Meghan’s father Thomas Markle arrested over child sexual abuse material

Thomas Markle, the father of Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, was arrested on Friday by federal agents near Tampa, Florida, on charges related to child sexual abuse material, people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press, after Meghan recently said she was deeply distressed by allegations that such images were found at his former home and revealed that a letter containing troubling allegations about him had been sent to London police in 2018, CNN reported.

Thomas Markle, the father of Prince Harry’s wife Meghan, was arrested on Friday by federal agents in Florida on charges related to child sexual abuse material, CNN reported.

The sources were not authorised to discuss the investigation publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity. Markle was taken into custody near Tampa.

Meghan recently said she was “deeply distressed” by allegations that a collection of child sexual abuse images had been found at her father’s former home.

She also revealed that a letter containing “troubling allegations” about him had been sent to London police in 2018.

Meghan, who starred in the US TV drama “Suits,” married Prince Harry at Windsor Castle in 2018. They have two children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet.

Her father is a retired television lighting and photography director. He did not attend the wedding. Meghan said she distanced herself from him to protect her children.