{"id":105869,"date":"2026-10-24T14:06:17","date_gmt":"2026-10-24T14:06:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/u-k-police-say-they-received-letter-with-claims-against-meghans-father-wasnt-shared-with-other-law-enforcement\/"},"modified":"2026-10-24T14:06:17","modified_gmt":"2026-10-24T14:06:17","slug":"u-k-police-say-they-received-letter-with-claims-against-meghans-father-wasnt-shared-with-other-law-enforcement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/u-k-police-say-they-received-letter-with-claims-against-meghans-father-wasnt-shared-with-other-law-enforcement\/","title":{"rendered":"U.K. police say they received letter with claims against Meghan&#8217;s father, wasn&#8217;t shared with other law enforcement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>A letter making a &#8220;number of claims&#8221; against the father of Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, was received by the Metropolitan Police in 2019, a Scotland Yard spokesperson confirmed to CBS News on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Police said they passed the letter to the office of the Duke and Duchess &#8220;for their awareness,&#8221; however, the details of the allegations made in the letter were not shared with other law enforcement agencies.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, it was reported that Meghan&#8217;s father, Thomas Markle, is <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/thomas-markle-father-duchess-meghan-child-sexual-abuse-material\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">under investigation<\/a><\/span> by authorities in the Philippines for alleged possession of child sexual abuse materials.<\/p>\n<p>The British tabloid The Sun <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/news\/40779535\/thomas-markle-investigated-probe-stash-child-sex-images\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> Thursday that Thomas Markle, who has been <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/meghan-markle-father-thomas-british-press-tabloids\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">estranged from his daughter for years<\/a><\/span>, had been reported to authorities in the Philippines by his son, Thomas Markle Jr., after the younger man allegedly discovered child abuse materials in storage boxes at his father&#8217;s home in the Philippines.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed__float-wrap\">\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\" data-ads=\"{\" extrawordcount=\"\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2018\/06\/18\/6e9ce9ca-61b7-4902-8d6a-05683eb59d15\/thumbnail\/620x350\/dec9aa5cf2b9b24f1550275e544352a4\/thomas-markle-intvu.jpg#\" alt=\"Thomas Markle, Meghan Markle's father, is seen in a still taken from video as he gives an interview to ITV's Good Morning Britain program which is broadcast from London \" height=\"350\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2018\/06\/18\/6e9ce9ca-61b7-4902-8d6a-05683eb59d15\/thumbnail\/620x350\/dec9aa5cf2b9b24f1550275e544352a4\/thomas-markle-intvu.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2018\/06\/18\/6e9ce9ca-61b7-4902-8d6a-05683eb59d15\/thumbnail\/1240x700\/abd43ead6d5e9a7e7dfc4d9194e78eea\/thomas-markle-intvu.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Thomas Markle, Meghan&#8217;s father, is seen in a still taken from a video as he gives an interview to ITV&#8217;s &#8220;Good Morning Britain&#8221; program on June 18, 2018.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                REUTERS<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Daily Mail <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/news\/article-16232163\/Meghan-Markles-father-child-sex-images-son-lies.html?ns_mchannel=rss&amp;ns_campaign=1490&amp;ito=social-twitter_mailonline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported Friday<\/a> that Markle had denied the allegations against him.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Meghan, who recently <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/king-charles-prince-harry-meghan-private-citizens-uk-return\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">moved back to Britain<\/a><\/span> with her husband Prince Harry and their children, said in a statement sent to CBS News on Friday that she was &#8220;deeply distressed&#8221; by reports about her father. She said she had been aware of the allegations against him since 2018 and that the allegations were shared with U.K. authorities at the time.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In 2018, a letter was sent to the Metropolitan Police and Royalty and Specialist Protection. That letter was subsequently shared with me. It made troubling and disturbing allegations against my father and I was given assurances that these were being investigated,&#8221; her Friday statement said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed__float-wrap\">\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\" data-ads=\"{\" extrawordcount=\"\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/10\/24\/d63bf376-dd96-49aa-afaf-ac60f89dbec2\/thumbnail\/620x473g2\/34a4f678db0408223c264975bc9d8467\/gettyimages-2300422914.jpg#\" alt=\"The Duke And Duchess Of Sussex Visit Nottingham \" height=\"473\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/10\/24\/d63bf376-dd96-49aa-afaf-ac60f89dbec2\/thumbnail\/620x473g2\/34a4f678db0408223c264975bc9d8467\/gettyimages-2300422914.jpg 1x, 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contact with our children, was for one reason: to protect them,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>Responding to Saturday&#8217;s developments dating the letter to 2019, a spokesman for the duchess told CBS News partner <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/c39wz740e0nyo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BBC News<\/a> that &#8220;any discrepancy of a few months&#8221; was &#8220;an understandable consequence of that passage of time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Scotland Yard said Saturday that Met Police will be reviewing the handling of this matter in 2019 and deciding whether to refer itself to the police watchdog.<\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n<\/section>\n<p>  <!-- data-recirc-source=\"chartbeat\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation  component--type-recirculation-collection\">\n<div class=\"component__item-recirc-block\">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">Go deeper with The Free 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