Thomas Markle ‘justified child sex in the Far East by saying their families needed money’
The Duchess of Sussex’s father allegedly told his first wife that having sex with young girls in the Far East was justified as their families needed the money.
Thomas Markle Snr is said to have told Roslyn Loveless: ‘It’s legal over there – that’s how they support their families, by prostituting them.’
Ms Loveless, who died in 2024 aged 79, was behind a letter sent to the Met Police’s royal protection team in 2019 detailing ‘disturbing allegations’ of child sex abuse against Markle.
The letter was passed to Meghan at the time by royal bodyguards. After accusations against Markle were made public last month, she revealed she had never allowed him to meet her two children ‘for one reason – to protect them’.
Ms Loveless was married to Markle from 1964 to 1975. In a call after their divorce, he is alleged to have told her he was heading to Thailand to meet some ‘young girls’, The Sun reported.
Ms Loveless told the paper in a previous interview: ‘I said, “How young are we talking?” and he said, “11, 12”. I said, ‘Are you aware those are people’s daughters? Those are children!’
‘He replied, “Well it’s legal over there and that’s how they support their families, by prostituting out their young girls”.’
Markle denies all of the allegations against him.
Thomas Markle is arrested by the FBI in Lakeland, Florida, on Friday
The Duchess of Sussex said last week claims that her father was a child sex abuser were passed onto her after a letter was sent to the Metropolitan Police in January 2019
Thomas Markle on a bed and with his arm wrapped around a young woman, both fully clothed. She appears, alone and naked, in several other pictures as well
Ms Loveless, mother of Meghan’s half-siblings Thomas Jr, 60, and Samantha, 62, also believed her former husband had abused a girl in the US.
She told The Sun in 2018, in comments that it has only now been able to publish: ‘She told me he was taking naked pictures of her.’
It was revealed at the weekend that Meghan would ‘very much like to’ help the FBI with their investigation into her father, 82.
He was arrested in Florida on Friday and charged with one count of possessing child pornography. The FBI enlisted the help of Meghan’s mother Doria Ragland, 70, to identify her ex-husband in explicit images found in a Los Angeles storage unit, The Sunday Times said.
The Philippines is also preparing to proceed with charges against Markle. More than 7,000 child sex abuse images allegedly belonging to Markle were recovered from devices including laptops, phones, hard drives and video tapes by Filipino police.
Markle is also being investigated by Mexican police, who raided a storage unit in Rosarito a day after the Daily Mail alerted the FBI.
