Meghan Markle’s dad says he won’t stop talking to press until royals stop ‘silence mode’

"All they have to do is speak to me.”

Meghan Markle's dad has announced that he will not stop talking to the press until the royal family comes out of "silence mode" and acknowledges him. Thomas Markle said that he is determined to re-start contact with his daughter, claiming that he hasn't spoken to her since shortly after her wedding on May 19. Since then, he has spoken to Good Morning Britain and The Sun on Sunday, which he claimed would be his last interview. He said in the in-depth interview, which was published this past weekend, that his daughter looks "terrified". The newlyweds were reported to be "frustrated" by his interviews with the press, but Thomas hasn't been fazed by the reports. He told TMZ on Tuesday that 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.”