Thomas Markle allegations live updates: Meghan, Harry under microscope as sick new details about her father come to light

Thomas Markle Sr. reportedly said that he went to the Philippines and Thailand because “12-year-olds are legal there.”

The disturbing claim was made by his first wife, Roslyn Loveless, in a 2019 letter she sent to London’s Metropolitan Police obtained by the Sun.

Loveless wrote, “I questioned Thomas Snr — he denied [child sex abuse] accusation but stated that he went to the Philippines and Thailand because 12-year-olds are legal there.”

In 2019, the legal age of sexual consent in the Philippines was 12 years old, but it was still illegal to pay for sex with anyone under 18.

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“Saturday Night Live UK” took a scathing dig at Meghan Markle’s dad Thomas Markle’s child porn scandal during its “Weekend Update” sketch.

“In royal news, it’s been a big 24 hours for Meghan Markle, whose dad has been accused of being an alleged pedophile, in another pathetic attempt to win over the British public,” comedian Paddy Young said in the clip.

“In 2025, Thomas Markle moved to the Philippines in a sure sign of his innocence,” he quipped.

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Meghan Markle reportedly told her father, Thomas Markle Sr., he’d never meet her children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet, in a letter sent to him last year before his child sex abuse material allegations.

According to the Sun, the Duchess of Sussex, 45, accused her father, 82, of sexually abusing children and informed him that authorities were aware of his alleged wrongdoings.

Meghan also reportedly told him it would be the last time he’d ever hear from her.

Per the outlet, the letter was reportedly sent to Thomas Sr. after his leg was amputated in December 2025 following a blood clot that cut off his circulation.

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Thomas Markle Sr.’s first wife sounded the alarm about his alleged child abuse years before he became the subject of a police investigation, multiple sources tell Page Six.

Roslyn Loveless, who was married to the former TV lighting director from 1964 to 1975, sent a letter detailing allegations about her ex-husband that found its way to London’s Metropolitan Police in 2019, we are told. Loveless died in 2024.

Although it’s not yet known what was in the letter, it was subsequently sent to Markle’s daughter, Meghan, by police. The Duchess of Sussex has said she was “deeply distressed” by the claims.

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Meghan Markle reportedly feels a “real sense of relief” that disturbing allegations against her estranged father, Thomas Markle Sr., are now being “properly investigated” — years after she first became aware of them.

A source close to the Duchess of Sussex, who is reportedly “speaking with her blessing,” told the Sun Friday that she is “utterly devastated” by the allegations that her father possessed child sexual abuse material.

“As a mom of young children herself, she is utterly devastated by all of this,” the insider said.

“Above all, her thoughts are with any children who may have been harmed. Their welfare and protection have to come first.”

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