Meghan's father and photographer in photo scam

I haven't read all the posts so may be echoing what's been said already.
Mr Markle seems out of his depth and probably was hemmed in with attention and dodgy advice. What a minefield, and he's stepped on one. The press and photographers do not come out of this at all well, circling like sharks to take advantage of a seemingly vulnerable man.
I expect the Royals will cope and need no sympathy at all.

The press have a lot to answer for. Just watched the film about Amy Winehouse, they were like vultures pursuing her when she was extremely vulnerable. Having said that, I suppose we are feeding into that by buying these papers or there would be no market for the pictures...

OMG I'm having deja vue. Flash forward a few years, Harry is filmed trying to dance with her, then numerous photos are published of her somewhere romantic all alone, then.......
We've been here before haven't we?
Why do people keep buying into this soap opera?

You hit the nail on the head there trisher imagine if we had it 3-4 times a week like A posh ‘Stenders . Oooops at the minute it seems we do !

Until one of his children became involved with the British RF no one cared a hoot what Mr Markle was doing.He was living his life as he wanted and nothing to do with anyone else. Meghan should have done what many would be brides do and if they are still able to get in touch with their father then introduce their intended to their father. Possibly, at that point, ask would he give their daughter 'away' on her marriage. Meghan chose not to do any of this..Only what suits her. Let her reap what she sows. I wonder if HRH Queen Elizabeth is aware of what is seemingly and sadly becoming a pantomime.

I shall be watching the Cup Final.

I hope the cash from the pictures will pay for his heart surgery.
I wish them all well.

Have any of you ever dealt with the pressure of the press? I haven't but from what I have seen, they are a nightmare to deal with at the best of times. My DH was in a job that quite frequently got reported in the news and the misinformation was mind boggling. You sometimes wondered whether the press had actually listened to what was said.
I can't see that Mr Markle has done anything wrong but I do feel for the bride that her father may not be able to accompany her for whatever the reasons. She may be marrying into Royalty but she is still a human being who experiences the same emotional responses to disappointment as the rest of us. I can't believe how many people are jubilant about something that is so deeply personal.

Seems Meghan only has contact with mother and dad and not rest of family. Strange that Harry hasn't met her father yet, would have thought this would have been arranged earlier. Whole thing a bit of a debacle and although definitely not a royalist it is a shame for any bride to have all this public hassle before her big day.

Love following the antics/gossip of the Royal family - I am doing a History degree with the OU, so I use that as my cover excuse. It's not really about whether you love/loathe the royal family - nor, indeed about a commoner marrying into it - we have good and bad examples of both, in the Countess of Wessex (good) and Sarah Ferguson (bad). Really it's about how you behave - if we were being completely honest, beautiful as Meghan is, would any one of us really want 'her family' as in-laws? Harry and Meghan have been together far too short a time to consider marriage ,in light of what comes with it, being a royal marriage in the spotlight. Has Harry met with any member of her family besides her Mother? If not, then he hasn't made any effort to get to know them and this seems very strange when he is contemplating spending the rest of his life with Meghan. I wish them well but it seems an awkward way to begin marriage - being estranged from your in-laws - Meghan will undoubtedly need and want to reconcile with, at least, her Father at some point in the future,where this will leave Harry or their marriage, I just don't know.

Her second big day! Did her dad give her away last time?

Meghan Markle's family seems to be what might be called dysfunctional. I just hope that in spite of that she is a rational, stable and balanced young lady - otherwise it will be enormously difficult for her to make a successful happy marriage to someone in a family as high profile as Harry's.

Colette13, it seems there are some in laws you would want to be estranged from....

Collette13 British class snobbery at its very best...."would any one of us really want her family as inlaws" as far as I can see they aren't any worse than the RF!.

The wonderful thing about the RF is that there is everything in their history. Murder, mistresses, infanticide, greed, etc. Its all been done before. This wedding is great and excellent for our tourist industry. I wish them all the best.

I doubt if the Queen will be very bothered about this. She’s seen plenty of strange goings-on in her own family. She is old enough to remember the abdication, after all.

I wonder what Charles is making of it all?

Paddyann/Blinko - Granted, read it back - does sound like British snobbery - can see it from both sides though, it's Meghan I feel most sorry for, at some point, she's going to need/want to reconcile with her family, and they haven't exactly been supportive, having said that maybe Harry/royal family haven't reached out to them.

I believe Megan's father and family are very vulnerable to the press, media etc.They would have benefited from some support from the powers that be once the wedding has been announced. Lets hope her father is ok after his medical procedure it would be awful for eveyone if anything happened to him .

Surely Harry who has ‘suffered at the hands of the media ‘ would have paved the way for his future father in law , he is a big boy now, just wish he would act like it,

Good question Jane, was Daddy at the first wedding

I feel a bit sorry for him really. Yes, he has behaved foolishly, but he’s American, he doesn’t understand how it all works with royalty. I understood he has been pursued by the press, and agreed to the photos to get them off his back, though that obviously wasn’t going to happen. He needed some proper advice from this side of the Atlantic but clearly didn’t get it. Sad, and now he’s ill too.

I feel sorry for the Dad but it seems his other kids were so piqued that he hadn't sided with them and stayed away out of loyalty to them that they were determined to make it very hard for him to go. They won. No wonder Meghan doesn't want anything to do with them. I do feel sorry for the Dad, and like a newspaper journalist has said today, the Palace really should have done something about getting Meghan's mum and dad over to the UK at least 2 weeks in advance and ensured they had the services of dressers and groomers and rehearsals etc so they'd be more relaxed on the day AND AWAY FROM THE PRESS!!

It seems to me that a lot of people seem to be of the opinion that either Harry or the Royal Family should have reached out to Megan's family. What if she didn't want this to happen? What if SHE didn't want Harry to meet her family? Surely it was up to her to lead or organise the meetings? Enough already!

Again , why should the palace have done anything, why not Harry and Megan bring her parents here , they certaintly have plenty of room, I don’t understand why they are innocent in all this, are they not capable of thinking past themselves , I think not.

All is odd from what we read brides mother will be with her in the car to take her to the service seems to it was all decided some time ago who was giving her away and Harry has not met her family so did not ask for her hand in marriage and let's face it he has well and truly stuck his fingers up at RF tradition divorced was not a Christian non white and no royal blood or nobility just an actress with baggage and a disfunctual family who she was not in close contact with

Anyone else feel that if the RF had arranged for Meghans parents to come to UK and kept them away from the press they would have been accused of trying to control them. It seems to me that no matter what anyone did, whether the RF or Meghan's family, the press and many others would have criticised.

I won't be watching the wedding, (although I wish them well) and have only a passing interest in the RF but don't think any of them deserve the attacks they are receiving.

It also leaves a bad taste that so many seem to be hoping that the marriage fails so they can gleefully say "I told you so"