Thomas Markle threatens to give a tell-all interview once a month
Thomas Markle says he plans to give extensive interviews to the press every 30 days until he hears from his daughter.
In his first live TV interview since Meghan and Harry announced their plans to step back as senior royals, the former lighting director said that he wants Harry to "man up" and visit him. During an appearance on Good Morning Britain, Markle said he hoped the regular press exposure would encourage the Sussexes to "reach out".
Asked what he would say to Meghan if she was watching this, he replied: "I would tell her: 'I love you, let's sit down and work this out'. His message for Harry? "Man up and fly down and see me and we will talk."
The 75-year-old, who has repeatedly spoken to the press despite his daughter's pleas for him not to do so, then went on to say that he felt "a little embarrassed" by their actions.
"I think they've hurt the Queen. I think they've hurt the royals - and it just doesn't work to be going to another country and serving England," he said, despite having had no contact with the couple. "It's never going to work. I'm a little embarrassed and feeling very sorry for the Queen."
He also revealed that he's no longer in contact with Meghan's mother, Doria Ragland.
"We have had no conversations, so obviously she [Doria] is avoiding me or has been told to," he said.
It's thought that Thomas Markle might be called to give evidence against his daughter in her forthcoming court case against The Mail on Sunday.
The Duchess of Sussex is suing the UK newspaper for breach of copyright, invasion of privacy and misuse of personal data, after it published parts of a private letter she sent to her father, addressing how he was treating her.
The tabloid filed its defence arguing that the duchess and other royal family members “rely on publicity about themselves and their lives to maintain the privileged positions they hold”, and that Meghan couldn’t “have a reasonable expectation of privacy that the contents of the letter were private and would remain so,” reports the Guardian.
When asked how he felt about the possibility of coming face-to-face with the royals in court, Markle said: "If it comes to meeting them in a courtroom, that's great. At least I'd finally get to see them."
He added: "I reached out to the Mail on Sunday, they didn’t come to me. I reached out and I said I want to publish part of this letter because I want to make some things straight about what was being said about me in People magazine."
Markle recently confessed to lying to Prince Harry about staging paparazzi photographs of himself just days before the royal wedding.
"I'm not proud of that, but I did," he said, adding: "The reality is that those images will sell forever."
It's not known whether or not he was paid for his appearance on GMB, but it's reported that he previously secured £7,500 to appear on the show in 2018. It's believed he also made a five-figure sum from his recent tell-all Channel 5 documentary which aired last week.
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