'Then I hung up': Thomas Markle's heated row with Prince Harry

They said: "The trouble stemmed from well before the wedding when there must have been an opportunity for Harry and Meghan to pay a private visit to her father".

Instead of taking Harry's advice, Mr Markle made a secret arrangement to pose for a series of pictures - a decision he now bitterly regrets.

Back in November 2017, following news of their engagement, Harry and Meghan were interviewed by the BBC for an interview about their relationship. "The liaison with the royal family never answers back and there's no address I can write to", Markle said in video clips on the Sun website.

"Then I hung up.'In hindsight, he admits Harry was 'absolutely right" to criticise him.

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Thomas Markle did another interview in late July, again promising it was his last interview.

The Duchess of Sussex's father said he was "upset" by Harry's tirade, which came as he recovered in hospital from a heart attack.

Mr Markle, 74, made global headlines in May when he pulled out of walking his daughter down the aisle days before her wedding at Windsor, blaming a heart attack.

Prince Harry looks at his bride, Meghan Markle, as she arrives accompanied by Charles, the Prince of Wales, in St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle for their wedding, May 19, 2018. The whole Markle family would have included Thomas, Samantha Markle (who was then going by Samantha Grant), and Thomas Markle Jr.

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Kensington Palace declined to comment on all the interviews given by the Markles, as well as on reports that it was trying to stop Markle from speaking to the press.

"Nothing like this in the royal family has ever really happened before", said ABC News royal contributor Imogen Lloyd Webber.

Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan Markle leave the wedding of Charlie Van Straubenzee and Daisy Jenks in Frensham, U.K., August 4, 2018.

The same aide suggested that "the Palace should have invited the whole Markle family, as even if they hadn't all come, it would have reduced the fallout from disgruntled relatives".

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Harry and Megs are due to jet off in October this year, when they will be embarking on a royal tour of Australia, New Zealand, Fiji and The Kingdom of Tonga - and this trip may have an impact on the Duchess of Sussex's wellbeing.