Speaking on a documentary Meghan and the Markles: A Family at War, which aired on Channel 5 last night, Samantha discusses the letter the Duchess of Sussex sent to their father, shortly after she wed Prince Harry. The poignant letter blamed father Thomas Markle for breaking her heart “into a million pieces” by “giving interviews to the press, fabricating stories and attacking her new husband.” Samantha, who had not spoken out over the letter until now, said: “She doesn’t have a heart or she would have been doing everything she could to make him comfortable, and reciprocate, and be loving and gracious, and make sure he’s comfortable in his old age.
“So broken heart?
“No, his heart is broken.
“She can’t turn herself into the victim here.
“That letter was strategic – it was so elegantly written and contrived.
Meghan Markle news: Samantha made the comments on Meghan and the Markles: A Family at War, set to ai (Image: Meghan and the Markles: A Family at War – Getty)
“She was basically saying that my dad had been a liar and that I was a liar.
“He has text messages on his phone.
“This is a no brainer, the evidence all says that she was not contacting him.
“So it doesn’t matter what the letter says.
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“There is a lifespan of pictures and experiences together, so maybe its convenient for her.
“Because maybe in her mind she doesn’t want to see us, because she wants to take centre stage.”
Speaking of Meghan’s accusations that Samantha had lied about her, she added: “I wasn’t maliciously lying, I was pointing out what the world was already saying.
“I was pointing out that humanitarians don’t treat their fathers cruelly, was that a lie?
“And because the world watched it happen to my dad, they watched her do it.”
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