Thomas Markle, the father of Prince Harryās wife Meghan Markle, has been arrested by US federal agents in Florida on charges related to child sexual abuse material.Markle, 82, was taken into custody near Tampa. The Duchess of Sussex last month said she was ādeeply distressedā about allegations that a collection of child sexual abuse images was found at her fatherās former home.Meghan also revealed that a letter containing ātroubling allegationsā about her father was sent to police in London in 2018.She had issued a statement after the Sun newspaper published claims that her half-brother Thomas Markle Jr alleged he had found a stash of images belonging to their father at his former home in the Philippines.
He was named as a person of interest in the case earlier this week.Markleās father, a retired television lighting and photography director, did not attend the wedding of Harry and Meghan, amid acrimony and estrangement between father and daughter. Meghan has since said she decided to distance herself from him to protect her children.More details soon ā¦