Meghan Markles estranged half-brother has revealed he is writing a tell-all book about the Duchess of Sussexs childhood.
Thomas Markle Jr., 58, is writing the book in the tranquility of the Philippines, where he is supporting his and Meghans father, Thomas Markle Sr., 80.
When my book is finished, ooh itll be swooped up real quick cause its getting there, Markle Jr. told the Mirror.
Im working on it. Its coming out, he said, vowing that its gonna be good.
Markle Jr. even expects his book about his half-sister will spin off into other productions.
I really want to spin off the book, then when the book gets read, the documentary will follow, he said.
Im not a greedy person, its not about the money – its about the principle, Markle Jr. claimed, though he also admitted it would be nice to have a nice little cushion from selling a book.
He also claimed that everyone wants the book, and he now has time to write it, as he cares for their mobility-impaired father on the island of Cebu – more than 7,000 miles away from the Duchess of Sussex, 43, and Prince Harry, 40, as well as their two young children, ages six and three.
Thomas Markle Jr., 58, is writing a tell-all book about the Duchess of Sussexs childhood
Markle Jr. has been highly critical of his half sister, Meghan Markle, in the past. She is pictured here with her husband, Prince Harry
Markle Jr. has been highly critical of his half sister in the past, accusing her of telling malarkey stories about her childhood on her new Netflix series With Love, Meghan.
This is probably the first time I felt sorry and embarrassed for her, he told journalist Kevin O’Sullivan in March.
When he was then asked whether his father had watched the show, Markle Jr replied: I didn’t have enough heart medication for him to watch it. I didn’t want him to kick the bucket, so I’d have to go refill the prescription before I let him watch it.
On the show, the Duchess of Sussex called herself a latchkey kid who grew up with a lot of fast food and TV tray dinners.
She had also previously claimed that she grew up on the $4.99 salad bar at Sizzler and how her family was poor in an letter to US politicians, asking them to consider her plea for paid leave for parents.
But on her claims that she grew up poor, Markle Jr said: That’s just another one of the malarkey stories she sold to the Royal Family for sympathy. We weren’t poor. She didn’t have to rub two nickels together at Sizzler’s salad bar.
Critics have previously pointed out that Meghan was raised in middle class comfort in the California suburb of Woodland Hills in a home Thomas Markle, an Emmy-award winning lighting director, bought shortly before Meghan was born in 1981.
He sent her to Hollywoods private Little Red Schoolhouse, whose old students include Elizabeth Taylor and Judy Garland, where staff feed students six different types of organic vegetables from the school garden each week.
When Meghan was nine he won $750,000 in a lottery and the money helped send Meghan to the $16,000-a-year Immaculate Heart Catholic School, one of LAs finest.
Markle Jr is writing the book from the Philippines, where he is taking care of his and Meghans 80-year-old father (pictured)
In fact, in a blog post from the Duchess of Sussexs now-defunct website The Tig revealed the affection that she once held for her hardworking daddy before he was shut out of her life in 2018.
It is now believed that their relationship first became strained when he posed for paparazzi photographs prior to Meghans royal wedding in 2018.
The 80-year-old also suffered a heart attack just before the ceremony, preventing him from walking his daughter down the aisle.
He has never met his grandchildren, but when his discussing his move to Southeast Asia in January, he said he is not running away and is instead going in search of a more positive life.
Every day I see something about Meghan, Markle Sr. lamented. I wish her no ill will.
My dream is that one day I could bring my whole family together, like a “normal” family, he admitted.
