
NBC News - 3 hours 38 min ago
Federal prosecutors say 82-year-old Thomas Markle Sr. was arrested and charged with one count of possession of child pornography. NBC News has reached out to his defense attorney but has not heard back. NBC News' Jesse Kirsch reports.

UPI - 7 hours 24 min ago
The FBI arrested Thomas Wayne Markle, the father of Meghan Markle, on charges of possession of child sexual abuse material found in Los Angeles.

TMZ - 7 hours 24 min ago
Meghan Markle's estranged father, Thomas Markle Sr., is already out of custody ... he was released on bond just hours after his arrest in Florida on a federal child pornography charge. The 82-year-old appeared in federal court in Tampa on Friday…...

US Weekly - 7 hours 26 min ago
Meghan Markle 's father, Thomas Markle Sr. , has been released from custody on bond after being arrested for allegedly possessing child sexual abuse material (CSAM). Thomas, 82, attended an initial 30-minute hearing at the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida in Tampa on Friday, November 6, after being taken into federal custody earlier in the day. He was escorted into court by two U.S. Marshalls and wore a black T-shirt and slacks, BBC News reported. The U.S. Attorney's...

NY Post - 8 hours 5 min ago
This is the moment Meghan Markle’s one-legged alleged pedophile dad Thomas Markle was hauled out of his Florida nursing home in handcuffs Friday on federal child porn charges. Markle — wearing a sloppy and stained shirt showing a sunglasses-clad cat sipping an iced coffee — scowled as cameras snapped him being placed into custody by...

Newser - 8 hours 55 min ago
The widening investigation into Thomas Markle Sr. reached the US on Friday with the arrest of the 82-year-old in Florida. The criminal complaint against the father of duchess Meghan Markle says the arrest follows a raid on two storage units he owns in the Los Angeles area, reports the Los...

New York Magazine - 10 hours 58 min ago
Meghan Markle's father was taken into custody and charged with one count of possession of child pornography.

Extra - 11 hours 32 min ago
The FBI has arrested Meghan Markle's father, Thomas Markle Sr., in Florida, People magazine confirms . According to the magazine, federal agents took him into custody at Maravida Senior Living care home on charges related to possession of child sexual abuse materials. He is currently being held in Tampa. A criminal complaint obtained by "Extra," lists his offense as "possession of child pornography." DailyMail.com was first to report the news and posted photos of Markle Sr. handcuffed...

US Weekly - 11 hours 35 min ago
The Federal Bureau of Investigation intends to prosecute Meghan Markle 's estranged father, Thomas Markle Sr . , after his arrest for possession of child pornography. "Mr. Markle allegedly targeted innocent children and sought to steal their innocence through his criminal actions," FBI director Kash Patel said in a Friday, November 6, statement . "Working with our Justice Department partners, our agents moved quickly, identified and located the explicit material and arrested Mr....

Hollywood Life - 11 hours 42 min ago
Meghan Markle's father denied the child sex abuse image allegations that surfaced against him in October 2026.

Forbes - 12 hours 12 min ago
Thomas Markle has been taken into federal custody near Tampa, Florida.

E! Online - 12 hours 16 min ago
The investigation into Thomas Markle is coming to a head. The father of Meghan Markle was arrested on Nov. 6 by the FBI in Florida on suspicion of possessing child sex abuse materials, the U.S....

New York Times - 12 hours 19 min ago
Thomas Markle Sr. was arrested in Florida on Friday.

NBC News - 12 hours 23 min ago
Meghan Markle's estranged father, Thomas Markle, has been arrested for child sexual abuse material in Florida. NBC News' Tom Winter and Telegraph Royal correspondent India McTaggart break down the arrest.

NBC News - 12 hours 24 min ago
Thomas Markle, the estranged father of Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, was arrested in Florida Friday over allegations he possessed child sexual abuse material, including sexually explicit photographs of himself with minors, the justice department announced.

ABC News - 12 hours 32 min ago
Thomas Markle Sr. moved to Florida after many years in the Philippines.

TMZ - 12 hours 37 min ago
The FBI is sending a stern warning after the arrest of Meghan Markle's estranged father, Thomas Markle Sr. ... declaring anyone who preys on children will have nowhere to hide. FBI Director Kash Patel addressed the 82-year-old's arrest Friday,…...

Rolling Stone - 12 hours 42 min ago
Meghan Markle's brother recently revealed he discovered "hundreds, if not thousands" of child sexual abuse images on their father's computer in the Philippines...

The Guardian - 13 hours 20 min ago
The Duchess of Sussex said she was deeply distressed' about the allegations that surfaced last month Thomas Markle, the father of Prince Harry 's wife Meghan Markle, has been arrested by US federal agents in Florida on charges related to child sexual abuse material. Markle, 82, was taken into custody near Tampa. The Duchess of Sussex last month said she was "deeply distressed" about allegations that a collection of child sexual abuse images was found at her father's former home...

Newser - 13 hours 22 min ago
A number of outlets are reporting that Thomas Markle Sr. the estranged father of duchess Meghan Markle has been arrested in Florida on charges related to the possession of child pornography. The AP , TMZ and Page Six report that the 82-year-old was taken into custody by FBI agents at his...

US Weekly - 13 hours 27 min ago
Thomas Markle Sr. , the estranged father of Meghan Markle , is the subject of an investigation after child sex abuse material was found at his former home in the Philippines. Thomas Markle Jr. told The Sun in October 2026 that he allegedly discovered child sex abuse material (CSAM) in boxes at his father's home and alerted authorities. Meghan, who has been distanced from her father since 2018, issued a statement noting that she is "deeply distressed" by the accusations. Thomas Sr., for...

Hello Magazine - 13 hours 47 min ago
Meghan Markle has been estranged from her father Thomas Markle since before her royal wedding to Prince Harry in 2018, and he's never met her children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet...

Los Angeles Times - 13 hours 48 min ago
Authorities in the Philippines are currently investigating Markle Sr., after his son, Thomas Markle Jr., reported finding child pornography images inside four large boxes at the Cebu, Philippines, home of his father.

US Weekly - 13 hours 57 min ago
Meghan Markle 's estranged father, Thomas Markle Sr. , has reportedly been arrested. Thomas Sr., 82, was taken in to FBI custody in Florida on Friday, November 6, according to the Daily Mail . The outlet reported that he was arrested for possessing child pornography. (Thomas Sr. previously denied the accusations.) Thomas Sr.'s arrest comes weeks after his son, Thomas Markle Jr. , told The Sun on October 22 that he allegedly discovered child sex abuse material (CSAM) in boxes at his father's...