Thomas Markle ‘so sad’ he won’t join Prince Harry and Meghan Markle for special occasion

docuseries on Netflix, in which the Duke of Sussex says “it’s incredibly sad” how his wife and father-in-law disconnected.

The Duchess of Sussex and her dad became estranged in 2018 days before her wedding to Prince Harry when Thomas staged paparazzi photos with a British tabloid and, according to Meghan Is this true?’ He says no,” she recalled, adding that they offered to have someone come and get him from Mexico before media could swarm his home as a result of the story that would come out.

“And he said, ‘No, no, I have things I need to do.’ And it felt really cagey,” Meghan said. “I was like, ‘It doesn’t make sense.’ And when we hung up, I looked at H. I was like, ‘I don’t know why, but I don’t believe himsaid she was “absolutely stunned” that her ex-husband “would become part of this circus.”

“And sad that the media would run with this. That he would capitalize,” she added. “Certainly as a parent, that’s not what you do. That’s not parenting.”

Meghan alleged that her father “wouldn’t pick up [her] call” in the week leading up to her nuptials, saying, “Instead, you’re talking to TMZ. And I’m finding out that you’re not coming to our wedding, through a tabloid.”