The following article contains references to racism, domestic violence, and suicide.
Tragedy has also beset the lives of her parents, Doria Ragland and Thomas Markle.
“You don’t get that your parents are real people.
There are just your parents.
She was just my mom …
But now, oh but now…
I’m a grown woman.
And I get it.
Get all of it …
The jogs together … Time spent in the kitchen.”
However, by the time their daughter was 2 years old, the couple called it quits.
Meghan divided her time between her mom and dad’s homes thereafter.
“It went well for a while but I wasn’t home enough,” he said.
“Doria had other interests as well.
The whole family split up at that time.
The racist abuse escalated following Ragland and Thomas' divorce.
We never talked about it.”
Having suffered a stroke in her later years, Jeanette was cared for by Meghan.
“She loved her grandmother.”
In 2000, and just two days after Christmas, Jeanette died.
Doria Ragland was 44 when she lost her mom.
“Doria has a great warmth.
Having endured racism as a young man, Alvin moved to Los Angeles and became a popular antiques dealer.
“He resisted that all his life.
He would fight prejudice.”
Alvin was walking his dog when his legs got tangled up in the leash.
After nine days in hospital and major brain surgery, he died of a brain bleed, aged 82.
Doria inherited Alvin’s modest, two-bedroom home, where she still lives.
Since it was the site of her father’s death, it undoubtedly remains a poignant dwelling for Doria.
But by 2016, he was bankrupt.
Thomas reportedly hasn’t spoken to Meghan since the incident, and has never met his son-in-law, Harry.
Doria Ragland also condemned his behavior.
While in hospital, his youngest daughter didn’t pay him a visit.
“Meg and Harry should have been on a plane, and been there at the hospital, minimum.
Samantha also claimed that Harry and Meghan thought Thomas faked the heart attack for attention.
Speaking to theDaily Mail, Thomas presented medical documents that proved he did not fabricate the heart attack.
I wrote back saying, ‘You don’t even know me, what’s wrong with you?
Why would you feel threatened by a 74-year-old man?'”
“My ex-boyfriend is demented,” Davis said.
Such feelings were compounded by the widespread negative publicity she garnered after marrying Prince Harry.
“I just didn’t see a solution.
You know,” she said.
“And I can’t protect her.
H can’t protect her.”
This is due to Meghan Markle’s own estrangement from her father.
In 2021, Thomas toldFox Newsthat he would petition the California courts for the right to see his grandchildren.
“Repeatedly he has shown to Meghan he cannot be trusted,” she said.
Tom was an awful father.
What makes him think he’d be a great grandfather to Archie?”
The ailing retiree was seen being transported into an ambulance on a stretcher following a stroke that spring.
Worried about her father’s failing health, Meghan reportedly considered reconciling with Thomas.
“Despite their estrangement, Meghan is concerned,” a source told theMirror.
The following year, Meghan’s father was interviewed by Australia’s7News.
Thomas, who was struggling to speak, criticized his daughter for supposedly acting like he was already dead.
“I refuse to be buried by her,” he stated.
Accordingly, he discussed his desire to reconnect with Meghan as his health continued to decline.
“And I’d say, ‘What’s wrong?
How can I fix this?
… Of course I love you.'”
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