MEGHAN Markle’s dad doesn’t think Prince Harry could protect the chickens in their garden, her brother Thomas has claimed.
Thomas Markle Jr was being interviewed at the start of Big Brother VIP in Australia in which he tore into the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.
The 55-year-old also shocked his Big Brother housemates when he said he didn’t believe her claims made in the bombshell Oprah Winfrey interview about her mental health struggles.
He revealed his dad’s disdain for the Royal couple, who he became estranged from following their 2018 wedding and the controversy over whether he would attend.
Thomas Snr admitted he was paid to pose for staged paparazzi pictures sold to news outlets worldwide and confessed that he had lied about it to Harry.
He was asked if he had any correspondence with Harry at all after the wedding.
“No, not me. My father did. My dad doesn’t approve of them,” he said.
“My father said he couldn’t even protect those chickens in the backyard if he needed to.”
Markle appeared to be referring to the rescue chickens that the royal couple keep at the California mansion.
He went on to reveal that his dad wanted Harry to call him up and even visit him to formally ask if he could marry Meghan.
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“He wants Harry to do things proper like call him on the phone, go see him in person, and ask ‘Can I take your daughter’s hand in marriage’.
“He cherishes Meghan, he worships her, I feel sorry for him because she won’t even pick up the phone and call my father ever, and then he is in the dark as much as everybody else is.”
Thomas also said he had “no idea” how Meghan ended up with a prince, and said she was “cold” towards her former husband Trevor Engelson.
“The guy she was was married to the first time, Trevor, have you seen those Saw movies? This guy owns that production company. That guy just took care of her. She was adored by him.
“And she just walked all over him and dumped him, that fast. After being married, she sent him the ring in the mail – is that cold or what?”
Thomas nodded when one of the other housemates said Meghan’s behaviour sounded “cold-blooded”.
“Harry’s on the chopping block next,” Thomas said.
“The only difference between now and then, all the photos prior to that he had a smile on his face, all the ones after he doesn’t.”
Thomas wrote a letter in 2018 in which he branded the couple’s upcoming nuptials, a “fake fairy tale” and warned Harry his marriage to Meghan would be the “biggest mistake in royal wedding history”.
Back in August this year, he claimed he’d warned Harry that “very shallow” Meghan would “ruin” his life.
Housemates gasped with shock as he took issue with his sister’s mental health claims.
“I don’t 100 per cent buy that and I don’t agree with some of the things on the Oprah interview like not having those services available. I can’t imagine being that sheltered. “
As housemates began to bristle, he continued with his onslaught on Megan saying “she kind of knew what she was getting into”.
Markle said “if you got a job and you got paid $4million salary a year to bow and curtesy and shake hands and take pictures and do some charity work here and some charity work it’s about the highest pedestal you can get to in life.
“So do your job and don’t gripe about it.”
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