UPDATE 10/1/25 at 2:37 p.m. ET — Thomas Markle has denied daughter Samantha Markle’s claims that he was “trapped” in his apartment after the devastating earthquake in the Philippines.

“I’m currently sitting on the couch in my hotel room, with my feet kicked up and watching Charlie Chan movies. I’m quite comfortable,” he told TMZ on Wednesday, October 1, revealing his hotel is located 100 miles from the earthquake’s epicenter.

According to Thomas, he traveled to the Philippines to look for a new place to live because he planned to relocate from Mexico.

The original story continues below:

Meghan Markle’s estranged father, Thomas Markle, is allegedly unable to leave an apartment building after a major earthquake in the Philippines.

“My father is stuck on the 19th floor of a building in t

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