Prince Harry may use a potential second memoir to explain why he and Meghan Markle no longer speak to her father, Thomas Markle. Thomas, who is fast approaching his 80th birthday, is no longer on speaking terms with his youngest daughter, Meghan.
The 79-year-old, who last spoke to Meghan in 2018, admits that the fact he has never met Harry also makes “no sense” to him.
Speaking on GB News, royal expert Richard Fitzwilliams said that we may find out more details of the estrangement in a potential follow-up memoir by the Duke of Sussex.
Mr Fitzwilliams said: “Before the engagement, it has never been explained why Harry has never met Thomas Markle. That is something that perhaps will be explained in a future memoir, but this is all very sad business.”
He added: “It’s not going to be resolved. The fact that Thomas is appealing to King Charles and so forth is not going to mean anything happens, I’m afraid.
“As far as the wider royal drift is concerned, the Royal Family have other priorities at the moment, putting it mildly.”
Dicussing whether he can see a reconciliation between Meghan and her father, Mr Fitzwilliams said he believes this is highly unlikely.
Previously speaking to the Mail on Sunday, Mr Markle said that his life has been overshadowed by “what has happened in the last six years”. He further explained how he felt confused by the fact he has never met his son-in-law, whom Meghan married in May 2018.
Mr Markle said: “When I reflect back on my life, as you do when you are approaching 80, that’s one of the questions I cannot find an answer for. Why didn’t Harry ever come to meet me?
“He has the resources to fly around the world – and does – but why didn’t he come to see me, particularly when people in the royal household like Jason Knauf [Harry and Meghan’s former communications secretary] were urging him to do so? That has never made sense to me.”
He has urged that he would like to speak to the King, due to the fact there are noticeable parallels with how Meghan and Harry have treated them both.
He said: “I would love to speak to him because I am sure he has as many unanswered questions as I do. Neither of us deserves the treatment we’ve received. He is going through cancer treatment and I’m not in the best of health.”
As well as having never met Harry, Thomas has also never met his grandchildren, Prince Archie, five, and Princess Lilibet, three.