Meghan's father and photographer in photo scam

From what I've heard, MM cut off her paternal family years ago, possibly due to many years of bad behaviour. Her father's family are white, and older than she; there are overtones of prejudice in the way she was allegedly treated by them as a child.

I don't know why any of them other than her father ever imagined they would be invited to the wedding. MM herself has nothing to do with them. Why on earth would she want Harry to meet them?

You can choose your friends, but you can't choose your relatives. You can, however, cut them off.

Apology accepted sunseeker but yes rather sad that you have counted my posts. 12 now to save you the trouble.

Lol Sunseeker the case of the disinterested person being very interested in communicating their disinterest

Lol indeed ReadyMeals but who are we LOL at? considering Sunseekers post accusing me of being on numerous other royal threads wasn't even true !

Winterwhite so good to see someone use the phrase 'walk up the aisle'. TV seems to be obsessed with her father walking her 'down the aisle'. Since the alter is the top of the church you always walk up to it. The bride walks down the aisle with her new husband.

The Royals are accustomed to much worse than this

I agree with you Sunseeker.

That makes 13 !

That is, I agree with your post of 12.01 Sunseeker.

At least he didn't complain he had no pot to tinkle in, like a certain Duchess

Another 'royal' bride as suitable as Fergie? I will wait and see :D

Sarah Helen, I wouldn’t bother letting my opinion bother you. No need to get stewed up, it’s just my opinion, and I stand by it. Don’t let it bother you.

Is Meghan's dad just an unprincipled attention seeker? First he gets involved with papparazzi then it's made out to be a mistake, then he claims to have had a heart attack and then discharges himself from hospital, now he's back in hospital and awaiting some kind of surgery (or is he?) and the whole thing smacks of me, me, me and me all stops in between!

The whole focus has moved right away from Meghan & Harry and onto Daddy Dearest.....well, it'll spice up the inevitable ghost-written biography that Mr Markle will surely have a publishing deal for just in time for Christmas.

I get the impression that this clown is definitely NOT putting his daughter's interests first.

Am I too cynical? You betcha!

I feel sorry for her dad he is clearly out of his comfort zone and just maybe could have done with a bit of help. Also may I ask, has the law about divorce people being married in Church been changed?

Can they be more humiliated than all the shameful things Sarah Ferguson has done and still kept her title ? - Bah !!

Yes, Margs, I agree with you. Not much of a father. I don't see how Prince Harry can be blamed for not meeting him; he sounds as though he has deliberately avoided contact. And I am sorry for Meghan.

My adult children have been trying for the past two years to arrange a visit to their father who lives in Spain, one particularly anxious to introduce the new partner, but he is always occupied with friends and current wife's family staying, or is awaiting / recovering from hospital treatment. He does thoughtfully send pictures of his operation scars, to keep in touch.

Those who have been critical of my punctuation ok. recovering from a stroke lucky to be alive but even though I would not have passed a English grammar exam I am sure you understood what I was trying to say/write

Speaking as one who has spent the last ten days worried stiff about a DH seriously ill with a sudden and unexpected bacterial infection which has affected his heart, I'm less than impressed with Thomas Markle using his so-called heart problems as an excuse for his indecision, self pity and general attention seeking behaviour.

I find it hard to believe he's had a heart attack and now he's supposed to be having major heart surgery today. Really?

With the exception of her mother, can that family not just shut up, butt out and let Meghan enjoy her day?

On a good note (for me), if DHs echocardiogram goes OK tomorrow he'll be allowed home for the weekend just so long as he can administer his IV antibiotics.

He'll be just in time to watch the RW with me! I bet he can't wait

I do know someone who was playing badminton with someone half his age three days before his son's wedding and had a heart attack. He still got to the wedding and looked in quite good shape.

Following GabriellaG's post, I still think Meghan's mother leaves a lot to be desired.

I thought she had already been on Oprah's show, but apparently that will happen after the wedding, which I guess from a financial point of view makes perfect sense to both Oprah and the mother.

Revealing insider gems from the mother of the bride after the wedding, well, I imagine she could name her price.

And THIS is the family background of the woman Prince Harry will marry on Saturday. Ye gods!

I thought I read somewhere that the interview will have to be approved by the palace.

Just because it’s in the Daily Mail doesn’t make it true. I recommend taking everything in that rag with a pinch of salt.

I don't buy the DM so must have read it somewhere else!

Haven't read all these posts so forgive me blundering in. . .heard someone say yesterday did we think Philip's op was planned to keep him out of the way? What with mixed race, American and divorced-what could he possibly say?!
And in the dear old DM it says the security for this bash is being met by taxpayers-surely not with all the needs we have as a country, hospitals, schools, prisons etc?

Good luck for your DH Merlot a worrying time for you both.
I shall be on holiday the day of the wedding, but have just watched ‘The Royal Wedding’ on channel 4 it’s very funny ( Beatrice and Jeremy Corbyn) and Camilla playing the evil step Mother.

Barmeyoldbat, I think you'll find it is up to the vicar's conscience but we were married in church 22 years ago and we were both divorced.

No ones perfect, we are only seeing what the papers want us to see. We don’t know the family or the royal family. All families have up & downs, including the royal family.