- Thomas Markle, the 82-year-old father of the Duchess of Sussex, has appeared in a Florida court charged with possessing child sexual abuse material.
- US prosecutors stated that Markle Snr faces up to 20 years in federal prison after FBI agents recovered 78 items containing explicit material from Los Angeles storage units.
- The investigation was launched after Thomas Markle Jnr handed over alleged child abuse images found in his father's belongings to authorities in the Philippines and the FBI.
- The Duchess of Sussex stated her estrangement from her father was to protect her children, while the IOPC investigates the Metropolitan Police for failing to share earlier warning letters about Markle Snr.
- Philippine authorities are reviewing over 7,000 recovered images and have named Thomas Markle Jnr as a person of interest in their ongoing investigation.
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