Meghan Markle has been called out by her half-sister, Samantha Markle over the Duchess’s treatment of their father, Thomas. Samantha Markle believes Meghan Markle and Prince Harry “shouldn’t have disowned” Thomas who is reported to have recently suffered a stroke that has impacted his speech. Samantha argued on Good Morning Britain that despite the Sussexes distancing themselves from Meghan’s father over privacy, the couple have taken on numerous photo-ops themselves
Ms Markle told Good Morning Britain: “The idea that it would be justified to disown one’s father because he was photographed or that he was opportunistic is crazy on the grounds that the people who are saying that particularly my sister and Harry, have been quite public and photographed, everywhere.
“Whether it’s Texas or on, you know, the grave of fallen war heroes.
“So, I don’t want to get into what is considered opportunistic photography.
“But my father pales by comparison, what he was doing was admirable, and he never should have been, he never should have been disowned and treated that way.”
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Samantha, who claimed to have last spoken to Meghan in 2016, said “the door is wide open” for the Duchess to privately re-connect with their father, Thomas.
She told ITV’s Good Morning Britain: “He loves all of us and he’s been bashed in the media for always speaking out to extend an olive branch to reach out to her [Meghan].
“He is her father so he has a…