Meghan Markle’s dad Thomas ‘goes into intensive care after being rushed to hospital for emergency surgery’
MEGHAN Markle’s father Thomas has been rushed into intensive care after emergency surgery.
Thomas Markle, 81, was taken to hospital on Tuesday after falling ill at his home in the Philippines.
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Meghan Markle’s father Thomas has been rushed into intensive care after emergency surgeryCredit: Collect
Doctors are now reportedly waiting to prepare him for another operation to remove a blood clotCredit: Channel 5 / Thomas Markle: My Story
This comes as the latest episode of the With Love, Meghan holiday special dropped todayCredit: Netflix
It is understood he underwent surgery on Thursday and was transferred to the intensive care unit tonight, as reported by the Mail.
Doctors are now reportedly waiting to prepare him for another operation to remove a blood clot.
His son Thomas Jr. said: “I took dad to a hospital close to our home and they did various scans and the doctors said his life was in imminent danger.
“They raced us by ambulance, with the sirens going, to a much bigger hospital in the center of the city. My dad has undergone emergency surgery.
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“I would ask everyone around the world to keep him in their thoughts.”
He added: “My only wish is that Meghan shows my father some compassion. He is literally fighting for his life.”
Meanwhile, daughter Samantha, 61, said: “He is a strong man, but he has been through so much. I am praying that he is strong enough to survive this.
“My father has been through two heart attacks, a stroke and an earthquake. I hope he can pull through this.”
Thomas has suffered with ill health, including a stroke, in recent years and had been living in Mexico for the past 10 years before relocating to the Philippines in January.
He has been estranged to Meghan since her wedding to Prince Harry.
Thomas suffered two heart attacks on the eve of the big day in 2018 and was unable to walk his daughter down the aisle.
It came after he had posed for paparazzi pictures ahead of the wedding.
Meghan then cut him off after he put the phone down during a heated row with Harry while recovering in hospital.
The duke told him he was in that position because he had not listened to their advice not to speak to the press – following the paparazzi scandal.
Thomas told The Sun On Sunday at the time: “I felt disrespected by them. I was recovering from a heart attack, lying in a bed, having a phone call, and the things were being said that hurt me.
“I felt like I was being blamed for my mistakes when I was in my hospital bed recovering from a heart attack.”
Concerns were also raised for 81-year-old Thomas just a few months ago when his daughter Samantha claimed he was stuck on the 19th floor of his Philippines flat after a deadly earthquake.
Meghan reportedly cut her father off after he put the phone down on Prince Harry during a heated rowCredit: Getty
The pensioner has suffered two heart attacks and a stroke in recent yearsCredit: Unknown
Meghan’s half-sister sparked alarm by posting online that their father was unable to walk and had been left stranded following the 6.9-magnitude quake.
Samantha Markle had written on X: “My father is stuck on the 19th floor of a building in the Philippines after a massive earthquake and he can’t walk and he is trapped.”
However, Thomas bizarrely later declared he was “fine” and urged people not to worry.
The pensioner’s latest health update comes as a new episode of Meghan’s Netflix Christmas special was released today.
The cookery series, With Love, Meghan has divided opinion, as some experts dubbed it “cringe”.
In With Love, Meghan Holiday Celebration, the duchess, 44, revealed she loves Christmas trees, advent calendars and wreaths before dressing up in matching red pyjamas with friends.
Meghan and her father have been estranged since her wedding with Prince HarryCredit: EPA
The Duchess dramatically fell out with her father after he posed for paparazzi pictures before her weddingCredit: Getty
Thomas has been suffering with ill health for the past several yearsCredit: Phil Penman – The Sun
