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Thomas Markle 'believes Meghan and Harry will visit him after their honeymoon'

Thomas Markle and his daughter Meghan - Pix supplied as a technical service by Tim Stewart News Limited 07932745508. No copyright inferred o
Thomas Markle and his daughter Meghan - Pix supplied as a technical service by Tim Stewart News Limited 07932745508. No copyright inferred o

Thomas Markle expects his daughter new son-in-law to visit him soon after their honeymoon, he has reportedly told relatives.

Mr Markle, a 73-year-old retired Hollywood lighting director, was unable to attend Saturday's royal wedding owing to recent heart surgery.

He told the gossip site TMZ, his mouthpiece of choice, that he watched the wedding at a friend's house in California, across the border from his own home in northern Mexico.

On Sunday a family source told The Sun: “Meghan and Thomas are both devastated he wasn’t able to attend the wedding and have discussed seeing each other soon.

“They have been speaking all week, mostly by text.

“She has been worried about him and checking how he is regularly.

“Thomas has told other family members he hopes and expects Meghan and Harry to come to see him.”

Thomas Markle
Thomas and Meghan Markle

Mr Markle, who separated from Doria Ragland in 1987, was born in Pennsylvania but spent most of his working life in Los Angeles.

On his retirement he moved south of the border, and has lived in the northern Mexican beach town of Rosarito since 2011.

His daughter, now known as the Duchess of Sussex, is not believed to have ever visit him in Mexico.

And it is considered highly unlikely that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex would be able to visit him at home, 10 miles south of Tijuana.

The area is currently experiencing a surge in violence as Mexican cartels wage war on each other, vying for control of the lucrative border trafficking routes.

Tijuana was ranked the fifth most dangerous city in the world outside a war zone in 2017, and this year is on track to beat that record, according to the local newspaper's "Ejecutometro" - a daily tally of the murders from the previous day.

The royal couple would be far more likely to arrange a meeting with Mr Markle in California, once his health improves. 

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