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Met ‘misplaced letter sent to Meghan Markle over father’s sex abuse allegations and asked her for copy’
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Society · Scotland · 23 min ago
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- Published The Metropolitan Police says it is investigating reports that a letter was sent to one of its specialist units in 2018 containing allegations about Thomas Markle, the father of the Duchess of Sussex.
Scotland Yard opens an inquiry after the Duchess of Sussex said she was sent a letter containing "disturbing allegations".
On Friday, it was reported that images of child sexual abuse allegedly belonging to Markle, 82, were found in his former home in the Philippines.
The Met said it received a letter in 2019 about a “number of claims” relating to Mr Markle and it was now “reviewing its handling” of the matter.
In her statement on Friday, Meghan said that when she received the letter outlining allegations against her father in 2018, she was "given assurance that these were being investigated".
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