Unsane.

[Just-Jude]

Has the American dream come true for Meghan Markle? Raised on a reservation and trailer park by her Indian mother and Mexican father, she's about to marry Prince Harry and become an heir to the British throne. Is the class system now broken forever?

[rowanwitch]

She is not becoming an heir, she is marrying the sixth in line. So there is scope for Harry to have more freedom of choice.

[seekeerz]

Is it true Prince Charles will give the bride away or is it really April Fools Day here in Oz land ?

[anneasquith]

An heir to the Throne nope .

[rowanwitch]

Nope, he is walking her down the last part of the aisle, I suspect the who gives this woman bit will be circumvented in some way.

[Just-Jude]

I heard that Meghan made the decision not to invite her father as his English is very poor.

[Islay]

Just jude - where did you hear that little snippet then?
Also not heir to the throne.

[Mamyalynne]

//So who is Thomas Markle?


Born in 1945, of Dutch-Irish descent, he grew up in Pennsylvania and met Meghan’s mother, Doria Ragland, in the late 1970s.//

[Just-Jude]

Thomas (Tomas) was born in Rosarito, a small Mexican seaside town where he still lives.

[woofgang]

Thomas Markle has had heart surgery and is not able to fly here.

[Islay]

Meghan's father is Caucasian, and has English, German (Pennsylvania Dutch), Irish, Scottish, and Scots-Irish/Northern Irish ancestry, including colonial American roots going back to the 1600s. Meghan's mother is African-American.


Daughter of Thomas W. Markle, director of photography on Married with Children (1986).

[Bazile]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-44168082

Why not her mother ? - that would have been a nice touch

[Just-Jude]

woofgang

"Thomas Markle has had heart surgery and is not able to fly here"

...and you believe the press handout from Kensington Palace? The poor guy was told to stay away.

[dannyk13]

Believe this then Jude.

https://edition.cnn.com/2018/05/16/europe/markle-father-thomas-surgery-wedding-intl/index.html

[Mamyalynne]

He won't Danny.

[Just-Jude]

dannyk 13

"(CNN)Meghan Markle's father, Thomas, is recovering in hospital after heart surgery, according to a report"

Yeah...according to a report that's totally unverified.

[dannyk13]

If you check google you will find plenty of verification.

[Mamyalynne]

We all had a yabbut in our class, some things never alter.

http://www.yourdictionary.com/yabbut

[Just-Jude]

dannyk 13

I prefer my own sources nearer to the ground.

[dannyk13]

Like it Lynne.