Meghan accompanied Prince Harry to Brussels to campaign on online child safety, days after her father, Thomas Markle, was arrested and charged in the United States with possessing child sexual abuse material. The couple had planned to speak together, but Meghan withdrew from the joint address; a source saying she was not “emotionally strong enough” to speak publicly.
But behind that appearance is a story stretching back years. Meghan reportedly wants to help the FBI, while questions remain about allegations passed to the Metropolitan Police in 2019. What was she told would happen – and how far do those reported police assurances explain her decision not to speak out?
Drawing on their original reporting, Roya Nikkhah and Kate Mansey take listeners inside the couple’s response, explain Meghan’s mother's assistance to investigators, and examine the Met’s handling of the earlier allegations. They also ask how the palace is responding to the ongoing scandal.
Thomas Markle denies wrongdoing.
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