Overview
- Thomas Markle, 81, remains in a Cebu hospital after a below‑knee amputation to treat a blood clot at the University of Cebu Medical Centre.
- Meghan's representatives say her letter reached him through reliable and trustworthy contacts.
- The Times reports she has no plans to see him again, with concerns that calls from the hospital could be overheard and past contact reportedly cut off after 2018.
- Any future meeting has been described as contingent on trust, discretion and reliability to prevent private conversations from being publicized.
- Her team criticized a Daily Mail reporter's bedside presence as inhibiting private contact, a claim DMG Media denies as it says the journalist acted with his agreement.