The Duchess of Sussex felt sorry for her estranged father, wanted him at her wedding and blamed the media for "corrupting" him, according to a new book.
Meghan felt let down when Thomas Markle lied to her by denying he helped the paparazzi stage photos of him going about his life in a Mexican resort town before the royal wedding, the book Finding Freedom alleges.
But both Meghan and Harry were also angry at the media for wearing down Mr Markle for several months until he complied with their requests.
Authors Omid Scobie and Carolyn Durand write that, according to an unnamed "trusted confidant" of the duchess, Meghan had said: "My dad never sought this out.
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