With pregnant Meghan spending the festive period with her new family, Thomas is ‘devastated’ at the prospect of Christmas alone
For many, Christmas can be a difficult time – where fractured families endeavour to paper over cracks in their relationships.
But while the Duchess of Sussex will look back on 2018 as a year she’ll never forget – having married her Prince Charming, fallen pregnant and embarked on royal life – the same can’t be said for her father, Thomas Markle.
Meghan, 37, and Thomas have had a strained relationship for some time, but with Christmas around the corner and a grandchild on the way, the 74-year-old has never been more desperate to make amends, telling friends, ‘All I want for Christmas, is my daughter back.’
Meghan with her estranged father, Thomas
A SPECIAL TIME
Despite her parents separating when she was six, Christmas would remain ‘a special time’ for Meghan and Thomas.
A close friend of his tells Woman, ‘They would put time aside to share traditions. It was a priority for her.’
Even when her career on Suits took off, Thomas admitted to friends, ‘She would drop everything to be with me.’
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