‘Meghan’s treating me like I’m worse than an axe murderer – I’d be a doting grandpa’, says Thomas Markle in new chat
MEGHAN Markle’s dad Thomas has slammed his daughter for treating him “worse than an axe murderer.”
The former lighting director, 76, gave a bombshell interview on 60 Minutes and spoke for the first time since the birth of his new granddaughter Lilibet.
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In the chat, he criticised the “cold” couple for refusing to see him, despite him living just 70 miles away from their swanky £11million mansion in Santa Barbara.
Thomas Markle added that even “axe murderers” are visited by their families.
Despite Meghan marrying Prince Harry in 2018, Thomas still hasn’t met his new son-in-law or his grandson Archie.
He said in the interview: “Of course it hurts, there are axe murderers in prison and their family comes to see them.
“I’m not an axe murder. I made one dumb mistake and I’ve been punished for it. This show they’ve been on, they talk about compassion, there’s no compassion for me, no compassion for my family, and no compassion for the world.
“If I had done something terribly wrong, that would be fine, but I haven’t.”
Thomas now fears he will never get to meet Archie, two, or newborn Lilibet, who was born on June 4, due to his ailing health.
He continued: “I’ll be very disappointed that I don’t get to hold my granddaughter.
“On July 18, I’ll be 77 years old. Most of the Markle men don’t make it much past 80.
“I might never see my grandchildren. I’m not looking for pity. I’m just saying that’s a reality.
“All I can say is that I hope eventually I get to see these grandchildren of mine. I’m a pretty good grandpa.”
Thomas also slammed Oprah Winfrey, who conducted the Sussexes’ bombshell CBS interview in March, and said she “used” Meghan and Harry to promote her TV ventures.
He said of the US chat show host: “I have things to say. Oprah Winfrey, for one, I think is playing Harry and Meghan.
“I think she is using them to build her network and build her new shows and I think she’s taken advantage of a very weakened man and has got him to say things that you just shouldn’t be saying on television.
“She will disagree of course, and she may even sue me, I don’t care. But the bottom line is she is working Harry.”
Thomas said he appreciated Prince Charles walking Meghan down the aisle on her wedding day in May 2018, when he was unable to attend due to a heart attack.
The lightning director added he thinks he would enjoy spending time with Charles over a beer as they have a lot in common, including being “ghosted” by their own children.
He explained: “I think we would get on quite well and I think it’s unfortunate what’s happened to him as well.
“He seems like a likeable guy and I appreciate the fact that he walked my daughter down the aisle. I could certainly not have asked for a better replacement, although I would have liked to do it myself.
Of course it hurts, there are axe murderers in prison and their family comes to see them.
Thomas Markle
“I see them both ghosting their families completely and now they are alone in a huge house where they can probably accommodate 20 people in but it’s just the four of them.
“I don’t think they are going to have relatives over for a barbecue next week or next month. I don’t know why.”
Thomas said that he “of course” still loves Meghan, despite her not speaking to him for three years after he was caught staging paparazzi photos before the wedding.
Sadly, he admitted he has “no idea” if the feeling is mutual.
He added: “Like I said, I have not spoken to her until two days before they got married when I was lying in a hospital bed, that’s the last conversation we had. I’ve not spoken to them since.”
Speaking of his paparazzi photos, he said: “I’ve apologised a hundred times for it.
“I’m not bitter, I’m confused. I just don’t have the answer. I want an answer. If I had done something terribly wrong that would be fine but I haven’t. I just want an answer.
“I don’t know if anybody that’s that cold to do this and now Meghan’s doing it to me and Harry’s doing it to his father.
“That’s a cold thing to do and it’s even more cold to do it to the Queen, who is in her nineties. That’s a cold thing to do.”
During the interview, a number of family photographs were seen around Thomas’ Californian home, including some of Meghan.
Looking at a sweet snap of Meghan as a baby, he said: “I would like to have that experience with my new granddaughter”.
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