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Thomas Markle, the father of Prince Harry’s wife, Meghan, was arrested Friday morning by U.S. federal agents in Florida on charges related to child sexual abuse material, people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press.
Thomas Markle Sr. was arrested outside Tampa, according to the people who were not authorized to publicly discuss the investigation and spoke on the condition of anonymity.
His arrest follows reports by The Sun, a British tabloid, that Meghan’s brother found a collection of child sexual abuse images while clearing out the home of their father in the Philippines.
Meghan Markle recently said she was “deeply distressed” by the allegations. She also revealed that a letter containing “troubling allegations” about him had been sent to London police in 2018.
“It made troubling and disturbing allegations against my father and I was given assurances that these were being investigated,” Meghan said of the letter.
“I hope it can now be understood that, despite certain media publications’ distortion over the years, any distance from my father and my choice to not allow him to have contact with our children was for one reason: to protect them.”
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