The rumors were rattling around the bowels of The Royals subreddits, and they sounded completely implausible. There wasn’t much evidence discussed, just a lot of pervy speculation. The half-brother of Meghan Markle, the onetime princess, who was demoted to duchess when she decided she didn’t want to work so hard, got in touch with her to break the news that their dad possessed pervy stuff pertaining to kids at his home in the Philippines.
Thomas Markle, father of the Duchess of Sussex, has been arrested by US federal agents in Florida on charges related to child sexual abuse material.
Markle, 82, was taken into custody near Tampa early on Friday, US prosecutors said.
Meghan said last month that she was “deeply distressed” about allegations that a collection of child sexual abuse images was found at her father’s former home.
A few days ago, I wrote about the ‘Palestinian’ professor in Glasgow who has promoted by the media and by former SNP Pakistani First Minister Humza Yusuf after his claims that he had lost 42, 70 or 7 billion family members in Gaza, and has now been fired after being accused of intimidating female students into sending him intimate photos.
I don’t think Woke Charles is fit to govern.
All signs point to Thomas Markle Sr possibly being a ‘sex offender of the grossest kind’, according to a Philippines minister.
Authorities are currently trawling through a trove of child abuse images that allegedly belong to the 82-year-old former Hollywood lighting technician.
In an update on its investigation, Philippines interior minister Jonvic Remulla said the forensics data is expected to be completed in a week, but ‘right now all signs point to a possible sex offender of the grossest kind’.
The Duchess of Sussex has said she knew about allegations against her estranged father in 2018, after it emerged that he was being investigated by police for allegedly possessing child sex abuse images.
Thomas Markle, who lives in the Philippines, is alleged to have an extensive collection of illegal material that was reportedly discovered by Thomas Markle Jr, the Duchess’s half-brother.
In a statement on Friday, the Duchess said: “I am deeply distressed at the news that has come to light in the last 24 hours, and my thoughts are with any children who may have been harmed.
Twice in the past week, I’ve heard controversial figures say the words ‘It’s good to be back’, or some close variant thereof. The first was Johnny Depp, in character as literature’s most famous grouch Scrooge, in the dreadful-looking trailer for the latest cinematic ‘reimagining’ of A Christmas Carol. The other was Meghan Markle, arriving along with her husband Prince Harry in Nottingham, where they were going on a royal tour which we’re not allowed to call a royal tour for the simple reason that they are no longer working royals.
CALGARY — Prince Harry says his move to Canada with Meghan Markle and their young son Archie left him struggling with depression, revealing that he experienced an emotional crash just days after arriving on Vancouver Island.
The Duke of Sussex opened up about the experience during a new MasterClass discussion on grief and resilience, released Thursday, reflecting on the emotional toll of stepping away from his royal responsibilities and the pressures that had shaped much of his life.
h/t Mauser
The King has insisted that private funding he gives to Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor must not be used to fund his legal action against police.
A Buckingham Palace source said the monarch had no involvement in the former Duke of York’s application for a judicial review of his arrest by Thames Valley Police.
They added that it had been “made clear” to Mr Mountbatten-Windsor that the financial provision he receives from his elder brother should not be used to fund the High Court claim.
‘Surprised?’ What do the Duke and Duchess of Sussex mean, exactly, by ‘surprised’?
Only two people with the self-awareness of a cabbage could fail to see that they left the King with very little choice but to set out the terms and conditions of their return in uncompromisingly clear language.
If you ask me, they’ve got off lightly. The King’s letter, sent to Prince Harry’s team, government departments, military officials and Lord Lieutenants in which (among other things) he states in no uncertain terms that they are simply ‘private citizens with commercial and charitable interests’ and that their HRH titles are ‘in abeyance’, is really no more than a judicious and long-overdue slap on the wrist.
On the face of it, it is a rather unremarkable letter.
The Lord Chamberlain, head of the royal household, simply sets out what we already know: that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex are no longer working members of the Royal family, that they cannot use their HRH titles and are no longer represented by Buckingham Palace.
But of course, things are never that simple when it comes to Prince Harry and Meghan.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex will not be working royals allowed to carry out official engagements now they have returned to the UK, a letter sent on behalf of King Charles spells out.
The letter is intended to clarify the status of Prince Harry and Meghan, who moved back from California with children Archie and Lilibet last month.
They will still not be able to use titles of “His and Her Royal Highness”, and remain “private citizens”, says the letter sent on behalf of the King by the Lord Chamberlain, a top Palace official.
I have to admit, I’m with President Trump here on the issue of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle – good riddance to bad garbage.
Canada has unveiled a new $20 banknote featuring a portrait of King Charles III, the first new monarch to appear on a Canadian banknote in more than 70 years, following the death of Queen Elizabeth II in 2022.
The banknote was revealed at a Bank of Canada event on Thursday – a “very special day”, central bank governor Tiff Macklem said.
President Trump said he is “happy” that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle left the United States to resettle in England, adding that if he were the royal family, “I would not have taken them back.”
“I’m happy about it,” the president told reporters in the Oval Office when asked about the departure of the Duke and Duchess from California. “I was not a fan.”
He particularly singled out Markle for her behavior to the late Queen Elizabeth II and her treatment of King Charles.
Q: What's your reaction to the news that Prince Harry and Meghan have left the US and gone back to Britain?
TRUMP: I'm happy about it. I was not a fan. I wouldn't have taken them back. pic.twitter.com/v47lnABd7T
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 2, 2026
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor “committed sex crimes in the US”, a congressman has told the US House of Representatives.
Representative Thomas Massie, a Republican, named the former Duke of York as he demanded that men who were friends of Jeffrey Epstein be held accountable.
