By Molly Claire Goddard
3:29pm PST, Dec 11, 2025
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Samantha Markle has issued a scathing takedown of half-sister
Meghan Markle. After the Duchess of Sussex claimed she reached out to their father,
Thomas Markle, amid his recent health scare, her estranged sibling took to social media to call her "fake."
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In an AI-generated
video shared on X, Samantha Markle depicted Meghan Markle as the wicked witch flying on a broomstick and holding a sign reading, "Fake as ever." In the caption, the 61-year-old wrote, "Sources report seeing my sister in the area of the hospital dad is in. Could she be living up to all of that paid PR?"
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Samantha Markle continued her online attack in a follow-up
post, writing of half-sister Meghan Markle, "If she is smart and at all humane, she will find a way to help dad in his rehabilitation, especially since, reportedly, one of the companies she and
[Prince] Harry donated to manufactures prosthetics. Recovery will be a long road. It would be good for her and it would be good for dad. You can lead a horse to water."
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Following much confusion over whether Meghan Markle contacted Thomas Markle after part of his leg was amputated, a spokesperson confirmed to
People that the
Suits star was able to get a letter to her dad. "With the support of reliable and trusted contacts, her correspondence is now safely in his hands," the representative said.
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Meghan Markle and Thomas Markle have been estranged since 2018 when he sold stories about her to the press in the lead-up to her wedding. After the news broke that the 81-year-old underwent life-threatening surgery, the Netflix star's camp claimed she reached out to him. But Thomas claimed he hadn't heard from her.
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Thomas Markle opened up to journalist Caroline Graham about wanting to reunite with Meghan Markle. "I've always said I am open to reconciling with my daughter. I have never stopped loving her. I don't want to die estranged from Meghan. I want to meet my [two] grandkids. It might be nice to meet her husband, too," he told Mail on Sunday.
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Meghan Markle's relationship with Samantha Markle has long been fraught. Samantha tried to sue her younger half-sibling over remarks Meghan made in the 2022 Netflix docuseries Harry & Meghan and in her 2021 interview with Oprah Winfrey. The suit was later dismissed.
