'Call it off, Harry,' urges Meghan Markle's half-brother
Tom Markle alleges "jaded, shallow, conceited" Meghan is acting the "part of a princess like a below C average Hollywood actress".
Saturday 5 May 2018 14:12, UK
Meghan Markle's half-brother has urged Prince Harry to cancel his wedding, claiming it will be the "biggest mistake in royal wedding history".
Tom Markle Junior, 51, also told Harry in a handwritten letter that "Meghan is obviously not the right woman for you".
Harry and the Royal family should "put an end to this fake fairy tale wedding before it to (sic) late", he said.
Mr Markle, who has not spoken to Ms Markle for seven years, but asserted that "family comes first", added that he was "confused why you don't see the real Meghan".
He said his half-sister was acting the "part of a princess like a below C average Hollywood actress".
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In the letter, published by In Touch magazine, Mr Markle claims Meghan, 36, started out by "using her own father until he's bankrupt, then forgets about him in Mexico leaving him broke, over mostly all her debts".
Their father, Thomas Markle Senior, who he alleges she forgot "like she never knew him", will "never recover financially from paying Meghan's way", he said.
Not mincing his words, Mr Markle said a "tiny bit of Hollywood fame has gone to her (Meghan's) head, changing her into a jaded, shallow, conceited woman".
She will "make a joke of you and the royal family heritage", he warned Harry.
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On the subject of the wedding, Mr Markle continued that "to top it all off, she doesn't invite her own family" and "instead invites complete strangers".
The couple have invited 2,640 members of the public to the 19 May wedding at St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle.
"Who does that", he wrote, claiming their father "didn't get an invite", when he should be "walking her down the aisle".
It has subsequently emerged that Thomas Markle Senior will be performing the traditional role, and that Meghan's mother will be present too.
If it was not for their dad, he said Meghan would be "busing (sic) tables and baby sitting to pay her old debt off".
"It's not too late Harry," he added.
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He finished by saying that Meghan was "still my sister" and "IS family".
"You would think that a royal wedding would bring a torn family closer together," he wrote.
"But I guess we're all distant family to Meg."
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