Meghan should look after me..but I haven’t had a dime
Dad says his children need to help him in his retirement as royal rift grows
THOMAS Markle has hit out at daughter Meghan for not
sending him money.
He expects his three kids to help him in retirement. A pal said: “He says they haven’t given him a dime.”
THOMAS Markle is said to be growing “increasingly bitter” that his past generosity to his children has not been paid back.
The ex-Hollywood lighting director, 74, has told pals he expected Meghan, Samantha and Thomas Jr to help pay for his retirement but complained he had not received a “f***ing dime”.
It comes after his ex-wife Doria Ragland was reportedly preparing to move to London to be close to her daughter, 37, and son-in-law Harry, 33.
One source told the Daily Mirror: “While he was working, Tom supported all his children. He was generous.
“But he made no secret that he expected in his dotage the money he spent on them would be repaid. “He says they have not given him a f***ing dime back. He is growing increasingly bitter about it, and it has not been helped by how his ex-wife, Meghan’s mum, has been so welcomed into the royal fold. The fact she could be moving to England has not helped the situation while he is in a pokey home in Mexico.”
Mr Markle has already revealed he had expected Meghan to look after him.
He said: “I took care of my mother for the last five years of her life.
“My daughter said she’d take care of me in my declining years. I’m not talking money, I’m talking about taking care of me. That’s important to me.”
However, the Duchess of Sussex and her dad have been estranged for three months. Matters came to a head when Mr Markle slammed the phone down on Harry during a heated phone call.
The row came after Mr Markle was found to have lied to his soon-to-be son-in-law by denying colluding with a paparazzi to cash in on staged pictures days before the May 19 wedding.
This was the latest in a stream of “dad disappointments” Meghan is said to have endured since she left home to go to university. However, we can reveal Mr Markle’s resentment over money is what initially drove a wedge between him and his children after he retired seven years ago. The Emmy winner, who worked on smash hit sitcom Married With Children, is said to have earned more than six figures each year during his career.
He also reportedly won $750,000 on the California State Lottery in 1990.
Mr Markle gifted cash from the windfall to all his children while funding Meghan’s private education.
After retiring, he moved from LA to Mexico, in part because of the cheaper lifestyle.
Today he rents a $695-a-month – £500 – home in Rosarito close to the US border.
Despite cutting his costs, he declared himself bankrupt in California in 2016, with £24,181 in credit card debts and savings of just £160. Meanwhile, friends say Mr Markle is angry that Meghan’s mother has apparently been treated more
He says they have not given him a dime back. He is increasingly bitter about it SOURCE ON THOMAS’S ANGER THAT KIDS WON’T HELP HIM
favourably by the Royal Family than he has. Although the Prince has yet to meet his father-in-law, Doria has seen Harry on several occasions.
The 61-year-old yoga teacher has maintained a dignified silence since news of Meghan’s relationship with Harry emerged two years ago. Yet Mr Markle has publicly attacked his daughter and Doria is said to be furious his other children – Samantha, 53, and Thomas Jr, 51 – have “trashed” their halfsister. Sources say Meghan was also deeply hurt when she discovered her father had been cashing in on her relationship by staging photos with paparazzi.
That revelation was followed by Mr Markle pulling out of attending his daughter’s wedding, due to a heart attack.
He is not winning any new friends with his continued public complaints. Yet it is undoubtedly in the interests of former TV star Meghan to heal this widening rift.
She’s won many friends here with her beaming smile and willingness to engage with the public, so it’s a shock to hear her own dad portray her as a ruthless social climber.
Our advice to Meghan is to pick up the phone and arrange to see agonised Thomas. The sooner the better.