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

[Zonk]

Yeah, Tom Sr. DOES NOT need to move to England. Than we will get the inevitable he is living off the public purse comments. And if Meghan doesn't share information with him, I can see why. He can't stop talking to either TMZ or Sam. And I don't expect him not to talk to Sam but don't share news about Meghan.

He moved to Mexico for a reason. I assume to escape the pressures of family, LA, etc. Apparently where he lives now is quiet and affordable.

While there will always be an interest in him due to his association to the BRF, it will die (or at least it should as long as he stops talking to TMZ) once the wedding is over. Revive if and when they have a child and die down again.

In regards to Samantha, what you see is what you get. And honestly, no one should be shocked that neither she nor her brother were invited to the wedding based on their antics of the last two weeks. And eventually, the well will dry for her as well. No one will be interested in her story since she is saying the same thing over and over again. No new news.

[Osipi]

From the way I'm looking at things, Meghan had her own life pretty much for quite a while before she met Harry. She was estranged from the bulk of her paternal side of the family all those years and made a success of her life and did some pretty amazing things.

Her paternal, estranged family is only visible now because her marriage to Harry is such a high profile event and has garnered world wide interest. Once the vows have been said, the cake cut and all the pictures taken and the clean up crew arrives to clean up after all the wedding events, what will be important to Meghan is to start her new life with Harry, embrace her new role as a Princess of the UK and perhaps start a family.

She didn't need the estranged family during her years in Toronto and she doesn't need them now. Its gotten to the point with all the debacles leading up to the wedding that she shouldn't even *want* them in her life. How she perceives her father is her own business but I do not, in any way, see her and Harry micromanaging his life at all.

Meghan will prevail and remain of interest to the world around her. Her half siblings will be relegated back under the rock they crawled out from under. I do hope that Tom Sr. recovers nicely from his heart procedure. Its just a shame that all the machinations going on around him has built up to be such a disappointment not only to him, but also to his daughter who will not have him by her side on her wedding day.

[Zaira]

Piers Morgan has a very backhanded article in the DM, so again, don’t let his tv persona trick you. The man is still the worst.

The media is feeding Sam. It has been proven several times now that she knows nothing about anything. But the media only cares about the spectacle and embarrassing Meghan IMO.

[Mbruno]

Originally Posted by Elenath

Opinion piece in the NYT.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/15/o...imes&smtyp=cur

How odd that a serious paper like the NYT would waste printing space with futile stories like the Markle family drama. And, to make things worse, it is not even a British paper.

[Cathy-PA USA]

Originally Posted by French Toast

Sorry to disrupt the flow of the conversation, but can you or anyone else tell me who Yvonne is....
Thank you for responding.

Yvonne is Meghan's half-sister, also known as Samantha. Yvonne was the name given on her birth certificate and was used by the writer of the post I had responded to. Sorry for the confusion!

[Zonk]

Originally Posted by Zaira

Piers Morgan has a very backhanded article in the DM, so again, don’t let his tv persona trick you. The man is still the worst.

The media is feeding Sam. It has been proven several times now that she knows nothing about anything. But the media only cares about the spectacle and embarrassing Meghan IMO.

I don't think the media cares about embarrassing Meghan. It's all about publicity and clicks on their website. The antics of Sam, Thomas Jr. and Thomas Sr. are like an accident you know you shouldn't look at but can't stop staring.

Look at us...we are still talking about them!

As previously said, when the wedding fever dies down and harry and Meghan go about their lives, some of the Markle's will fade again. They will never go away because they like the attention too much (and maybe the dollars) but at some point even the most vocal Sam and Thomas Jr. fans are going to say...okay this is too much.

[M. Payton]

Originally Posted by Elenath

Opinion piece in the NYT.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/15/o...imes&smtyp=cur

Thank you for posting that article.....that was *priceless* and made my day!

[Juliette2]

Originally Posted by Princess Merena

I have to say that Harry bringing up Meghan not having any family was a genius move. Now when all this craziness is going on, people can see why he said it.

I still think it was an unfair thing to say considering the relationship she has with her mother, and somewhat with her father.

[FashionMaven]

Originally Posted by Missy-

When I talked to her it was pretty obvious that she knew nothing about Meghan, all she wanted to talk about was her own daughter and how they didn't get along and why. That was over a year ago, she seems to have moved on from that and now is loving the attention and the money. Speaking of money, I'm sure the IRS will be interested to see how much she's made this year talking, she'd better be really careful to report every cent, I think people will be watching.

Have to head of to work now, bbl.

Wait - I'm sorry - YOU talked to Samantha?

[wyevale]

Any news on 'the patient' ?

[Madame Verseau]

This idea of paying off the Markles is nonsense. They will always demand money, luxury accommodations, stays at royal estates , etc. You don't pay blackmailers, they will always come back for more.

Doria has arrived in London.
Meghan Markle's mother Doria arrives in UK to reunite with daughter | Daily Mail Online

Doria has arrived in grand style complete with police escort. Now compare to how the Dooleys rolled into London the other day:

https://www.google.com/amp/www.daily...-Heathrow.html

It shows who is loved and who is not.

Sr's hospital stay - I think TMZ knows he is not in the hospital and they will reveal it for an exclusive, that he deceived Meghan and the BRF for money.

[jacqui24]

Originally Posted by Mbruno

How odd that a serious paper like the NYT would waste printing space with futile stories like the Markle family drama. And, to make things worse, it is not even a British paper.

What does them not being a British paper have to do with this? Honestly, I doubt they'd care this much (or other US media) about this wedding if Harry wasn't marrying an American. Just like do you see them caring about Charlene as much as they care(d) about Grace?

Originally Posted by duchesschicana

Here are some comments I found interesting

By all accounts, Tom Markle seems to be a good and kind man. Just terrible judgment.

[Jacknch]

Please note that speculative posts concerning the possibility of threats to Samantha have been removed.

[Curbside]

https://news.sky.com/story/meghan-ma...dding-11374474

Doria arrives in London. I have to say, the woman doesn't even look 51, much less 61.

[Tarlita]

I can only report that on one of our news channels one of our reporter's in Florida at the moment said that Samantha has turned a room in her house into a studio for interviews. And that she charges $6,000 per interview. Sounds about right to me. However, how accurate any of this is - is anyone's guess.

[ACO]

I wouldn't even be surprised. People have said they declined interviews with her because she charges too much. Notice how she avoided revealing if she was paid well. It makes me laugh how she is like "I can't talk about MY life" when she knows damn well the only reason anyone talking to her is because she is Meghan's half sister.

[Osipi]

Now that the events leading up to the wedding are in full swing and its getting closer and closer to the ceremony, the media hopefully will be focusing on that rather than the bleating of a snippy half sibling.

Sam has gotten too stale to really generate much interest anymore. She's either going to get more demented or crash and burn and the sad part about that is that there will no one that actually cares anymore.

[Pranter]

I haven't read any of her articles or interviews ..haven't watched any....but really what else is there for her to say?


LaRae

[Alliec76]

Originally Posted by O-H Anglophile

I think this makes more sense than Sr suddenly deciding to blab all to the media after months of silence.

But if you are already inclined to believe the worst of anyone associated with Meghan (and Meghan herself), then nefarious intentions will always be the immediate go to.

If he really is doing this for money, he's doing it wrong.

[AlowVera]

Originally Posted by Tarlita

I can only report that on one of our news channels one of our reporter's in Florida at the moment said that Samantha has turned a room in her house into a studio for interviews. And that she charges $6,000 per interview. Sounds about right to me. However, how accurate any of this is - is anyone's guess.

Wow she does about 4 per day, no wonder she changes her story with the weather.

Seriously they are paying her to dish the non existant dirt they think she has on Meghan. The media have been willing dupes.