# Meghan withdraws from Brussels child safety speech after father’s arrest

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/meghan-pulls-out-of-planned-child-safety-speech-in-brussels-because-shes-not-emotionally-strong-enough-after-her-fathers-arrest/
- Published: 2026-11-09T18:56:37+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-09T19:30:13+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16278783/Meghan-pulls-planned-child-safety-speech-Brussels.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: Europe, Government, Politics, World

## Key points

- Meghan has cancelled her planned speech in Brussels.
- Prince Harry is still due to speak at the event.
- Her father faces a charge over alleged child abuse images.

## Summary

Meghan has withdrawn from a planned speech on online child safety at the opening of the Lost Screen Memorial in Brussels, with a source saying she is not emotionally strong enough to speak after her father’s arrest. Prince Harry is still expected to address the event, and Meghan will attend.

The memorial features 50 phones displaying pictures of children who died after online harm. Meghan’s father, Thomas Markle Snr, 82, was arrested in Florida and charged with possessing child sexual abuse images; he was released on bail under home detention and electronic monitoring, and did not enter a plea at his hearing. Meghan has said she is deeply distressed by the allegations.

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