Thomas Markle's granddaughter says child abuse image claims he denies are 'not a surprise' and 'something was off' about him
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.
Noelle Rasmussen, niece of Meghan Markle, says she never felt at ease around her grandfather Thomas Markle Sr and called Scotland Yard's failure to pass on a 2019 letter alleging abuse to international agencies "embarrassing." The FBI is now poised to join the Philippine investigation after Philippine National Police colonel Allen Rae Co confirmed the agency has expressed readiness to assist in identifying children in the seized images.
The Met misplaced the original 2019 letter — written by Markle Sr's ex-wife Roslyn Loveless — and had to ask Meghan for her copy.
Philippine officials say forensic work could identify the person behind the data haul by the weekend, with Markle Jr due in court in Cebu City to give a fifth sworn statement.
Markle Sr, 82, denies child abuse, admitting only to paying adult prostitutes for sex, and says any illicit material on his devices "was put there by someone else."
