- Meghan Markle's dad Thomas Markle has been hospitalized following a health emergency.
- Prince Harry is allegedly encouraging Meghan to get in touch.
- The Duchess and her father have been estranged since the royal wedding in 2018.
Meghan Markle's estranged father, Thomas Markle, is reportedly in the ICU following an emergency surgery—and apparently Prince Harry is encouraging Meghan to reach out.
A source tells Rob Shuter's ShuterScoop that "Harry knows estrangement. He made peace with his dad; now he wants Meghan to have the same chance. He’s been saying, 'Don’t wait, do it now.'"
Apparently Harry's encouragement is "soft, compassionate, and very much a 'lead by example' moment, as another insider notes, "He’s showing Meghan what reconciliation looks like. And he hopes she takes it."
The Daily Mail first reported news of Thomas' hospitalization, and his son told the outlet, "My only wish is that Meghan shows my father some compassion. He is literally fighting for his life."
As a reminder, Meghan and her father have been estranged since the royal wedding to Prince Harry. The Duchess has spoken about her relationship with Thomas, saying it was hard for her to reconcile his lies about staging pap pics.
"I said, 'I just need you to tell me and if you tell me the truth, we can help,' and he wasn't able to do that," she told Oprah. "That, for me, has really resonated, especially now as a mother... I look at Archie, I think about this child [on the way], and I genuinely can't imagine doing anything to intentionally cause pain to my child. I can't imagine it. So it's hard for me to reconcile that."
