# Meghan ‘wanted to go public’ with child sex abuse claims against her father Thomas Markle in 2019 – but Met royal bodyguards ‘advised her not to’

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/meghan-wanted-to-go-public-with-child-sex-abuse-claims-against-her-father-thomas-markle-in-2019-but-met-royal-bodyguards-advised-her-not-to/
- Published: 2026-10-31T23:37:17+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-31T23:49:37+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16255573/Meghan-wanted-public-child-sex-abuse-claims-against-father-Thomas-Markle.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: UK, World

## Key points

- Meghan reportedly wanted to speak out about allegations against her father.
- A royal protection officer advised her to leave the matter to police.
- The Met referred its handling of the 2019 letter to the watchdog.

## Summary

Meghan Markle reportedly wanted to speak publicly after learning of allegations of child sexual abuse against her father, Thomas Markle, but a Metropolitan Police royal protection officer advised her to leave the matter to police. The claims have renewed scrutiny of how the force handled a letter sent to the Duchess in 2019 and whether it should have referred the allegations to other authorities.

The seven-page letter, written by Thomas Markle’s former wife Roslyn Loveless, alleged abuse and claimed he travelled to the Philippines and Thailand because he believed sex with 12-year-olds was legal there. The Met confirmed it passed the letter to the Sussexes’ office for awareness, but did not investigate allegations said to have taken place abroad; it has referred itself to the police watchdog over not passing them to relevant overseas authorities. The article also reports that police recently seized child sexual abuse material from an abandoned storage unit linked to Thomas Markle.

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