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giving interviews about his row

with his daughter and Harry.

Days before the royal wedding in

May 2018, he was paid for staged

paparazzi photos.

He then did not attend the cere-

mony at St George’s Chapel,

Windsor Castle, saying he had suf-

fered a heart attack.

Mr Markle said he was now

tired of waiting for the

Sussexes to forgive him.

He complained he was

sick of “the lies” and being “shut

out” of their lives. A spokesman for

Meghan and Harry declined to

comment yesterday.

Mr Markle’s latest interview

follows a difficult few months for

the Duke and Duchess, which has

seen them labelled hypocrites over

their use of private jets.

There have also been high-profile

resignations from the couple’s

personal staff and they recently

lost two PR experts, weeks after

poaching one of them from the

Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.

Natalie Campbell left Harry and

Meghan’s new charity Sussex Royal

after seven weeks. Communications

boss Sara Latham also went.

Ms Latham, who used to be an

adviser to former US first lady

Hillary Clinton, lasted just 53 days

from her appointment on July 1.

She and Ms Campbell were hired

as part of an all-woman team

dubbed Meghan’s “wise women”.

By Mark Reynolds

Princess Anne wrapped up warm for the rainy weather

Blessed relief for Queen after one hell of a week

The Queen looks relaxed as she arrives at the church

THE Queen looked happy to relax

back into her usual holiday habits as

she attended Sunday service in

Balmoral yesterday – after an

unusually fraught week.

It was her first public appearance

since agreeing the suspension of

Parliament in the run-up to Brexit

and watching her son Andrew draw

newspaper headlines for all the

wrong reasons.

Her Majesty, 93, was joined by

Prince Charles, 70, as well as

Princess Anne, 69, and Anne’s

husband Tim Lawrence, 64.

Absent was Prince Andrew. He

returned to official royal duties

earlier this week while attempting to

ride out the storm over his

friendship with the late American

paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.

The Queen sported a plum-

coloured suit accessorised with an

elegant brooch as she and her family

made their way through the rain to

Crathie Kirk.

On Wednesday she approved

Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s

shock move to suspend Parliament

for 23 working days in the week

beginning September 9.

Mr Johnson insisted the new

session was required to bring

forward new legislation and said

there would still be “plenty of time”

to debate Brexit.

By News Reporter

Close

bond...

younger

Meghan

with father

Thomas

‘THEY DIDN’T JET TO SEE ME’

THOMAS Markle waded into the row over

Meghan and Harry using private jets.

The couple took four flights in 11 days

despite preaching about green issues.

Mr Markle said: “I feel sorry for them in a

way because they brought this on

themselves. You can’t say one thing and do

another. Everyone raves about how

gracious and wonderful they are but they

are not wonderful to their own family.

“That’s hypocritical. I’ve still never met

my son-in-law. Why couldn’t Prince Harry

have got on a plane and flown to see me to

ask for her hand?”

Stung by

criticism...

Prince

Harry has

had a

difficult

few weeks

Mellow

THE Duchess of Sussex’s rift with
her family appeared to be widening
yesterday after her father
demanded to know why he could
not meet his grandson Archie.
Thomas Markle claimed he had
been cut out of the baby’s life,
describing it as “abuse”.
And he blasted Meghan, 38, and
son-in-law Prince Harry, 34, for
not even sending him a photo of
his grandson.
In a move set to further enrage
Meghan and Harry, Mr Markle, 75,
said the only pictures he had seen
of three-month-old Archie were on
the internet.
Speaking out for the first time
since the birth, he echoed criticism
of the couple for using private jets
while lecturing the world on
climate change issues.

The former Hollywood lighting
director, who lives in Mexico, said:
“I would like them to send me a
picture of Archie so I can frame it
and put it on my wall beside the
one of Meghan.
“Isn’t that what any grandfather
would want? I’d love to know if he’s
got the famous Markle nose.”
Mr Markle claimed he sent a card
to Meghan via her financial adviser
in LA – where she was born and
raised – but had no response.
In the interview, he said he still
loved his daughter and recalled the
times he used to carry her around
when she was a baby.
But he added: “I had hoped
becoming a mother would mellow
Meghan and she would reach out.”
He and the Duchess’s mother,
Doria Ragland, now 62, split up and
divorced when Meghan was six.
Mr Markle has faced criticism for

All I want is to

see Archie says

Meghan’s dad

Meghan has

not even

sent a

photo of

baby Archie,

says dad