Samantha Markle - who is Mr Markle’s daughter from his first marriage - told the BBC: “If he is called, he will come.”
The confirmation comes following reports Mr Markle would be prepared to take the stand as a key witness for the defence in a case Meghan has brought against the owners of the Mail on Sunday.
Mr Markle, 75, has given lawyers previously unseen text messages sent in the build-up to Meghan’s wedding, according to a report published in The Sun.
Documents filed at London’s High Court outlined the extent of her fall out with her dad – and claimed she was behind a smear campaign against him.
The documents have been filed by the Mail On Sunday as it fights a legal action bought by Meghan.
They say intimate details of her broken relationship with her father – revealed in a US magazine by five “friends” – could only have come from her.
They also accuse Meghan of using friends to pressure UK journalists into dropping stories about her.
She is suing the newspaper for damages after it published a leaked letter she wrote to Thomas three months after her May 2018 wedding.
Meghan claims it was misuse of her private information and breach of copyright.
SHATTERED RELATIONSHIP
She could be forced to hand over private text messages, emails and phone records as part of the legal disclosure process. And she is likely to be called as a witness if the case is not settled out of court.
The five-page handwritten letter was posted to Thomas by the Duchess of Sussex’s Los Angeles-based business manager.
The court documents say that after Mr Markle messaged his daughter saying he couldn’t come to her wedding because he had been rushed to hospital for emergency heart surgery and told not to fly on health grounds, he received a text that appeared to be from Prince Harry.
The message accused him of causing hurt to his daughter and did not ask about his health, leaving him “deeply hurt”.
In return, Mr Markle wrote: “I’ve done nothing to hurt you Meghan or anyone else … I’m sorry my heart attack is … any inconvenience for you.”
Meghan was seen last night for the first time since the “Megxit” crisis exploded leaving her Canadian hideaway in a seaplane.
The Duchess, 38, has been lying low at an £11 million ($A20.7 million) retreat on Vancouver Island while Prince Harry thrashed out their royal breakaway deal in Britain.from news.com.au
*If only the hands of the clock can be turned back.......
This matter is just getting worse.This would have been a perfect time for Unity on all fronts.....How can Meghan be hiding?She kill person?
For how long?Anyway make i drink water
What kind of double wahala is this? Inlaws, no way, your own family no way!
ReplyDeleteHer own family? At what point? Family is fantastic. But if they will cause me turmoil, I'll step aside. Aside from the likes of the queen, very few family members will cater for your children if something happens. A dedicated mother must do everything in her power to stay healthy; mentally and emotionally. Physically and spiritually to raise her children.
DeleteSince she has cut off from her family ,I thought by now,she would have stopped using the MARKLE surname .
DeleteLet her change her surname na,What is she waiting for,as they are toxic and wicked as you all claim.
10:00, please don't be an illiterate.
DeleteMumu anon 10:10 .. did she force them to use the name??
DeleteYou are the illiterate,mumu
DeleteWhen everyone seems to be against you, it's better you take a step back and do some soul searching. No human is perfect,we all have our peculiar short-comings. But in areas where you can correct and work on yourself,pls do.
DeleteI personally believe in resolution of conflict. I don't cut off people directly nor totally,especially family. I just give you distance. Enough for it to give me peace but not too far that we can't be civil with eachother.
The royal family and press may have given Diana issues but she still had love from her family and so many millions of people. You can't barricade yourself in life and say it's only me and my hubby and child against everybody. You can't live that way.
The only thing that saddens me is the estranged relationship btw those two brothers. William and kate should be their closest allies. They are all even mates and shld be best of friends,all their kids should grow together as cousins. But even kate and William are keeping their distance....I have sister in-laws that ain't my cup of tea,but I fake the friendship for benefit of my marriage.
Meghan do some soul searching. You need to swallow pride and reach out to certain ppl. Making ammends and being the first to reach out may make you feel like a fool. But it is actually a brave and wise person that makes such decision. Let ppl see you as a fool. You know your gain from it...
Meghan warriors abeg keep off my comment o. We must all not always agree with eachothers point of view.
Bed and roses thank you for this. You have just hit the nail on the head.
DeleteBed and Roses, she has her mother, that's family to her.
DeleteYou can only speak for yourself not someone you know nothing about except what you read from the media.
How could a 75 year old man be dragging his daughter up and down?
Would your own father hold you up to such ridicule and before the whole world?
How come he didn't drag her when she was just an actress.
What is in it for him?
Think about it.
Anon 14.09 kindly refrain from using I or any of my family in your case study and learn how to talk next time. As you see no insults in my comment.
DeleteAs I said im indifferent towards the Meghan,her father or even their lineage.
My only concern is with Diana's sons as brothers and how they seem to be estranged at present. That you get married doesn't need to affect that bond. I have read interviews from William and only a blind person won't see there is a divide. And this all started when Meghan joined them.
Let her and her father keep dragging eachother....e no concern me.
I want to ask a question. If you father has 3 children and 2 were alcoholics and proven wife beaters and child abusers would you have anything to do with them? There are police reports and court records to prove this. Would you also have anything to do with a father who gangs up with the press against you and has never seen 5 of his other grand children? I rest my case.
DeleteHe didn't drag her when she was an actress because she didn't ghost him then.how can your husband to be not see your dad before their engagement was announced .she met Harry in 2016,on father's day that same year,she wrote so many nice things about her dad,appreciating him for all he did for her .I saw the message,yet she couldn't introduce Harry to her dad before their engagement in Oct 2017.she even changed her contact.she ghosted everybody including uncles,cousins,colleagues etc that were there for her. How would you feel as a parent if your child did something like this to you.
DeleteHow can you only you be having problems with your family,your in laws and others,It shows she is the one with problem.
Thanks you bed and roses,your comment was apt.
I cant believe William and Harry are so apart now.ðŸ˜ðŸ˜
Bed and Roses sheath your 'emotions'.
DeleteThere was nothing in that comment to upset you.
You were busy writing an epistle here on the Royal family because 'they are not your family' yet you get upset when asked to put yourself in Meghan's shoes.
There's only 'one word' for this you attitude. Go check it up.
Anon 15:56 you sit in your home and know everything about the life of someone your paths never crossed and might never cross.
Pharisees.
Anon 15.34 pls go and ask your papa and ur siblings this questions, I can't relate sorry.
DeleteWilliam and Harry have been having their issues before Meghan came into the picture.
DeleteYou people should fear God abeg.
Lies which issue brothers wan get. It's women that come into a family and scatter everything by putting ideas in their husband head. Seen it happen so many times. Case study is P SQUARE.
DeleteThis is getting serious
ReplyDeleteI don't understand you, Stella. One minute you are for Meghan, the next, you are not!
ReplyDeleteIn fact, may God help them all
Meghan cannot be fighting everyone.
ReplyDeleteIs she really a bad person?
When I hear kids fight their parents, it beats me. I just don’t get it. I seriously hope with Harry, it’d be different.
We all have short memories. Is it because the newspapers are fighting back by twisting their stories. Were they not the same people that made it public that the father is a scoundrel. Always paying him to play victim. She made a good decision to cut him off earlier and she shouldn't back down from it.
DeleteAnon 09:23 thank you for reminding them!
DeleteAll Meghan's attackers, food has landed
ReplyDeleteYou,that is her supporter,What do you have to say,E go clear for una eyes.
DeleteAnd you people are blaming Meghan? Have you all forgotten how this same sister tried to ruin the wedding with her wicked statements against Meghan? Envy and jealousy no be here. If there were Nigerians, they probably would have used juju to kill Meghan
ReplyDeleteMeghan behaved exactly like her sister warned.Na only Nigerians dey do juju, meg may be juju herself. If a white made your comment, you would have screamed racism.
DeletePlease tell us how she behaved exactly like her sister claimed?? You sit behind your computer and phone typing what you don't know about. Nonsense!!!
DeleteI now understand when people don't want their kids getting married into dysfunctional families.
DeleteWhen my cousin was engaged to one guy that his father was big time womanizer that impregnated women about even though rich but no stable wife. The mother wasn't any better. 4 kids from 3 women. Even the boy couldn't hold a job though they had money. My uncle said Never his only daughter can't enter such family. Na scatter they scatter am.
There is no way the spouse you marry family dysfunction won't affect you. If you like run abroad. It will still follow.
You must be dwelling in your village cave when Samantha warned RF about Meghan, mumu.
DeleteLol,she feels she can get away with anything,she never see anything .
ReplyDeleteThat letter was too personal and her father said from the day it leaked,he had nothing to do with it.
She is always leaking stories about herself or telling others to do it for her,when she is not adored or applauded ,they call it racism.you want privacy but you are leaking stories to the press and you still want to sue them too.i know they are not winning this one. Most Canadians don't even want them in their country.
They just made matter worse for themselves.
Most Canadians don't want them? Please show empirical evidence. She leaked the information? Also show proof. My goodness, the way we emphatically state issues we know nothing about is interesting.
DeleteThat was a lie. Her father has been lying since day 1. Was he not the one that collected money from tabloids to take paparazzi pictures, and the children were defending him before they found out it was staged. That her family never bothered about her until she was set to marry the prince.
DeleteYou all should go online and see polls
DeletePolls reported by the same racist press, abi?
DeleteWhat demographics were considered in the polls? How representative the coverage and authentic the results?
DeleteTheir wahala abeg! Too much drama going on
ReplyDeleteNa wa o! Why is Meghan trouble with everyone or is it that these people don’t like her and will do anything to bring her down? It is well with them o!
ReplyDeleteA good father will protect his daughter! His mouth is always running. Wish harry and Meghan all the best.
ReplyDeleteThank you very much Bini.
DeleteWhat will a good daughter do? Like beget likes, meg must be as bad as her father. Lion dey born goat?
DeleteShe's not hiding. She was at a very public gathering a day or two ago. Looking relaxed and happy. If Meghan wasn't Meghan, will Samantha be all up in her business? Even if they reconcile, personally, I'll never trust that family member that would rather sell me out instead of keeping quiet. There's a Yoruba saying (No, they are clearly not Yoruba before someone burps beneath my comment) that "agba ma' gba ni" or something of this nature. Loosely translated;at times, an elder let's go for peace. The queen has set this example because of her love for Harry , her grandson. If you claim to love that child, after all else is said and done, sometimes you let things be. You do throw away the Baby with the bath water.!!!!
ReplyDeleteDON'T throw away the Baby with the
DeleteLETS and not let's.....(corrected by the writer)
Lols.. the fear of grammar nazis is the beginning of correct English
Delete10:53, I am a grammar nazi. I was distracted while typing and didn't read through.
DeleteTalk about household wickedness at lack of wisdom. Megan needs be prayerful and tactful
ReplyDeleteI feel for the both of them,the preessure is so damn much.
ReplyDeleteEven if Meghan and Harry did not break away, some one ,someday would still have broken away.
Time for bonding is filled with so much tension and burden,this could lead to depression if they are not strong enough.
A Nigeria father will just ignore you.
Whatever it is,someone needs to come down for the tension to die down.
Exactly. And that's what it appears the queen has done. For this Harry will be grateful. He watched his mom die with the same criticisms. Maybe he wants more from this life than is being offered. We are thinking like Nigerians, where we stick it out for the good life. It's why a billionaire will marry her driver. Naija, lailai! Kings have abdicated before for love and peace. And Harry isn't even one nor is he likely to be except we believe Nostradamus. So, let this man grab and hold on to whatever he feels will give him joy.
DeleteThey didn't break away cleanly and with wisdom
DeleteTiming wrong
Reason dodgy
Track record workshy
Attitude terrible and greedy
Leave title MBA
Accept work MBA
Sons delivery and pictures management rubbish
Sense zero
She is the architect of her problems by compounding it with ambitious merching and manipulativeness
Harry petulant man child with attitude problem
All these conclusions/assumptions on an issue you know nothing about other than what you read on the internet??
DeletePlease you are dangerous.
You are so brainwashed by all the media have been spewing. Don't cast aspersions when you know nothing about the people involved.
DeleteJet li, is this you or someone else? 😯
DeleteGod should not allow us to have a family like Meghan family ooooooo!..Chai!Chai!!..😳😳😳😳
ReplyDeleteDon't be like Meghan then. Everyone can't be on your neck for no cause.
DeleteFamily not the best
DeleteMeghan foolish and shortsighted
Anon 09:02..you are just a halfwit.
DeleteCan you drop your comment without insulting someone,bunny boiler🖕
Since Meghan got married to prince harry no rest of mind at all.. Na waoo Abi they should all leave this young lady to Enjoy her marriage..Even the father wanna testify.. TESTIFY of what kwanu...
ReplyDeleteFrom one wahala to another.. What a wicked family.
ReplyDeleteAsine ee I just dey pity the woman.
DeleteThey should let this girl be abeg. Which kind of toxic family is this
ReplyDeleteI thought the father said meagan has not contacted him since their wedding?
ReplyDeleteVery toxic family, I wish the man can just shut up and stop allowing himself to be used by samantha!
Meagan is this and that but she is still his child,let her be! She has been trying to have small peace yet no way!
Royal family no fit put mouth for this matter make peace reign once and for all?
Now y'all see why the lady wants to be as far from the UK as possible.
They want to crash ths marriage but God pass them.Meagan I don add your name join my prayer list o.
Harry! You are a GOOD MAN.
100 Gbosa for you!
The girl was born to be famous any which way. Haba, only one person? Fight family, fight in-laws, only bad news. Then masquerade as good with 'philantrophy' works here and there, all for public accolade. Hmmm, we are glued to our TV, I know she can't be as good as my Veronica when it comes to the profession no matter how hard she tries.
ReplyDeleteI really feel for Meghan. Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown. I can't make conclusions based on media reports that aren't even validated, but I pray she and Harry pulls through all of this. The decision they made is deep and there's no going back from it. It is well. As for her sister, that's household enemy for u. The enemies of a man are those of his household. Envy is one ugly emotion.
ReplyDeleteMeghan is a selfish little girl,she is a pretender.
ReplyDeleteThere's something about Megan. She's not pure. Her hands are not clean in all of these.
ReplyDeleteOh wow Don, and you know this just by seeing her name in print.!!!
DeleteTefe and Don 'Ndi pure water'.
ReplyDeleteImperfect perfectionists.
If they open your closets now, they will be full of dead men's bones.
Lol
DeleteMy own is why break two brothers that love each other from birth? I live in UK and I know the Queen broke many rules just to satisfy them but mba , Meagan wasn’t satisfied until she finally messed up. How can they make such decisions without informing the Queen or Prince Charles? Instead they went on Instagram to announce it and they claimed to want privacy? Hmmm ......... we are watching. I just pray Harry won’t regret this steps,
ReplyDeleteWhat makes u ppl imagine that she must be responsible for all the fallouts? Do u live with them? The British tabloids have really done a number on the lot of u. Pls enough of the gullibility.
ReplyDelete