Meghan Markle has been forced to tell Prince Harry the truth about her father after a British writer once again brought this family scandal back into the spotlight. The journalist has revealed the reason why the Duchess of Sussex doesn't want her father to have a relationship with her husband.
It's no secret to anyone that there has been a tense relationship for some time between Meghan Markle and her father, Thomas Markle. However, new details have recently been revealed that shed light on this family conflict.
Among them, the real reason stands out as to why Prince Harry never got to meet his father-in-law. The one responsible for exposing all this information has been the program Royal Exclusive from the British outlet The Sun.
In it, writer and broadcaster Hugo Vickers has analyzed this complex situation involving Meghan Markle and her father. At that moment, he stated that there are three possible reasons why the Duchess of Sussex prevented her husband from meeting Thomas.
Why Meghan Markle doesn't want Prince Harry to have a relationship with Thomas Markle
According to Vickers, the first reason would be that Meghan Markle "was ashamed of him," something he considers "unattractive" for her public image. The second possibility, as he explains, is that the former actress thought her father had behaved inappropriately:
"Possibly, she thought he had done something. But when Prince Harry called Mr. Markle and asked if he could marry his daughter, he said: 'You can marry her... as long as you never raise your hand against her.'"
A phrase that, for Vickers, might have seemed out of place. "Of course we don't talk like that, so maybe he lives in a world where people have done that kind of thing." He also questioned whether that was really the cause of the estrangement: "I also question it, I don't think that's the case."
The third reason the writer suggests is that perhaps Meghan Markle feared her father "might have warned Prince Harry" about her. This would include personal, family, or past details that the Duchess didn't want to become public.
This hypothesis gains strength considering the progressive deterioration that the relationship between the Duchess of Sussex and her father has experienced. A definitive break that occurred in 2018, when Thomas Markle arranged photos with paparazzi for money, right before his daughter's wedding.
An act that Meghan Markle labeled as betrayal. In fact, in her interview with Oprah in 2021, she was blunt about it: "I lost my father." Since then, Thomas has tried to reconnect with his daughter and has expressed his regret for not having met his grandchildren, Archie and Lilibet.