In a bombshell revelation that has sent royal watchers into absolute frenzy, Meghan Markle's estranged father Thomas Markle has broken his silence and exposed what he claims is the shocking truth about his granddaughter Princess Lilibet's birth.
The 79-year-old retired TV lighting director revealed that he was never informed about Lilibet's birth by either Meghan or Buckingham Palace. According to Thomas, he only learned about his granddaughter's arrival on June 4, 2021, by hearing it on the radio — not through any official confirmation from his daughter or the royal family.
"This struck me as very sad," Thomas said in an interview with New Zealand Woman's Weekly, expressing his anguish over being completely excluded from his granddaughter's birth story. The revelation adds another explosive layer to the ongoing three-year feud between Meghan and her father, which began when Thomas was discovered staging photographs with paparazzi days before Meghan's 2018 wedding to Prince Harry.
Thomas's statement to the Daily Mail after Lilibet's birth was notably cold — he refrained from mentioning Meghan by name or calling her his daughter, instead referring to Lilibet simply as "my new granddaughter". He extended "love and best wishes" but made no direct contact with Meghan.
The shocking revelation has reignited accusations that Meghan and Harry are denying Archie and Lilibet the right to know their royal relatives, including King Charles and Thomas Markle himself. Royal commentator Cole described Lilibet's situation as a "great tragedy," noting the child has never met her maternal grandfather.
Thomas has expressed major fears about never meeting his grandchildren Archie and Lilibet, even as he plans to quit America and relocate to Southeast Asia this year to spend time with "kinder people". His pleas to meet the children have been met with "complete silence from the Sussex camp".
This explosive Lilibet story fundamentally changes the narrative around the royal rift, exposing what Thomas claims is Meghan's deliberate exclusion of her own father from the most significant moment in his granddaughter's life.