
Since becoming a member of the British royal family, everything Meghan Markle does has made headlines.
Her outfits, her hairstyles, her cradling of her baby bump… But among all the usual news we expect about royals, have been endless tabloid stories about her family.
Unlike others related to the royals by marriage – including the Middletons and Meghan’s mother Doria Ragland – her dad Thomas Markle and half-sister Samantha Markle regularly speak to media.
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And this has caused a major rift between them and the Duchess.
Leslie Carroll, author of American Princess: The Love Story of Meghan Markle and Prince Harry spoke to Mamamia’s daily news podcast The Quicky about the strained relationship Meghan has with her family.
Meghan was extremely close with her father growing up – she would spend time with both her parents, as a family, even after they divorced and would visit Thomas, a well-known Hollywood director of photography, on the set of his TV shows after school.
