00:00Meghan Markle is deeply distressed by the shocking news that her estranged father, Thomas
00:05Markle Sr., is being investigated for child pornography.
00:09He has since denied all allegations, telling the Daily Mail,
00:12I'm shocked, I'm hurt, and I'm very upset that my son is making these accusations against
00:17me.
00:18I could never do what I'm being accused of.
00:21It's the worst thing anyone could accuse me of.
00:23The 82-year-old allegedly hid a secret stockpile of child porn among family mementos in his
00:29Philippines home, according to his son, Thomas Jr.
00:33However, Meghan's half-sister Samantha says it's all lies, and her brother is out for
00:37revenge and money.
00:39Meghan has since revealed that this child porn probe is the reason for her years-long estrangement
00:44with her dad.
00:45The Duchess of Sussex told Page Six,
00:48In 2018, a letter was sent to the Metropolitan Police and Royalty and Specialist Protection.
00:54That letter was subsequently shared with me.
00:56It made troubling and disturbing allegations against my father, and I was given assurances
01:02that these were being investigated.
01:04I hope it can now be understood that despite certain media publications' distortion over
01:08the years, any distance from my father, and my choice to not allow him to have contact
01:13with our children, was for one reason, to protect them.
01:17I trusted that the authorities were doing the same for other families.
01:20Now that the investigation has come to light, the mother of two hopes justice will be fully
01:24served, and that the priority remains the safety and protection of innocent children.
01:29Her father's alleged trove included hundreds, if not thousands, of sickening images of children,
01:34no older than 10 or 11, hidden in boxes of family mementos, old home movies on VHS tapes,
01:41and old books that turned out to be full of naked little girls.
01:44An LG mobile phone allegedly had a 15-minute video of children engaged in sex acts, Thomas
01:50Jr. told The Sun.
01:52Page Six confirmed that Cebu City Police Office in the Philippines is investigating Thomas Sr.,
01:57and the Women and Children Protection Center is assigned to the case.
02:01However, Thomas' daughter and Meghan's half-sister, Samantha Markle, slammed her brother, telling
02:06the Daily Mail that there is no merit to the quote, unsubstantiated allegations.
02:10She noted that the computers were out of his possession for two years, which leaves a lot
02:15of room for tampering.
02:17Her partner, Mark Phillips, told Page Six from their home in Florida,
02:20I will say one thing, it's bullsh**.
02:23He also claimed Thomas Jr. has done this several times before, sold the data out with lies.
02:29Thomas Markle Sr., age 82, is currently dating his much younger nurse, Rio Canedo, who is 46.
02:35In May, he returned to the U.S. following a series of health scares and an emergency
02:40leg amputation in the Philippines, where he moved in January 2025.
