Watchdog to investigate Met’s handling of letter about Thomas Markle
Crime · First reported 30 Oct, 12:54 · Updated 13:25
The Independent Office for Police Conduct will investigate why the Metropolitan Police did not share a 2019 letter containing allegations about Thomas Markle with other law-enforcement agencies. The Met has referred itself to the watchdog and says it plans to make further referrals to overseas authorities.
- The IOPC will examine the Met’s handling of a letter sent to its royal protection team in 2019, including why its contents were not shared with other law-enforcement agencies.
- The letter was written by Thomas Markle’s former wife Roslyn Loveless and passed to the Sussexes’ royal office; Meghan later said it influenced her decision not to visit her father.
- The Met said it would make further referrals to relevant overseas law-enforcement agencies, while authorities in the Philippines are investigating separate claims involving material allegedly found among Markle’s possessions.
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- An earlier Lux story said snippets described the letter’s contents as later passed to the Sussexes and noted that the available evidence did not establish the allegations’ truth or the circumstances of the letter’s handling. [85a35ee3-9c4b-42bd-bf1b-d78a67554d0b]
- That earlier story also reported questions about the police response to the letter. [85a35ee3-9c4b-42bd-bf1b-d78a67554d0b]
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