Meghan 'wanted to go public' with child abuse claims against her father, but a Met bodyguard 'warned her against it'
Meghan Markle with her father, Thomas Markle Sr, in a personal photograph taken before the FBI announced it was investigating him over child abuse images found in an abandoned Mexico storage unit, which also contained books on paedophilia, 35mm negatives of children and a paper plate bearing alleged dark web URLs.Philippine National Police officers examine seized devices at a Cebu City police facility. Thomas Markle Sr also faces a Philippine investigation after his son handed police a separate hoard of alleged abuse images.
Meghan Markle wanted to speak out publicly about child sex abuse allegations against her father Thomas Markle Sr in 2019, but a Metropolitan Police royal bodyguard told her "leave it with us, we'll investigate it" and advised her to stay silent. The same officer reportedly steered her away from going public at a moment she was already facing criticism for cutting ties with her father without explanation. The Met is still trying to identify and find that officer.
The seven-page handwritten letter, sent by Thomas Markle's first wife Roslyn Loveless before her 2024 death, alleged he had sex with a child in the US and visited the Philippines and Thailand because he claimed "12-year-olds are legal there."
Scotland Yard passed the letter to the Sussexes' Kensington Palace office for 'awareness' but failed to alert any other law enforcement agency and did not investigate, citing the offences as having occurred abroad.
Mexican Guardia Nacional sex crimes investigators raided Thomas Markle's abandoned Rosarito storage unit after midnight, seizing a computer, thumb drives, VHS tapes and magazines; one officer recoiled and exclaimed "Ay cabron" at what he saw.
