Meghan Markle's estranged father Thomas Markle is said to be "fighting for his life" after having emergency surgery. The 81-year-old is currently in intensive care in a hospital in the Philppines, his son has said.

His son Thomas Jr. said: “I took dad to a hospital close to our home and they did various scans and the doctors said his life was in imminent danger. They raced us by ambulance, with the sirens going, to a much bigger hospital in the center of the city. My dad has undergone emergency surgery.

“I would ask everyone around the world to keep him in their thoughts.” He added: “My only wish is that Meghan shows my father some compassion. He is literally fighting for his life.”

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