Knew but chose to stay silent: the scandal over Meghan Markle's father's alleged pedophilia intensifies

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Mexican police raided a warehouse rented by Thomas Markle, Meghan Markle's 82-year-old father, following reports of the presence of materials suspected of documenting sexual abuse of children. According to Channel 14, Philippine police simultaneously raided Markle's home and seized computers and hard drives on suspicion of possessing such material, and the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation is involved in examining the suspicions.

According to Israel Hayom, Scotland Yard confirmed that it passed to the Duchess of Sussex a letter containing serious allegations against her father, but Markle did not pass the information on. According to the same report, the affair erupted after Thomas Markle was suspected by the FBI and Philippine authorities of sexually abusing children.