Meghan Markle’s Dad Gets Chatty

Jun 19, 2018 | 11:00 AM

Pull up a chair, Meghan Markle‘s dad Thomas is getting chatty again! After getting into royally hot water for staging paparazzi photos, the 73-year-old opted to not attend the Duchess of Sussex’s May 19thwedding to Prince Harry, and has largely stayed quiet since.

But he sat down with ITV‘s Good Morning Britain and (over)shared with host Piers Morgan on a number of subjects.

He claimed he didn’t stage the shots for money. “I didn’t do this for money,” Thomas said of the paparazzi photos. “I did this to change my image. For one whole year I was presented as a hermit living in and hiding out in Mexico. I was looking to change my image. I made a mistake and it went wrong.”

He also revealed the Meghan cried when she found out he wasn’t going to the wedding.

“They were disappointed,” Thomas said of the royal couple. “Meghan cried – I’m sure. She did cry. And they both said, ‘Take care of yourself. We’re really worried about you.’ They said the important thing was I get better.” Thomas has undergone surgeries recently for heart issues.

He admitted that he also cried watching Meghan walk down the aisle without him. Prince Charles accompanied her for the last part of her journey down the aisle.

“I cried a little watching her…I was very proud. I was very upset that it wasn’t me, but the whole world was watching my daughter.”

Thomas also broke down how Meghan broke the news about Harry’s identity. “The first phone calls were, ‘Daddy, I have a new boyfriend and I said, ‘That’s really nice,’” Thomas remembered. “And then the next call was, ‘He’s British,’ and I said, ‘Oh, that’s really nice.’ And then eventually the third time around, she’s like, ‘He’s a prince.’ At that point, she said, ‘It’s Harry.’”

Regarding their future children, he said one should be arriving “soon.”

“She’s wanted children for a long time,” Thomas said of his 36-year-old daughter. “When she met Harry, she spoke about how much she loves him. There has got to be a child in the making somewhere soon.”

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More Nuggets from Thomas:

  • “I said, ‘You’re a gentleman. Promise me you’ll never raise a hand against my daughter and of course, I’ll give my permission,’” said Thomas, who called his daughter a “princess since the day she was born.”
  • “He’s a smart guy,” Thomas said of Harry. “We talked a few times about Donald Trump and Brexit and things like that. He’s an interesting guy.”
  • When asked by Morgan whether Harry is a Trump supporter, Thomas responded: “I would hope not, but at the time he might have been.”
  • “There was no real commitment to it. I think he was open to the experiment,” Thomas said of Harry’s thoughts on Brexit.
  • “I’ve had respect for that woman since I was a child,” Thomas said of the Queen. “I think she’s one of the most incredible women in the world and I would love to meet her.”

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