Meghan Markle’s letter in full: Read explosive message Duchess of Sussex sent to her dad
IN an emotional letter to her estranged "Daddy", Meghan Markle laid bare her heartbreak over their royal rows.
Meghan's leaked letter reveals how 74-year-old Thomas Markle broke her heart "into a million pieces" by badmouthing the Royal Family and her marriage to Prince Harry.
But her handwritten appeal has only deepened her dispute with Mr Markle, who today today slammed its contents.
He told the Mail on Sunday the gut-wrenching five-page letter was a "dagger to the heart" which left him "devastated".
The 74-year-old said: "This is not the girl I know. It's not the way she talks.
"This letter is cold. When she signs off it's 'Meg'. You read the way it ends and it felt like a final farewell to me."
The existence of the message emerged last week after five close pals of the Duchess of Sussex decided to give anonymous interviews to a US magazine bashing Thomas Markle.
MEGHAN'S LETTER IN FULL
The letter, which is dated August 2018 and written in Meghan's elegant trademark handwriting, says:
"Daddy,
It is with a heavy heart that I write this, not understanding why you have chosen to take this path, turning a blind eye to the pain you’re causing.
Your actions have broken my heart into a million pieces - not simply because you have manufactured such unnecessary and unwarranted pain, but by making the choice to not tell the truth as you are puppeteered in this. Something I will never understand.
You’ve told the press that you called me to say you weren’t coming to the wedding - that didn’t happen because you never called.
You’ve said I never helped you financially and you’ve never asked me for help with is also untrue; you sent me an email last October that said: ‘If I’ve depended too much on you for financial help then I’m sorry but please could you help me more not as a bargaining chip for my loyalty’.
If you love me, as you tell the press you do, please stop.
Meghan Markle to Thomas Markle in a handwritten letter
I have only ever loved, protected, and defended you, offering whatever financial support I could worrying about your health…and always asking how I could help.
So the week of the wedding to hear about you having a heart attack through a tabloid was horrifying.
I called and texted… I begged you to accept help - we sent someone to your home…and instead of speaking to me to accept this or any help, you stopped answering your phone and chose to only speak to tabloids.
If you love me, as you tell the press you do, please stop.
Please allow us to live our lives in peace.
Please stop lying, please stop creating so much pain, please stop exploiting my relationship with my husband…
I realise you are so far down this rabbit hole that you feel (or may feel) there’s no way out, but if you take a moment to pause I think you’ll see that being able to live with a clear conscience is more valuable than any payment in the world.
I pleaded with you to stop reading the tabloids. On a daily basis you fixated and clicked on the lies they were writing about me, especially manufactured by your other daughter, who I barely know.
For some reason you continue fabricating these stories, manufacturing this fictitious narrative, and entrenching yourself deeper into this web you’ve spun.
Meghan Markle to Thomas Markle in a handwritten letter
You watched me silently suffer at the hand of her vicious lies, I crumbled inside.
We all rallied around to support and protect you from day one, and this you know.
So to hear about the attacks you’ve made at Harry in the press, who was nothing but patient, kind and understanding with you is perhaps the most painful of all.
For some reason you continue fabricating these stories, manufacturing this fictitious narrative, and entrenching yourself deeper into this web you’ve spun.
The only thing that helps me sleep at night is the faith and knowing that a lie can’t live forever.
I believed you, I trusted you, and told you I loved you.
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The next morning the CCTV footage came out.
You haven't reached out to me since the week of our wedding, and while you claim you have no way of contacting me, my phone number has remained the same.
This you know. No texts, no missed called, no outreach from you - just more global interviews you’re being paid to do and say harmful and hurtful things that are untrue."
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