother or someone else will walk her down the aisle or however they want to handle the aisle situation. That's the only way to put an end to this.

I agree. This has been dragged on for way too long.

[wyevale]

"I'd like to be a part of history."

Yeah, right.. more like " I'd like to flog the story of my experiences in the UK to the HIGHEST bidder"...