'Not Seeing Meghan Hurts Like Hell'

With pregnant Meghan spending the festive period with her new family, Thomas is ‘devastated’ at the prospect of Christmas alone

- Georgia Farquharson

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.’