{"id":900585,"date":"2026-10-31T02:38:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T02:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/900585\/"},"modified":"2026-10-31T02:38:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T02:38:10","slug":"prince-william-kate-middleton-dragged-into-thomas-markle-child-abuse-scandal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/900585\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince William, Kate Middleton dragged into Thomas Markle child abuse scandal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Prince William and Kate Middleton were reportedly made aware of a 2019 letter sent to police<\/a> \u2014 which was later passed on to Meghan Markle<\/a> \u2014 containing allegations of child sexual abuse against the Duchess of Sussex\u2019s estranged father, Thomas Markle Sr.<\/p>\n

A source close to the royal family told the Daily Mail Thursday<\/a> that it was \u201cunthinkable\u201d the Royal Household had not been made aware of the letter, which sources previously told Page Six was written by Thomas Sr.\u2019s late ex-wife<\/a>, Roslyn Loveless.<\/p>\n

The insider also told the outlet that Meghan, 45, and her husband, Prince Harry, 42, would not have received the letter \u201cin isolation.\u201d<\/p>\n

Prince William and Kate Middleton (pictured above in Windsor last year) were reportedly made aware of a 2019 letter sent to police containing allegations of child sexual abuse against Meghan Markle\u2019s estranged father, Thomas Markle Sr. Getty Images<\/p>\n

A source close to the royal family told the Daily Mail that it was \u201cunthinkable\u201d the Royal Household had been unaware of the letter, adding that Meghan and Prince Harry would not have received it \u201cin isolation.\u201d (William and Kate are seen above in Windsor last week.) Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was the police\u2019s duty to make the Palace aware of the claims, and they will have done so,\u201d the source said.<\/p>\n

Page Six reached out to representatives for William and Kate, both 44, for comment but did not immediately hear back.<\/p>\n

As previously reported, Thomas Sr., 82, is currently under investigation by the Cebu City Police Office in the Philippines after \u201chundreds, if not thousands,\u201d of child sexual abuse images<\/a> were allegedly discovered in his home by his son, Thomas Markle Jr.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was the police\u2019s duty to make the Palace aware of the claims, and they will have done so,\u201d the source said. (William and Kate are pictured above in London in January.) Getty Images<\/p>\n

Thomas Sr. (seen above in Mexico) is currently under investigation by the Cebu City Police Office in the Philippines after \u201chundreds, if not thousands,\u201d of child sexual abuse images were allegedly discovered in his home by his son, Thomas Markle Jr. \/ SplashNews.com<\/p>\n

Thomas Jr., 60, allegedly found the images inside several boxes stored among family \u201cmementos,\u201d telling the Sun last week, \u201cWhen I found this material, I was horrified and I had no option but to report my dad.\u201d<\/p>\n

In a statement later shared with Page Six, Meghan said she was \u201cdeeply distressed\u201d by the news<\/a>, revealing that she had received a letter in 2018 containing similar \u201ctroubling and disturbing\u201d allegations against her father, which she said contributed to their estrangement<\/a>.<\/p>\n

London\u2019s Metropolitan Police later confirmed Saturday that the letter had been passed on to the Duke and Duchess of Sussex\u2019s office in January 2019<\/a>, but was not forwarded to any other law enforcement agencies.<\/p>\n

Thomas Jr. (pictured above with Thomas Sr. and his sister, Samantha) allegedly found the images inside several boxes stored among family \u201cmementos,\u201d telling the Sun last week, \u201cWhen I found this material, I was horrified and I had no option but to report my dad.\u201d Channel 7<\/p>\n

Meghan (seen above with Harry in London last week) said she was \u201cdeeply distressed\u201d by the news and revealed that she had received a letter in 2018 containing similar \u201ctroubling and disturbing\u201d allegations against her father, which she said contributed to their estrangement. BACKGRID<\/p>\n

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Thomas Sr., for his part, has vehemently denied the allegations against him<\/a>, dismissing them as \u201csick lies\u201d and telling the Daily Mail, \u201cI\u2019m shocked, I\u2019m hurt and I\u2019m very upset that my son is making these accusations against me.<\/p>\n

\u201cI could never do what I\u2019m being accused of. It\u2019s the worst thing anyone could accuse me of,\u201d he continued. \u201cThis is bulls\u2013t. It\u2019s just a bunch of lies. It\u2019s sick. I have no idea why Tom is trying to destroy me with these lies.\u201d<\/p>\n

Additional child sexual abuse material has since allegedly been discovered by Daily Mail reporters<\/a> in a storage unit rented by Thomas Sr. near his former home in Mexico.<\/p>\n

Thomas Sr. (pictured above in Mexico) has vehemently denied the allegations against him, dismissing them as \u201csick lies\u201d and telling the Daily Mail, \u201cI\u2019m shocked, I\u2019m hurt and I\u2019m very upset that my son is making these accusations against me. \/ SplashNews.com<\/p>\n

Additional child sexual abuse material has allegedly been discovered by Daily Mail reporters in a storage unit rented by Thomas Sr. (seen above in Los Angeles in 2021) near his former home in Mexico. BACKGRID<\/p>\n

The material, which allegedly includes books about pedophilia and magazines depicting the sexual abuse of children, was reported to the FBI.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, royal reporter Andrea Caamano exclusively told Page Six Wednesday that she did not \u201canticipate the royal family becoming involved<\/a> in this situation.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cDespite Harry and Meghan\u2019s return to the UK, relations remain complicated, and I don\u2019t see the Palace wanting to become involved in matters concerning Meghan\u2019s father,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

If you or someone you know is affected by any of the issues raised in this story, call the Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-330-0226.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Prince William and Kate Middleton were reportedly made aware of a 2019 letter sent to police \u2014 which…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":900586,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[3988,5654,91,51904,88,5333,9843,377239,5434,5416,167551],"class_list":["post-900585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-celebrity-crimes","tag-celebrity-families","tag-celebrity-news","tag-child-pornography","tag-entertainment","tag-kate-middleton","tag-meghan-markle","tag-police-investigations","tag-prince-william","tag-royal-family","tag-thomas-markle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/900585","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=900585"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/900585\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/900586"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=900585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=900585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=900585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}