DAD’S RELATIONSHIP ‘NOW OVER’
HEARTACHE The Duchess of Sussex BIG DAY Duke and Duchess of Sussex of him. It’s such an abuse of her trust. I don’t think there is any way back.”
The bombshell letter lays bare the true depths of the Duchess’s two-year estrangement from her father.
Handwritten in elegant script, Meghan, 37, attacks him for giving press interviews, accuses him of fabricating stories and attacking Prince Harry.
The Duchess also scolds her father for siding with her half-sister Samantha, a constant critic of Meghan who appeared to revel in the letter being revealed.
On Saturday, hours before it was released, she tweeted: “Little PR morons are in for the embarrassment of a lifetime,” later adding, “Truth always wins.”
Meghan says in the letter she is abused by Samantha, 54, and is “silently suffering at the hand of her vicious lies”.
She also blasts her father, claiming he made no attempt to contact her, shunned Harry’s offer of help and is ungrateful for money she has given him.
The retired lighting director denies all her charges. He received the letter at home in Rosarito, Mexico, and kept it to himself for six months. But when her PROUD DAD Duchess of Sussex with Thomas before feud broke out FATHER AND SON Thomas Jnr and Snr friends echoed her claims in a magazine, he felt compelled to defend himself.
He said: “I was expecting something that would be a pathway to reconciliation. Instead, it was deeply hurtful. I was so devastated I couldn’t show it to anyone and never would have had it not been for the events of last week.
“Meg has written tons of letters and cards over the years. She always signed off with ‘Love’ or ‘Love you’. This is cold. When she signs off, it’s ‘Meg’. It felt like a final farewell.”
The Duchess’s letter accuses him of asking for money. It says: “You’ve said I’ve never helped you financially and you’ve never asked for help, also untrue.
“You sent me an email last October that said: ‘If I’ve depended too much on you for financial help then I’m sorry, but INGRID SEWARD