In the couple's Netflix docuseries, Prince Harry muses on Meghan Markle's breakup with her father.
Family drama has plagued Prince Harry and Meghan Markle from both sides.
Of course, what happened is very sad; she had a father before this and now she doesn't. I had to bear that burden because, ...
...if Meg hadn't been with me, her dad would still be her father, Prince Harry acknowledges in the docuseries.
Thomas initially refuted the charge, but he later offered an apology for his involvement.
She admits that when she turned to face Harry, she said, "I don't know why, but I don't believe him." Her instinct was on the money.
Meghan's mother, Doria Ragland, later admits that Thomas ignored her calls until four days before the wedding, when he was admitted ...
...to the hospital for a heart attack. "I was absolutely stunned that Tom would become part of this circus," Meghan says.
Even though her father was not responding, Meghan kept texting him about what was happening.
Meghan sent her father a text message two days before the wedding asking him to stop speaking to the media. She wrote that he hadn't returned any of their 20 calls ...
...since we last spoke on Saturday morning; which only adds to the hurt you've been causing. A text from Thomas' phone arrived and addressed Meghan by her full name.
I was like, "He's never called me Meghan in my...any day I've lived on this planet Meg. All my friends call me Meg, and my parents call me Meg," and I was like, "That's not my dad." It was really strange.
Meghan's mother traveled with her on the car ride to Windsor Castle. Thomas did not attend Meghan and Prince Harry's wedding, and the two still do not get along.
Due to her father's absence, Prince Charles, now King Charles III, stepped in to assist Meghan in walking down the aisle.