{"id":632860,"date":"2025-12-14T23:57:17","date_gmt":"2025-12-14T23:57:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/632860\/"},"modified":"2025-12-14T23:57:17","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T23:57:17","slug":"meghan-markles-team-sent-aggressive-messages-over-journalists-hospital-visits-with-thomas-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/632860\/","title":{"rendered":"Meghan Markle’s team sent ‘aggressive’ messages over journalist’s hospital visits with Thomas: report"},"content":{"rendered":"

Caroline Graham claimed Meghan Markle\u2019s team sent the journalist \u201cunnecessarily aggressive\u201d messages for being by Thomas Markle\u2019s hospital bedside<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Daily Mail reporter spoke out in a lengthy article<\/a> published Saturday, stating that she became good friends with Thomas after interviewing him about his rift with the Duchess of Sussex when she got married to Prince Harry<\/a> in 2018.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel it is important to set the record straight,\u201d she wrote. \u201cI\u2019ve only ever written stories with Tom\u2019s express permission, and he told me he wanted to give an interview to The Mail on Sunday as he sought control of the narrative around his amputation.\u201d<\/p>\n

Reporter Caroline Graham defended staying by her \u201cclose friend\u201d Thomas Markle\u2019s hospital bedside. Channel 5<\/p>\n

The Daily Mail reporter spoke out about her friendship with Thomas in a lengthy article published Saturday. Karl Larsen \/ BACKGRID<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s been burned a lot by people on the internet making up stories. He also wanted to reach out \u2018one last time\u2019 to Meghan,\u201d Graham added.<\/p>\n

The writer explained that she first met Thomas, 81, when he was living in Mexico and can \u201ccount on [her] fingers of one hand those [she\u2019s] stayed friends with.\u201d <\/p>\n

She described the past few weeks since Thomas was hospitalized and his leg was amputated<\/a> as \u201ca roller-coaster in his life\u201d and hers.<\/p>\n

She shared that she became good friends with Thomas after interviewing him about his estranged relationship with Meghan in 2018. LionsShareNews \/ BACKGRID<\/p>\n

Graham stated she only writes articles about Thomas with his approval. BACKGRID \/ BACKGRID<\/p>\n

Graham recalled Thomas Sr.\u2019s son, Thomas Markle Jr., urging her to fly to the Philippines, where they live, to be with his father.<\/p>\n

\u201cThomas Jr. called me back to say he\u2019d spoken to the surgeon who said there was a massive blood clot in his father\u2019s thigh and it was \u2018life or death,’\u201d the writer continued.<\/p>\n

She reflected on her past conversations with Thomas Sr. and how he\u2019s allegedly been unable to contact Meghan, which is why he initially agreed to speak with her years ago, and continues to interview.<\/p>\n

The reporter claimed that she and Thomas Sr. had an agreement that anything he shared with her was \u201coff the record\u201d unless he stated otherwise.<\/p>\n

While in the hospital, Graham claimed she attempted to help Thomas get in contact with Meghan\u2019s PR team after the actress\u2019s spokesperson alleged they\u2019ve been calling several hospitals in Cebu to locate him.<\/p>\n

Graham also claimed that the \u201cSuits\u201d alum\u2019s PR team stated they sent Thomas Sr. an email, but the writer claimed the dad of three hadn\u2019t used the email address for years.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve only ever written stories with Tom\u2019s express permission, and he told me he wanted to give an interview to The Mail on Sunday as he sought control of the narrative around his amputation,\u201d she added. Dsanchez \/ BACKGRID<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s been burned a lot by people on the internet making up stories. He also wanted to reach out \u2018one last time\u2019 to Meghan,\u201d the writer continued. ITV<\/p>\n

Following Graham\u2019s recent stories about Thomas Sr. not hearing from Meghan, she stated the Netflix star\u2019s team was \u201cunnecessarily aggressive\u201d toward her.<\/p>\n

She directed them to speak with the paper\u2019s editors and legal team due to concerns.<\/p>\n

Graham shared that she has expressed to Thomas Sr. how she would \u201cwalk away from [their] friendship if it meant he could reconcile\u201d with his daughter.<\/p>\n

\u201cPainful as that would be \u2014 and we both had tears in our eyes as we\u00a0discussed it again last week\u00a0\u2014 it would be impossible for him to reconcile with her while having a friend in the media, particularly one in the British Press, for which Prince Harry has repeatedly expressed his hatred<\/a>,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Graham shared that Thomas gave her permission to write about Meghan in an attempt to reach her. ZUMAPRESS.com<\/p>\n

Graham claimed she and the patriarch are in agreement that anything he says is off the record unless stated otherwise. ZUMAPRESS.com<\/p>\n

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Reps for Meghan, 44, weren\u2019t immediately available to Page Six for comment.<\/p>\n

Last week, Meghan\u2019s team confirmed that she had a letter delivered to Thomas.<\/p>\n

\u201cGiven that a\u00a0Daily Mail reporter [Caroline Graham]\u00a0has remained at her father\u2019s bedside throughout, broadcasting each interaction and breaching clear ethical boundaries, it has been exceedingly difficult for the Duchess to contact her father privately, despite her efforts over the past several days,\u201d the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n

Last week, the \u201cSuits\u201d alum\u2019s PR team called out Graham for \u201cbreaching clear ethical boundaries\u201d by staying at Thomas\u2019 bedside. JAKE ROSENBERG\/NETFLIX<\/p>\n

\u201cIt has been exceedingly difficult for the Duchess to contact her father privately, despite her efforts over the past several days,\u201d the rep wrote in a statement. AFP\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u201cWith the support of reliable and trusted contacts, her correspondence is now safely in his hands,\u201d the statement continued.<\/p>\n

In Graham\u2019s report, she stated she was present when the letter was delivered but didn\u2019t pry into the details inside.<\/p>\n

DMG media also fiercely defended Thomas Sr. and Graham\u2019s relationship, denying that she had \u201cbreached ethical boundaries.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Caroline Graham claimed Meghan Markle\u2019s team sent the journalist \u201cunnecessarily aggressive\u201d messages for being by Thomas Markle\u2019s hospital…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":632861,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7708],"tags":[14932,4081,4082,35068,36011,1867,14280,1281,14966,5105,7710,519,448,25675,382],"class_list":{"0":"post-632860","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-royals","8":"tag-celebrity-families","9":"tag-celebrity-feuds","10":"tag-celebrity-news","11":"tag-daily-mail","12":"tag-family-feuds","13":"tag-hospital","14":"tag-journalists","15":"tag-meghan-markle","16":"tag-philippines","17":"tag-royal","18":"tag-royal-families","19":"tag-royal-family","20":"tag-royals","21":"tag-thomas-markle","22":"tag-tv"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115720633874298174","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/632860","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=632860"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/632860\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/632861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=632860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=632860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=632860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}