{"id":4086,"date":"2018-02-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-02-08T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/uncategorised\/meghan-markles-family-situation-getting-weirder\/"},"modified":"2020-01-09T02:06:32","modified_gmt":"2020-01-09T02:06:32","slug":"meghan-markles-family-situation-getting-weirder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/entertainment\/meghan-markles-family-situation-getting-weirder\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cI don\u2019t know these people\u201d: Meghan Markle\u2019s family situation is out of control"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019ve previously heard how Meghan Markle\u2019s half-sister Samantha Grant, went nothing short of BANANAS on her famous sis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you can spend $75,000 on a dress, you can spend $75,000 on your dad,\u201d she famously told <em><a href=\"https:\/\/http\/www.intouchweekly.com\/posts\/meghan-markle-sister-tells-all-150969\">InTouch<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The story continues with Meghan\u2019s half-brother, Thomas Markle Jnr, who has come out with claims against the soon-to-be-royal.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas, 51, has told <em>InTouch Magazine <\/em>that he sent the actress a letter of congratulations and in it, apologies if his personal troubles had caused her any embarrassment (he has been arrested for offences like fighting while intoxicated).<\/p>\n<p>His half-sister, he claims, never replied.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas then reached out via his lawyer to Buckingham Palace to ask for help in dealing with the extra press intrusion in his life.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cMy lawyer had a phone meeting with her lawyer, and he emailed me some of her direct words. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>She said, \u2018That\u2019s distant family and I don\u2019t know those people.\u2019 That\u2019s pretty harsh,\u201d he said.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 100%;\" class=\"media-element file-media-original nova-lazyload-image-wrapper lz-cont img-responsive\" data-delta=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/giphy_27_9.gif\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Image: Instagram \/ Meghan Markle<\/em><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;\"><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-199832ad-73f9-9d03-b897-151279314369\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Ready to relax your eyes with a short clip?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;\"><strong><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-199832ad-73f9-d550-0e49-4b30d7bd0331\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">He\u2019s here! We finally meet \u2018Peter Rabbit\u2019! 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