Meghan Markle has reacted to the news about his father being investigated for alleged possession of child pornography. “My thoughts are with all the children who may have been victims of abuse,” he said. On the other hand, her sister says that the accusations “are unfounded”.
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23/10/2026
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A duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle, has reacted to recent news about her father being investigated for alleged possession of child pornography. Prince Harry’s wife said she was “deeply dismayed” and showed up alongside the alleged victims.
In a statement quoted by The Independent, Meghan Markle first said: “ I am deeply dismayed by the news that has come out in the last 24 hours, and my thoughts are with all the children who may have been abused.”
“ In 2018, a letter was sent to the Metropolitan Police and the Royal Family and Special Persons Protection Service. That letter was later transmitted to me. The letter contained disturbing and disturbing allegations against my father, and assured me that these were being investigated.”, then revealed, retreating to the time when he departed from his father when he married Prince Harry in May 2018.
“ I hope it is now understood that, despite the distortion by certain media over the years, any distancing from my father and my decision not to allow him to have contact with our children was due to one single reason: to protect them”, highlighted also.
“ He trusted that the authorities were doing the same for other families,” he added.
“ Although the breadth of what has now been revealed is more disgusting than you could imagine, my sincere hope is that justice will be done in its entirety and that priority will remain the security and protection of innocent children.”, completed.
Meghan Markle's half sister defends her father
Meghan Markle’s half-sister, Samantha, also reacted to accusations against her father, but says that “they have no basis.”.
Thomas Markle was the son, Thomas Markle Jr., after finding the suspicious images. Samantha accuses her brother of being “lying.”.
“ These disgusting allegations have no foundation and my brother is disgusting for inventing them. He wants to destroy our father. Shame on him. My brother started spreading these lies a few weeks ago when my father stopped giving him money. For years he has used his father as a source of income and, as soon as the money stopped coming, he invented the most outrageous lies he managed to try to make money from the media,” says Samantha.
But it's not over here. “That’s not true. The computers were packed in Mexico and placed on a cargo ship. Then they were stored in the basement of a building in the Philippines. My father had no access to them. The boxes were at Tom Jr.'s. My father had no access to these computers for two years,” he continued, speculating that “anyone could have set up their father.”.
“There is no proof that my father downloaded any images. Those computers haven't been in his possession for two years. That leaves a lot of room for manipulation. These are groundless allegations. Anyone could have had contact with those computers. My father was in a rehabilitation clinic and had no access to these computers ", stressed again.
Meghan's father investigated for alleged possession of child pornography
In the words of Thomas Markle Jr., Meghan Markle's half-brother, the illicit material was found at Thomas Markle's home in Cebu, Philippines. It says that there were four large boxes with “hundreds, if not thousands” of child pornography images, as well as videos of girls aged not more than 10 or 11 years in sexual acts.
He also found on his father's phone a 15-minute video where allegedly naked girls appeared, and he also talks about three pictures of naked girls, and that one of the images appeared to have been captured at his father's old home in Rosarito, Mexico, according to The Sun.
“ When I found such things, I was horrified and had no choice but to report my father. I supported him, took care of him and helped him for years – but this ends now.”

