{"id":328804,"date":"2025-12-03T22:16:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T22:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/328804\/"},"modified":"2025-12-03T22:16:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T22:16:10","slug":"meghan-markles-dad-is-in-intensive-care-unit-after-emergency-surgery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/328804\/","title":{"rendered":"Meghan Markle&#8217;s Dad Is In Intensive Care Unit After Emergency Surgery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                          Meghan Markle&#8217;s Dad<br \/>\n                          Laid Up in ICU After Emergency Surgery<br \/>\n                          &#8230; Needs Another Procedure on Blood Clot<\/p>\n<p>\n                        Published December 3, 2025 12:53 PM PST\n                                                                            <\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20251203_b102f5c6fff74f259c40f6f4147b84ab\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:80e532cf-ef1d-48a6-925d-157819ad910f\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/b102f5c6fff74f259c40f6f4147b84ab_md.jpg\" alt=\"meghan markle Thomas markle getty backgrid\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/meghan-markle\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Meghan Markle<\/a>&#8216;s father has been admitted to an intensive care unit in the Philippines after being rushed to the hospital for an emergency surgery &#8230; and it seems he will need a second surgery now as well.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas Markle Jr. told the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-15350373\/Meghan-Markle-father-Thomas-intensive-care-surgery.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Daily Mail<\/a> their father &#8212; Thomas Sr. &#8212; was taken to the hospital with a grave illness Tuesday &#8230; and he underwent three hours of surgery earlier today.<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20190927_e2b4acfaaba548a49a66029ccc0eef1d\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:80e532cf-ef1d-48a6-925d-157819ad910f\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/e2b4acfaaba548a49a66029ccc0eef1d_md.jpg\" alt=\"0927-meghan-markle-thomas-dooley-01\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thomas Jr. told DM &#8230; &#8220;They raced us by ambulance, with the sirens going, to a much bigger hospital in the center of the city. My dad has undergone emergency surgery. I would ask everyone around the world to keep him in their thoughts.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Thomas Sr. will need another surgery to clear up a blood clot he&#8217;s suffering from, his son also told the outlet.<\/p>\n<p>Meghan has been estranged from her father for years &#8230; and he told Daily Mail earlier this year he doesn&#8217;t know why she doesn&#8217;t want to speak to him. He also says he&#8217;d like to meet his grandchildren before he dies.<\/p>\n<p>He reportedly moved to the Philippines earlier this year to escape the constant reminders of his estranged relationship with MM.<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20251203_b0075ca91130472fa614ee162e8fc329\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:80e532cf-ef1d-48a6-925d-157819ad910f\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/b0075ca91130472fa614ee162e8fc329_md.jpg\" alt=\"meghan markle sub getty\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Meghan has talked about her estranged relationship with her father &#8230; telling Oprah during the now-infamous 2021 interview she felt &#8220;betrayed&#8221; when her dad posed for paparazzi photos and allegedly lied to her about talking to the press before her Royal Wedding in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas suffered two heart attacks the night before the wedding, which prevented him from attending and walking his daughter down the aisle &#8230; a role <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/king-charles-iii\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">King Charles<\/a> &#8212; then Prince of Wales &#8212; partially handled in his stead.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve reached out to the Markle family for more info &#8230; so far, no word back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Meghan Markle&#8217;s Dad Laid Up in ICU After Emergency Surgery &#8230; Needs Another Procedure on Blood Clot Published&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":328805,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[236,88],"class_list":{"0":"post-328804","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328804","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=328804"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328804\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/328805"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=328804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=328804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=328804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}