Daily Mirror (Northern Ireland)
I think Harry sees a lot of his mum in Meghan, she really cares for others...
him like he was hers. The pair of them would never let each other out of their sights before curling up to go to sleep.”
Thomas Snr and Doria later moved with Meghan to Hollywood, but shortly after their relationship began to falter. They split by the time Meghan was six. Thomas Jnr said: “I think as Meg was still quite young it shielded her a little from the breakup, which was quite acrimonious. The fact Dad worked such long hours protected Meg. He still spent any moment away from work with Meg. You can see Dad’s influences in her to this day.
“Two years ago before her relationship with Harry was really out there, she thanked him on Father’s Day on Instagram for what he’d done for her, including the work ethic installed in her.”
Thomas Jnr said his dad’s own hard work helped him provide Meghan with “the best education he could afford”. It
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began at private elementary school Little Red School House in Hollywood, in the late 1980s. Former pupils include Johnny Depp’s daughter Lily-rose.
Meghan left around 1992 to join Immaculate Heart High School. Thomas Jnr said: “Dad would help with the staging of school plays, which Meg took to like a duck to water.
“She was never more at home than in front of an audience. It’s what makes her so at ease when meeting people.
“I think people fell in love with Diana because they saw her vulnerability. Meg is not like that, but she does share the sense of empathy Diana had.”
He added: “It’s difficult to think how far Meg has come. It’s not like she came from a poor background. Far from it.
“But to think where she is set to live is incredible. At school, Meg was obsessed with anything princess. She loved all the Disney movies which featured them. Never did I think, watching her grow up, would she become one herself.”