- The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are scheduled to deliver a joint keynote address at the European Parliament in Brussels next week to address children's digital safety at the opening of the Lost Screen Memorial.
- The appearance will mark the couple's first joint public engagement since severe allegations surfaced regarding Meghan's estranged father, Thomas Markle Snr, who was reported to authorities over suspected child abuse imagery found in the Philippines.
- Thomas Markle Snr, who is currently in a care home in the United States, has denied possessing any child abuse imagery as Philippine police continue to examine seized electronic storage devices.
- The Duchess of Sussex previously stated she was “deeply distressed” by the allegations and disclosed that Metropolitan Police had alerted her to troubling claims about her father in 2019, though officers advised her against speaking out at the time.
- The Independent Office for Police Conduct has launched an investigation into the Metropolitan Police after the force admitted it failed to share the 2019 allegations regarding Thomas Markle Snr with other law enforcement agencies.
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