King Charles urged Meghan to reconcile with her dad for one reason | Royal | News

King Charles has reportedly urged Meghan Markle to reconcile with her estranged father, Thomas Markle, before stepping down as senior royal staff. The 44-year-old is known to have been very close to his father before marrying into the Royal Family in 2018; She referred to him as “thoughtful, inspiring, hard-working” in a 2014 social media post.

Harry’s absence from the wedding was announced a few hours ago, with Buckingham Palace announcing that he would not be there due to health issues and his recovery from heart surgery. Just days before Meghan and Harry’s wedding, Thomas secretly collaborated with a British paparazzi photographer to stage a series of photographs; This was an action that caused him to become estranged from his daughter.

The father-daughter duo are thought to have not spoken since 2018 and have never met Harry and his two grandchildren.

according to Daily MailThe King, who celebrates his 77th birthday today, allegedly “berated” Harry and Meghan about visiting Thomas to put an end to a spate of embarrassing interviews at the time.

This included mail on sundayThis is where he threatened to “empty” the Royal Family after being cut off from Meghan.

In Thomas’ absence, King Charles walked his bride down the aisle of St George’s Chapel in Windsor on 19 May 2018.

In the 2022 Netflix docuseries, Meghan claimed she asked the King to walk her down the aisle after her father was embroiled in a paparazzi scandal.

He explained: “Harry’s dad is very attractive. And I said to him, ‘I lost my dad over this.’ So he was really important to me as my father-in-law.”

“So I asked her to walk down the aisle with me and she said yes. The whole thing was surreal. I could see H at that moment.”

Meghan currently lives in California with Harry, 41, and their children Prince Archie, 6, and Princess Lilibet, 4.