Meghan Markle ‘lives in fear’ her dad will leak their conversations if they talk

She reportedly hasn't spoken to him in months.

Meghan Markle is said to be "living in fear" that her dad will leak their conversations to the press if she reconnects with him. The 36-year-old's relationship with her father, Thomas Markle, is thought to have become strained after a number of controversies in the lead up to her wedding to Prince Harry on May 19. And since he's now developed a fondness for speaking to the media about his daughter and her husband, the Duchess of Sussex is reportedly worried about reaching out to him to reconnect. A source told Us Weekly:

"Meghan is so upset over Thomas. She’s upset for a couple of reasons. "She doesn’t even know how to communicate with her dad without knowing he won’t exploit her. "She lives in fear that he’ll leak their communication. If he’s spoken this much already, why wouldn’t he leak their conversation?"

The source claimed that the former actress would like to speak to her father again, but "there's no trust there anymore. And it doesn't seem like it could ever be rebuilt." They added:

"The damage is done. "First, he faked this weird heart attack, which he hasn’t admitted was fake, and now he’s doing all these interviews. "She has no other choice but to ignore him."

Thomas recently told TMZ he didn't like the way that he had been portrayed in the lead up to the royal wedding, saying that "the press beat me up every day." He also said that he thinks that speaking out in the media will, eventually, win him favour within the royal family. He explained that he just wants to be in his daughter and Prince Harry's lives, adding:

"I was silent for a full year and the press beat me up every day saying I was a hermit hiding in Mexico, so I gave my story. "Apparently that interview put the Royal Family in their silence mode ... so, I gave another interview to break the silence. "All they have to do is speak to me.”

He also gave an in-depth interview to The Sun on Sunday, where he claimed that his daughter looks "terrified".