[bots]

i don't get why he doesn't try and resolve things with his daughter outside of the media. Well, actually, i do get it, he is being paid which doesn't strike me as the way to do it if he were serious

[arista]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

i don't get why he doesn't try and resolve things with his daughter outside of the media. Well, actually, i do get it, he is being paid which doesn't strike me as the way to do it if he were serious

He has tried, he said.

[bots]

Originally Posted by arista

He has tried, he said.

then he should just give it time to resolve. Appearing on TV will not resolve anything

[jet]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

then he should just give it time to resolve. Appearing on TV will not resolve anything

He hasn't got time. He's elderly and ill.

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

i don't get why he doesn't try and resolve things with his daughter outside of the media. Well, actually, i do get it, he is being paid which doesn't strike me as the way to do it if he were serious

Exactly. if his motivation is truly wanting to see his grandkids going to the media and talking about his daughter like that is certainly not the best way to achieve that ...........

[jet]

What has he actually said about Meghan that is bad? He says she isn't the daugther he knew, that's she's changed and he doesn't know what has happened. In his interviews he always says he loves her, he always will, he misses her.
He has tried to reach out, but she never answers his calls or texts, in fact I think he said a while again she (and Harry) changed their numbers.
Even when he had his stroke she completely ignored him, not even a 'get well soon' card.

[bots]

Originally Posted by jet

What has he actually said about Meghan that is bad? He says she isn't the daugther he knew, that's she's changed and he doesn't know what has happened. In his interviews he always says he loves her, he always will, he misses her.
He has tried to reach out, but she never answers his calls or texts, in fact I think he said a while again she (and Harry) changed their numbers.
Even when he had his stroke she completely ignored him, not even a 'get well soon' card.

that's none of our business though. Family relationships can break down for all sorts of reasons. You don't jump on the media if you are serious about resolving it. Particularly if they are paying to dish the dirt

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

that's none of our business though. Family relationships can break down for all sorts of reasons. You don't jump on the media if you are serious about resolving it. Particularly if they are paying to dish the dirt

Exactly and I don't believe for a second people genuinely believe that either. He also says that she influences Harry more than the other way around, firstly how does he even know that if he's not had contact with them, secondly that is a bad thing to say about your daughter especially when he knows it's fueling the already very negative press around her. Saying that he loves her out of the other side of his mouth doesn't cancel that out either. Also, people saying he "doesn't have time to wait around" Well I can guarantee him doing this **** is going to make it even less likely that they will have contact with him.

[thesheriff443]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

Exactly and I don't believe for a second people genuinely believe that either. He also says that she influences Harry more than the other way around, firstly how does he even know that if he's not had contact with them, secondly that is a bad thing to say about your daughter especially when he knows it's fueling the already very negative press around her. Saying that he loves her out of the other side of his mouth doesn't cancel that out either. Also, people saying he "doesn't have time to wait around" Well I can guarantee him doing this **** is going to make it even less likely that they will have contact with him.

That stance would be acceptable if Meghan hadn’t lied to harry and the world about her father and her childhood

He gave her the best of everything, but his truth didn’t fit with what she told harry to win his heart.

[user104658]

Originally Posted by thesheriff443

He gave her the best of everything, but his truth didn’t fit with what she told harry to win his heart.

That's strange Sheriff - I don't think either of them have ever mentioned having a lodger?

[jet]

Originally Posted by thesheriff443

That stance would be acceptable if Meghan hadn’t lied to harry and the world about her father and her childhood

He gave her the best of everything, but his truth didn’t fit with what she told harry to win his heart.

100% right sheriff. That is the at the heart of the whole sorry saga.

[jet]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

that's none of our business though. Family relationships can break down for all sorts of reasons. You don't jump on the media if you are serious about resolving it. Particularly if they are paying to dish the dirt

I don’t know about this interview as I’ve only seen the short clip, but in some other interviews it has been stressed that ‘Mr. Markle has received no payment’.
Doing interviews hasn’t been a wise thing to do at all, but it’s a bit ‘like father, like daughter’ when it comes to family relationships - only she lies and bad mouths in her interviews and documentary and receives many millions for her efforts.

[user104658]

Originally Posted by jet

Doing interviews hasn’t been a wise thing to do at all, but it’s a bit ‘like father, like daughter’ when it comes to family relationships - only she lies and bad mouths in her interviews and documentary and receives many millions for her efforts.

Even if this were true, the actual difference is that Meghan isn't saying "waaaah why won't they talk to me any more??" about the people she's talked about in interviews. THat's the only part of this that's really relevant. If he decided he's done with her and that he wants to do interviews about her (which I would find an odd decision for a father, but ultimately his choice) then fine. Go for it .

It's that he's done that and now hes all sniffly about not getting to see his grandkids. He's thrown molotovs at the bridge. He's bloody napalmed it. And now he's weepy about it being permanent. I mean... it's just tough **** isn't it.

[jet]

Mr. Markle was an ordinary elderly man living a quiet life when he was caught up in extraordinary circumstances. She had never even brought Harry to meet him, he was inundated with paps around his home and given no help.
He made the mistake of agreeing to be photographed doing tame things (with a photographer Meghan later used herself) and which didn’t seem to have been malicious, and for which he apologised for and he gets cut off....forever! Yes he has unwisely spoken about her to the media since out of frustration but that wasn't why he was cut off in the first place.

[user104658]

Originally Posted by jet

What has he actually said about Meghan that is bad? He says she isn't the daugther he knew, that's she's changed and he doesn't know what has happened. In his interviews he always says he loves her, he always will, he misses her.
He has tried to reach out, but she never answers his calls or texts, in fact I think he said a while again she (and Harry) changed their numbers.
Even when he had his stroke she completely ignored him, not even a 'get well soon' card.

He talked to the press about her and continued doing so after she repeatedly asked him to stop. We don't need to know anything more than that. It's their family, their business & Meghan's decision who she's in contact with (as is the case for all people).