Meghan Markle’s dad, Thomas Markle Jnr, has responded to comments Prince Harry made about his fiancée’s family life.
The prince told the BBC earlier this week that Meghan had had a “fantastic” time spending Christmas with the royal family in Sandringham.
He also stated that the royal family were “the family I suppose that she’s never had.”
He said:
“I think we’ve got one of the biggest families that I know of, and every family is complex as well.
“She’s done an absolutely amazing job. She’s getting in there and it’s the family I suppose that she’s never had.”
Meghan’s dad, Thomas Jnr, has since responded to the prince’s remark, claiming that it is untrue and that Meghan’s grandfather would be “extremely hurt” by the comment.
He told Mail Online that Meghan has “a really good family.”
“We were as close as we could be, as tight as we could be, that’s what we were.
“We’d get together on Christmases, on holidays, on birthdays, on Thanksgivings… It was always somewhere, even though we lived in different parts of the city.
“Obviously, she had a family. She was very privileged. She got everything she ever wanted. We did the best that we could in terms of getting together for holidays and whatnot.
“My father will be extremely hurt, actually.”
The 51-year-old went on to say that Meghan’s grandfather, Thomas Snr, “dedicated the majority of his time” to her.
“He made sure she had what she needed to be successful and get to where she’s at today,” he said.
Thomas Jnr’s comments come after Meghan’s estranged sister, Samantha Grant, took to Twitter to respond to Prince Harry’s remarks herself.
She wrote:
https://twitter.com/SamanthaMGrant/status/946029642875592704
https://twitter.com/SamanthaMGrant/status/946045996336852993
