Thomas Markle's ex-wife told the Met in a 2019 letter that he chose the Philippines 'because 12-year-olds are legal'
Meghan Markle with her father Thomas Markle Sr. The Metropolitan Police lost its own copy of a letter alleging Thomas Markle, 82, visited Southeast Asia to abuse children, and had to request Meghan's copy.Kitebrook School in the Cotswolds, named as the prep school attended by Archie and Lilibet, as the Met weighs whether to refer itself to the police watchdog over its handling of claims against Thomas Markle Sr.
Roslyn Loveless, who died in 2024, wrote to the Metropolitan Police alleging that Thomas Markle Sr. had committed child sex offences — a letter Meghan later referenced in her public statement on 23 October, though she incorrectly gave the year as 2018. The letter also alleged that Markle Sr. had molested a child and had admitted travelling to Southeast Asia for that purpose. Philippine National Police spokesman Colonel Allen Rae Co confirmed that digital forensic analysis of the seized material is under way and that the FBI has made contact with Filipino investigators.
Last week, Markle Sr.'s son Thomas Jr. handed over four large boxes of unviewed material to Filipino police, with the images uncovered so far reportedly only 'the tip of the iceberg'.
Philippine National Bureau of Investigation director Melvin Matibag confirmed his agency is now working directly with the FBI.
Meghan is reportedly 'really cut up' and finds the allegations 'traumatic', but there is also reportedly 'a slight sense of relief that this is all coming out'.
