Meghan Markle Thomas's father took drugs while raising his teenage daughter "to face the pressures of Hollywood"

Thomas Markle admitted that he had become very high while raising his teenage daughter Meghan.

The former director of lighting said in an interview: "I have not been taking drugs for over 20 years."

One source insisted that drugs were "an integral part" of the television industry and added, "Tom was no different."

Markle Snr turned to drugs to cope with the pressures of life in Hollywood.

The 74-year-old man confessed to having been raised while the future duchess was young, but he insisted that he has not touched the drug since.

He was questioned about his allegations of alcoholism and replied, "I do not drink at all, just a little wine with my dinner, nothing very."

But he added: "I do not do drugs, I am not more than 20 years old."

It was also claimed Thomas, who does not have any drugs. has not spoken to 36 years -Gold Meghan for more than two months, can not get his daughter as she changed her phone number.

The director of the retired lighting of Hollywood he is worried about Never be allowed to see the grandchildren that she may have with Prince Harry.

A family source said of Thomas's drug admission: "When Tom was working on television, drugs were an integral part of the industry. They were numerous.

"Tom was no different – he worked every hour that God sent to give Meghan the life that he wanted for her."

"The sixteen-hour days were normal. Tom worked a long time in the night.

"The time he spent falling asleep allowed him to sleep for a little while, but then spent every minute with Meghan before returning to work

" After a while, such long hours take their toll and Tom would use drugs that helped him work longer.The coffee just did not cut him. "

Thomas did not specify which drugs he used in his interview with the Mail on Sunday. But her daughter Samantha said last night that marijuana was popular at the time when he was working in Hollywood.

She added, "My father is standing up and does not really drink and he does not do recreational drugs."

"But in the 60s, 70s and 80s for most people I know in America something to smoke marijuana.

"Most people did it.I'm sure people like the Beatles smoked pot when they were on tour.It was a sign of the times.I do not think my dad he was the only one who could have been convicted for doing that, he never did it regularly, he never felt it, and I never saw my father smoking it.

"But my father did not. never took any cocaine or other drugs like that. "He did not have the mentality for that.

" He was a very successful lighting director who required very clear visuals and attention to detail.

"If he had been drugged, he would not have had 40 years of success in highly technical work, no way."

Meghan was not aware of the past of drug of his father. A friend recounted how Thomas, who is recovering from a heart surgery that prevented him from going to his daughter's royal wedding in May, "feels completely cut off" from her.

The friend added: "He had Meghan's number, but now he's trying, he's dead." She, or the Palace, changed them all. he mentioned that it was Meghan's birthday this Saturday, but he has no idea how to send him a card. We joked that he should show himself and hand over

"It's disgusting, he does not know how to get hold of it"

"What would happen if anything happened to him?

Thomas's fears of never seeing Meghan's children were also reported in the interview. He did not hide his hopes of founding his own family. He already has three grandchildren of his two elders. A friend in Rosarito, Mexico, where Thomas lives, said, "Tom loves children, he smiles at him."

"He knows that Meghan has always wanted children, but it breaks his heart to think that he will not see his grandchildren with Harry. He keeps wondering why? The only thing he can think of is the beatings he took to the royal family.

"Tom did it out of frustration, nothing more."

"It was as if no one was listening while his ex-wife Doria was playing in the media as if she could not hurt." He's having a bit of bitterness about it. What people do not realize is the role that Tom played in Meg's life. "

It has been reported that Thomas thought it would be better for everyone if he had not survived his cardiac operation.

But Samantha insisted, "My father never said that it was a good thing. he thought he'd better die.He's very upset. "

But a source said," Tom thinks it would be easier for Meghan if he was completely ruled out. "19659002" "He told people that there is a part of him who thought it would be easier if his heart had been all wrapped up together and that he was no longer there. He thinks if he dies, there would be a flood of sympathy for Meg. "

Thomas said that he believed that Princess Diana would have hated the way he had been treated.

He said in the interview: that Meghan treats his father of a way that the mother of Harry, Princess Diana, would have hated. "

Samantha added," I believe he's right about what he said about Diana, but because Diana was a loving humanitarian, she was very diplomatic and treated her family with a lot of respect. [19659049MeghanMarkLeadershipanotherexplosiveinterviewofRoyals
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"But I do not think Meghan would need somebody" One like Diana to tell him how to treat his father. She is almost 37, not 12, so she knows the right way to treat people.

"What my father and I are fed up with is that our family is publicly mocked and flogged

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Thomas and Doria, his second wife, divorced in 1987 while Meghan had six years.

For the next five years she lived with her mother and moved. back with his father in Los Angeles. Meghan left for college at age 17 and never came back while she was pursuing her acting career.

But she and Thomas stayed close, no more than when her mother Doris was diagnosed with dementia in 2009.

Thomas, half-brother of 51-year-old Meghan Markle Jr., said: "For two years, all the two weekends, Meghan visited Gran without fail. "

"She was reading to her, showing her pictures, watching TV with her, doing anything to make life as normal as possible, and as she grew up worse, would often forget who my father or I were. we would go every weekend.

"But when Meg Walk in an instant smile crossed Gran's face and she knew that She would be fine. Meghan has this ability to bring comfort to those she meets, and I really think it's something similar to what Princess Diana had. She was still very close to dad.

But after Doris' death, Meghan took a role in the American legal drama, Suits, filmed in Toronto.

She and Thomas were talking less and less and moving to Rosarito after being bankrupt. Since news of her daughter's relationship with Harry emerged in 2016, some friends said that at best, the contact between them was "intermittent". Thomas never met the prince and only spoke to him on the phone

But he said in his interview that he would not care if Harry, 33, did not talk to him anymore. never. He added: "I will survive". A week before the royal wedding on May 19 at Windsor Castle, it was still unclear whether Thomas was going to walk his daughter in the alley