"For the first time in years, father and daughter are no longer separated by bitterness. They are connected again by something far more human."

For seven long years, the relationship between Meghan Markle and her father has played out in headlines, interviews, recriminations and a deep, unbroken silence.

Now, at last, that silence appears to have been pierced by crisis. As Thomas Markle lies in hospital after having his leg amputated below the knee following a life-threatening blood clot, his daughter has reached out.

After years of distance, it has taken the most brutal of turning points to force open a door that once seemed permanently sealed. For all the royal trappings that came to define Meghan’s life after marrying Prince Harry, the story of her estrangement from her father has al

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