Unseen text messages showing the breakdown of Meghan Markle’s relationship with her father have been published in court documents.
The messages were revealed by the Daily Mail ahead of Meghan and Prince Harry’s legal case against its sister paper, the Mail on Sunday.
They form part of the paper’s defence for publishing a letter from the Duchess of Sussex to her father Thomas Markle, who is due to appear in a court as a witness for the Mail on Sunday.
The texts show how they fell out in the run up to her wedding in 2018 when Mr Markle said he could not attend.
According to defence papers seen by Yahoo News UK Meghan admonished her father for saying he could not travel to the UK.
On 10 May, nine days before the wedding, Mr Markle texted Meghan about clothes she had bought for him to wear to the wedding, legal documents filed this week say.
He wrote: “I look forward to trying on my shoes and see how we look thank you for getting it ready for me its [sic] probably past your bedtime so have a good night I love you Dad.”
On 16 May, Mr Markle had an emergency operation to unblock two arteries to his heart.
The Daily Mail reported that he texted Meghan about the surgery, and said his doctors would not allow him to fly and therefore he could not attend the wedding.
According to court documents, also quoted in the Mail, “he received a text response signed ‘Love M and H’, but which read as if it was from Prince Harry, (amongst other things) admonishing Mr Markle for talking to the press and telling him to stop and accusing Mr Markle of causing hurt
to his daughter.
“The text did not ask how the surgical procedure had gone or how Mr Markle was or send him good wishes.”
The newspaper quotes defence papers as showing Mr Markle replied by saying: “I’ve done nothing to hurt you Meghan or anyone else I know nothing about 20 phone calls. I’m sorry my heart attack is … any inconvenience for you.”
The court papers say Mr Markle received no reply and Meghan did not speak to him again before the wedding, and the Mail said he continued to try and make contact.
