Meghan Markle’s father lost a leg during life-saving surgery, RadarOnline.com can reveal.

Thomas Markle , 81, was hospitalized on Tuesday after falling ill at home in the Philippines. Article continues below advertisement

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He underwent surgery on Wednesday before being transferred to intensive care where doctors prepared him for another operation to remove a blood clot.

According to insiders, the clot was preventing circulation into his limb, which had turned black, leaving surgeons with little choice other than amputate his left leg below the knee.

His son Thomas Markle Jr said: "There was no option. I was told the leg had to be removed and it was a case o

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