"When Thomas Markle received bad news about his health earlier this month, he immediately texted someone close to him to let them know. The 81-year-old had been admitted to hospital after one leg swelled up and turned black. Going to lose the leg today, he wrote. The message was not sent to his son, Thomas, who lives with him in Cebu in the Philippines, nor to his older daughter, Samantha, who is based in Florida."
"It was she who called Markle's two older children to let them know the news. She wrote later that they were flabbergasted. He had chosen to break the news of the amputation to me before his own family. Markle's youngest child, Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, would learn of her father's health crisis through news coverage, Graham reported coyly several days after the operation, after she had flown to the Philippines to be by his bedside."
"Meghan, having heard of his ill health last week, had been trying to reach her father, her spokesperson said, but given that a Daily Mail reporter has remained at her father's bedside throughout, broadcasting each interaction and breaching clear ethical boundaries, it has been exceedingly difficult for the duchess to contact her father privately, despite her efforts over the past several days."
Thomas Markle, aged 81, was admitted to hospital after a leg swelled and turned black, and he texted that he was "going to lose the leg today." He contacted Caroline Graham, the US editor of the Mail on Sunday in Los Angeles, who informed his older children in Florida and Cebu. Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, reportedly learned of the health crisis through news coverage despite trying to reach her father. A Daily Mail reporter remained at Markle's bedside, broadcasting interactions and creating barriers to private contact. The Markles' difficulties have been intensified by prolonged tabloid scrutiny since Meghan's relationship became public.
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