Thomas Markle asked to leave care home and reported to FBI as child sex abuse investigation widens
Meghan Markle and Thomas Markle Sr, whose alleged 2019 paedophilia letter — denied by him — was shared with Harry and Meghan but never passed to overseas law-enforcement agencies.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.
Thomas Markle Sr, 82, has been asked to leave his care home and referred to the FBI as authorities widen their investigation following the discovery of child abuse material at a storage unit he rented in Rosarito Beach, Mexico, three miles from his former home. The FBI is working with Mexican authorities, while Philippines police continue examining devices seized from his former home there. Markle, who denies all allegations and calls them "sick lies", was photographed in a wheelchair in Lakeland, Florida, on Friday.
Scotland Yard has referred itself to the Independent Office for Police Conduct after admitting it failed to pass a 2019 letter alleging abuse to overseas law enforcement.
The Mexico unit contained books about paedophilia, magazines depicting the sexual abuse of children, unframed photographs of naked Asian females, 35mm negatives and a paper plate bearing 'DARK WEB' in red ink alongside URLs.
One photograph shows Markle Sr next to a young Asian girl on a hotel bed with his arm around her; additional images depict the same girl unclothed and posed in sexual positions.
