Met refers handling of 2019 letter about Thomas Markle to watchdog

The Metropolitan Police has referred its handling of a 2019 letter alleging child sexual abuse by Thomas Markle to the police watchdog, after confirming the letter was shared with Meghan Markle and the Duke of Sussex. The allegations against Thomas Markle remain unproven, and the referral concerns the force’s handling of the letter, not the truth of the claims. Meghan said the letter made troubling allegations about her father and that she had been assured they were being investigated. The Metropolitan Police said it received a letter concerning Thomas Markle in 2019 and shared it with the Sussexes. The force referred its handling to the Independent Office for Police Conduct, including its decision not to alert other law-enforcement agencies. The letter was reportedly written by Thomas Markle’s former wife, Roslyn Loveless, who died in 2024. It was assessed by the Met’s Royalty and Specialist Protection unit before being passed to the Sussexes’ office at Kensington Palace. The force said its referral covers the decision not to pass the allegations to relevant overseas authorities at the time. The Met did not investigate alleged conduct abroad, according to one account of the...