Meghan’s Father Arrested and Charged by Federal Prosecutors, Andrew Summoned to the High Court, and the King in the Caribbean Rain
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Meghan’s Father Arrested and Charged by Federal Prosecutors, Andrew Summoned to the High Court, and the King in the Caribbean Rain

B1IntermediateNovember 8, 202615 min

A WEEK OF RECKONINGS: AN ARREST IN FLORIDA, A ROYAL SUMMONED TO A WITNESS BOX, AND A KING FACING AN EMPIRE’S DARKEST CHAPTER Thomas Markle Sr., 82, was arrested by federal agents in Florida on Friday and charged in California with possession of child sexual abuse material, the Justice Department announced. He has not entered a plea and is presumed innocent. Mark Francis covers it briefly and carefully, including the institutional question at its centre: a 2019 letter that reached the Metropolitan Police, went no further, and is now before the police watchdog. Plus Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor summoned to...

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