# Thomas Markle Sr. investigation

True crime · Heat 8.4 / 10 · 6 shows · 2h 55m airtime

On October 22, 2026, Cebu City police confirmed a confidential criminal investigation into Thomas Markle Sr. after his son reported finding child sexual abuse material in his home. Philippine authorities lead the case and hold his devices, with the FBI's Tampa office and Criminal Division assisting; Thomas Sr. denies the allegations. Meghan Markle says a 2018 letter to the Metropolitan Police made allegations against her father and she was assured they were investigated, but the Met says it never investigated him and is not doing so now. The Met confirmed a 2019 letter from Rosalind Loveless reached Meghan and held only an ex-wife's allegation, while Samantha Markle says the computers sat in storage in the Philippines for two years.

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## Segments

- [The TMZ Podcast](https://boilpoints.com/u/thetmzpodcast), 2026-10-23, 5:47 to 10:54: **Opens the Markle story from the Sun report**. Opens the Markle story from The Sun's report: the son's alleged discovery of the files, Cebu City police confirming a confidential investigation, and Meghan's statement about a 2018 British police letter. The hosts spend most of the segment on the family rift and say they don't know what to believe. New angle: Cebu City police confirmed a confidential criminal investigation into Thomas Markle Sr. and detectives were reportedly preparing to seize evidence.
- [No Filter With Zack Peter](https://boilpoints.com/u/nofilterwithzackpeter), 2026-10-23, 15:59 to 35:00: **Questions the timing of the police letter**. Walks a timeline of the Markle family statements and finds the 2018 police letter hard to square with the 2021 Oprah interview, the leaked personal letter and Archie's 2019 birth. The host questions why the story is only surfacing in 2026. New angle: Meghan says police shared a 2018 letter with her containing the allegations against her father.
- [The Megyn Kelly Show](https://boilpoints.com/u/themegynkellyshow), 2026-10-23, 3:18 to 12:28: **Presses the Met's denial against her letter**. Reads The Sun's account of what Thomas Markle Jr. says he found, then Meghan Markle's statement that a 2018 letter to the Met made similar allegations. Presses the gap between her account and the Met's denial that it ever investigated, and reads Thomas Sr.'s and Samantha Markle's responses. New angle: The Metropolitan Police says it never investigated Thomas Markle Sr. and is not investigating him now, despite Meghan Markle's account of a 2018 letter.
- [The Megyn Kelly Show](https://boilpoints.com/u/themegynkellyshow), 2026-10-23, 12:28 to 32:18: **Replays Harry and Oprah to charge inconsistency**. Long segment arguing about what Meghan Markle did after the 2018 allegations, replaying Harry's 2022 Netflix documentary and her 2021 Oprah interview to charge inconsistency. It stays inside the statement and the Met's denial already on the record.
- [The Megyn Kelly Show](https://boilpoints.com/u/themegynkellyshow), 2026-10-23, 32:21 to 37:36: **Adds the family's two-year storage account**. Reads Thomas Markle Sr.'s denial to the Daily Mail and Samantha Markle's statement, adding their account of the computers' two years out of his hands and his offer to let an expert examine them. New angle: Samantha Markle says the computers sat in storage in the Philippines for two years, out of her father's possession.
- [The Megyn Kelly Show](https://boilpoints.com/u/themegynkellyshow), 2026-10-23, 37:18 to 45:04: **Adds GB News confirming the 2018 briefing**. Reads through The Sun's account in detail: the four boxes, the 15-minute video, the Lenovo screen grab tying the laptop to Markle Sr.'s Rosarito home. Adds that GB News confirmed Met and royal protection officers told Meghan in summer 2018, and that Buckingham Palace declined to comment on whether King Charles knew. New angle: GB News confirmed Met and royal protection officers informed Meghan of the allegations in summer 2018; Buckingham Palace declined to comment.
- [The Megyn Kelly Show](https://boilpoints.com/u/themegynkellyshow), 2026-10-23, 45:04 to 51:59: **Compares the case to Epstein and speculates**. Greenwald frames the case as another Epstein-style story of elite institutions tolerating degenerate behavior, then speculates about whether the royals ran a background check and what the Met told them in 2018. Opinion and comparison, no new development.
- [Pop Culture Crisis](https://boilpoints.com/u/popculturecrisis), 2026-10-23, 56:37 to 1:11:52: **Questions the account and the Met letter**. Works through the Markle story from the son's report to the denials, Meghan's 2018 letter to the Met and Piers Morgan's questions, then lands on open skepticism about the whole account. New angle: Meghan Markle says a 2018 letter to the Metropolitan Police made allegations against her father and she was assured they were investigated.
- [Entertainment Tonight](https://boilpoints.com/u/entertainmenttonight), 2026-10-24, 1:32 to 2:52: **Adds Meghan's statement on the 2018 letter**. Opens with the Markle investigation as reported: the son's July FBI report, the volume of images, no charges, and a denial. Adds Meghan Markle's statement, released that day, that she was shown a 2018 letter detailing the allegations. New angle: Meghan Markle says she was shown a letter in summer 2018 detailing the allegations against her father.
- [The Megyn Kelly Show](https://boilpoints.com/u/themegynkellyshow), 2026-10-26, 54:33 to 1:25:36: **Reports FBI assistance to Philippine authorities**. Reports exclusively that the FBI's Tampa office and Criminal Division are assisting Philippine authorities, who hold the devices and lead the case, and that the FBI is open to seeking a warrant for Markle's Florida residence. Also relays The Sun's inventory of the boxes and the 2014 and 2020 download dates. New angle: The FBI's Tampa office and Criminal Division are assisting Philippine authorities, who lead the Markle investigation and hold his devices.
- [The Megyn Kelly Show](https://boilpoints.com/u/themegynkellyshow), 2026-10-26, 1:26:38 to 1:42:20: **Lands the December 2025 letter**. Picks apart Meghan Markle's shifting timeline and the friend's claim she was told to stay quiet, then lands a new document: a December 2025 letter she sent her father in the Philippines, delivered by a lawyer and a hospital administrator and videotaped. New angle: Meghan Markle sent her father a December 2025 letter accusing him of abusing children, delivered and videotaped in the Philippines.
- [The Megyn Kelly Show](https://boilpoints.com/u/themegynkellyshow), 2026-10-26, 1:45:29 to 2:07:02: **Reads The Sun's follow-up on the Met letter**. Closes the Markle story by reading The Sun's follow-up on Rosalind Loveless's 2019 letter to the Met, which claims Thomas Markle said he went to the Philippines and Thailand because 12-year-olds are legal there. Frames Meghan's eight years of silence against her advocacy record. New angle: Rosalind Loveless's 2019 Met letter claims Thomas Markle said he went to the Philippines and Thailand because 12-year-olds are legal there.
- [Crime Stories with Nancy Grace](https://boilpoints.com/u/crimestorieswithnancygrace), 2026-10-26, 0:06 to 3:44: **Recaps the probe and the silence question**. Opens the episode with the Markle investigation: the son's reported discovery of thousands of images, the Philippine probe, and Nancy Grace's question about why British authorities allegedly stayed silent. A framing recap that stays inside the reporting already on the record.
- [Crime Stories with Nancy Grace](https://boilpoints.com/u/crimestorieswithnancygrace), 2026-10-26, 3:44 to 5:25: **Lays out the two reports behind the case**. Dave Mack lays out the two reports behind the case: Rosalind Loveless's seven-page handwritten 2018 letter to the Met and Scotland Yard, and Thomas Markle Jr.'s report to Philippine authorities and the FBI. Adds that a raid on the Cebu house turned up boxes of videos, pictures and postcards. New angle: A raid on Thomas Markle Sr.'s Cebu house found boxes of videos, pictures and postcards with bestiality.
- [Crime Stories with Nancy Grace](https://boilpoints.com/u/crimestorieswithnancygrace), 2026-10-26, 5:50 to 8:16: **Retells the cutoff over the videotaped letter**. Plays the Daily Mail video of Thomas Markle Sr. receiving the sealed 2025 letter and retells why Meghan cut him off: she says she believes the accusations brought to her attention in 2019. The videotaping is framed as proof of delivery, staying inside what the letter coverage already established.
- [Crime Stories with Nancy Grace](https://boilpoints.com/u/crimestorieswithnancygrace), 2026-10-26, 8:16 to 12:04: **Plays the clips and retells the falling out**. Plays Thomas Markle Sr.'s Good Morning Britain clips and retells the original falling out: the staged paparazzi photos, the paid setups, the heart attack and the missed May 2018 wedding. Rob Shooter says Meghan and Harry did not know of the allegations at the wedding.
- [Crime Stories with Nancy Grace](https://boilpoints.com/u/crimestorieswithnancygrace), 2026-10-26, 12:04 to 16:05: **Adds the Met's 2019 letter detail**. Reads the reported seizure list from the Cebu house - Lolita books, negatives, thousands of images - and adds a detail on the 2019 letter: the Met confirmed it reached Meghan at the top of 2019 and carried only an ex-wife's allegation, not the evidence now on hand. New angle: The Met confirmed the 2019 letter reached Meghan at the top of that year and held only an ex-wife's allegation.
- [Entertainment Tonight](https://boilpoints.com/u/entertainmenttonight), 2026-10-27, 6:45 to 8:28: **Reports Philippine police examining the laptop**. Opens a new Markle story: Philippine officials call Thomas Markle Sr. a possible sex offender and police are examining his laptop, while Meghan's reported December letter and Samantha's claim about an $80,000 payment round out the segment. New angle: Philippine police are examining Thomas Markle Sr.'s laptop over child sexual abuse allegations he denies.