MEGHAN’S FATHER ISSUES GO ON.

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WHAT IS THE ISSUE? Thomas Markle has said Meghan, his daughter, is struggling to cope with the burdens of royalty, and refuses to take his calls. He said he is worried the Duchess of Sussex is hiding the pressure of her new life with Britain’s Prince Harry behind a “pained” smile. But he revealed she has not been in touch since a phone call after the royal wedding while he was recovering from the heart operation that caused him to miss her big day.

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WHAT DID HE SAY, EXACTLY? He told The Sun on Sunday: “I think she is terrified. “I see it in her eyes, I see it in her face and I see it in her smile ... I know her smile. I don’t like the one I’m seeing now.” He said that while her expression might be due to a “bad couple of days” it worried him.

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CAN’T HE JUST DIAL HER NUMBER? “The phone number I had been calling Meghan on is no longer picking up, and I don’t have an address for her. I can send something to the palace, but there is no guarantee it would get to her. I sent a text to my palace contact saying I would like to reach my daughter and got no reply.”

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WHY NOT WAIT A LITTLE BIT? Markle said he wishes they would reconcile so he could tell her how proud he was. “I had a heart attack, doesn’t anybody care? I could actually die soon.”

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WHAT DOES HE WANT? “I took care of my mother the last five years of her life. My daughter said to me she would take care of me in my declining years. I’m not talking about money — I’m talking about taking care of me.”