Meghan Markle’s father was paid £7,500 to tell all live on UK television just weeks after he made ‘serious mistake’ of…

June 19, 2018

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Meghan Markle’s father was paid £7,500 to tell all live on UK television just weeks after he made ‘serious mistake’ of posing for fake paparazzi photographs.

The Duchess of Sussex‘s father has been paid £7,500 to reveal details of their relationship, his private conversations with Prince Harry and thoughts on the royals in an extraordinary TV interview.

Thomas Markle, 73, was flown by ITV’s Good Morning Britain from his home in Mexico to a luxury hotel in California to discuss everything from making Harry promise never to ‘raise his hand’ to Meghan, to the prince’s views on Brexit and Donald Trump.

His decision to accept the payment comes weeks after he was exposed as posing for fake paparazzi photographs to ‘improve’ his public image, for which he has admitted accepting payment.

The Duchess of Sussex's father Thomas Markle (pictured) has been paid £7,500 to reveal details of their relationship — The Duchess of Sussex’s father Thomas Markle (pictured) has been paid £7,500 to reveal details of their relationship

The resulting furore – and his subsequent decision to pull out of giving his daughter away days before her wedding last month – prompted an unprecedented public statement by Meghan, 36.

In it she described the situation between herself and her father as ‘deeply personal’.

She and Harry also pleaded for ‘understanding and respect to be extended to Mr Markle in this difficult situation’.