Thomas Markle’s four-word verdict on Meghan Markle’s first husband Trevor Engelson

Thomas Markle and Prince Harry in separate pictures

Thomas Markle has made a comment that could be seen as a swipe at Prince Harry (Image: Getty/ ITV)

has spoken publicly about how much he liked his daughter’s first husband, despite the fact they divorced 12 years ago.

Thomas Markle, 80, has not been in contact with his daughter the Duchess of Sussex, 43, for seven years after he staged photos of himself with the paparazzi in the run-up to her 2018 wedding to . The relationship was further worsened when extracts of a letter she wrote to him ended up published in The Mail on Sunday.

Despite the fact Thomas, a former film lighting director, apologised to Meghan for the paparazzi photos in the press, the relationship between the father-and-daughter has never been repaired.

It is believed that the 80-year-old has not seen his daughter since before her 2018 wedding, and has never met or the couple’s two children Prince Archie, five, and Princess Lilibet, three.

However, despite no longer being in touch with his daughter, Thomas has that he liked Meghan’s first husband film producer Trevor Engelson, making a four-word statement that has been considered to be a swipe at Harry, 40.

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He said: “I really liked Trevor.”

Thomas, who also said he still has photos of Meghan from her first wedding at his home in Mexico, also told MailOnline: “ I don’t think he ever understood why she dumped him either.”

While Thomas appears to be frustrated at the lack of contact he now has with his daughter, who quit life as a senior royal in 2020 and moved to America with , he has also shown frustration in the past about his lack of contact with his grandchildren.

Thomas said: “This is a cruel thing to do to a grandparent… To deny the right to see their grandchild.”

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Meghan Markle and first husband Trevor Engelson

Meghan Markle filed for divorce from her first husband in 2013 (Image: Amanda Edwards/Getty Images)

In the couple’s docuseries Harry & Meghan, released in 2022, addressed the fact that Meghan no longer speaks to her dad.

He said to the camera: “Of course it is incredibly sad what happened, She had a father, now she doesn’t have a father. I shouldered that because if Meg was not with me, then her dad would still be her dad.”

Meghan also briefly commented on her father in the 2021 Oprah Winfrey interview. She said: “I grieve a lot. I mean, I’ve lost my father.”

Meghan and Thomas are still not believed to be on talking terms.

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