Meghan Markle's father arrested in Florida over child porn

He was taken into custody by FBI agents at the retirement home.

07 Nov 2026 07:52am
This image taken on November 1st, 2026 shows a storage facility where Mexican authorities seized a storage unit with belongings of US Thomas Markle, father of the Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle, during a search for alleged child sexual abuse material, in Baja Malibu, outskirts Tijuana, Baja California state, Mexico. Photo by Guillermo Arias/AFP
This image taken on November 1st, 2026 shows a storage facility where Mexican authorities seized a storage unit with belongings of US Thomas Markle, father of the Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle, during a search for alleged child sexual abuse material, in Baja Malibu, outskirts Tijuana, Baja California state, Mexico. Photo by Guillermo Arias/AFP

MIAMI - Thomas Markle, the father of Prince Harry's wife, Meghan Markle, was arrested in Florida on Friday over alleged possession of child porn, British and US media reported.

Markle, 82, was taken into custody by FBI agents at the retirement home where he lives in the southern US state, the Daily Mail and New York Post said.

The arrest comes after a stash of child porn was allegedly found at Markle's former home in the Philippines and at a storage unit he rented in Mexico. - AFP

 

 

 

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