Richard Kay: Palace Feels for Meghan as Thomas Markle Details Emerge

Richard Kay reports that a newly disclosed second cache of material allegedly tied to Meghan Markle’s estranged father, Thomas Markle Sr., could further intensify scrutiny of the Duchess. Kay says the contents reportedly include sexually explicit books and magazines about pedophilia, as well as photographs, including images described by the Mail as showing young children on a beach. The report adds that one photo appears to show Thomas Markle Sr. sitting on a hotel bed with his arm around a young Asian girl, while other images allegedly show the same girl alone in sexual poses. Kay claims investigators were alerted after the material was found in a rented storage unit in Rosarito, Mexico—not at Markle’s temporary home in the Philippines—and that verification came from rental invoices. Thomas Sr. denies wrongdoing and is reportedly in rehabilitation in Florida after an amputation.