Thomas Markle hits out at Duchess of Sussex claims, saying Meghan threw people

The Duchess of Sussex‘s father has hit out at claims that she said she had ‘lost’ him – and accused her of throwing people ‘under the bus’.

Thomas Markle‘s comments came after his 41-year-old daughter appeared to say that Prince Harry had spoken of a breakdown in relations with Prince Charles following his decision to move to the US.

Hours after her remarks were published in The Cut magazine, however, Meghan’s unofficial spokesman Omid Scobie wrote on social media: ‘I understand that Prince Harry is actually referring to Meghan’s loss of her own father, and Meghan is saying she doesn’t want Harry to lose his.’

Last night Mr Markle, who suffered a blood clot on his brain earlier this year, said: ‘I am still very ill and trying to recover from the stroke in May. Yet every time she opens her mouth she brings me into [the story].

‘It never ends.’

The Duchess of Sussex’s father Thomas Markle (pictured together at her first wedding in 2011) has hit out at claims that she said she had ‘lost’ him – and accused her of throwing people ‘under the bus’

Speaking falteringly to The Mail on Sunday from his home in Rosarito, Mexico, the 78-year-old said: ‘She didn’t ‘lose’ me, she dumped me.

‘I am not lost. She knows where to find me. My number hasn’t changed.

‘I would love to hear from my daughter and meet my son-in-law and my grandkids for the first time.’

The former Hollywood lighting director is suing British photographer Jeff Rayner for breach of contract over staged pictures taken before Meghan and Harry’s 2018 wedding. He claims the photographs caused him ‘worldwide embarrassment’ and wrecked his relationship with his daughter.

Mr Markle, who suffered from a blood clot on his brain earlier this year, said he did not hear from Meghan or Harry (pictured in Johannesburg on their tour of Africa in 2019) while being treated in California

Mr Markle alleges the stress caused him to suffer two heart attacks on the eve of the wedding and doctors refused to allow him to fly.

He has not spoken to Meghan or Prince Harry since.

In last week’s interview, Meghan was asked if she thinks there is room for forgiveness between her and her royal in-laws and her own family.

She replied: ‘I think forgiveness is really important.

‘It takes a lot more energy to not forgive. But it takes a lot of effort to forgive.’

Mr Markle told the MoS: ‘If she really believes in…