Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex and wife of Prince Harry, comes from a humble family but one that has given a lot of talk in recent years, especially due to the outbursts of her father, Thomas Markle.
The British Royal Family is going through moments of confusion and crisis derived, in large part, from the interview that Meghan Markle and Prince Harry gave to presenter Oprah Winfrie.
For several days, different information has been published about the reaction of Queen Elizabeth II and those around the Royal Family regarding the interview of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex. Topics such as racism due to a comment about whether her son Archie would be born with a dark skin color or Markle's suicidal thoughts have caused an impact in much of the world.
However, in recent years, the origin of Meghan Markle's family has always been in the spotlight, especially due to the negative impact that the presence and statements of the Duchess of Sussex's father, Thomas Wayne Markle, have had.
Meghan Markle's mother is Doria Loyce Ragland, a 64-year-old African-American woman, born in Ohio, Cleveland, originally from a humble family. She is a social worker and yoga instructor and lives in View Park-Windsor Hills. Ragland worked as a makeup artist until she met her future husband and Meghan's father, Thomas, on the set of a show. They both married in 1979.
Thomas Wayne Markle, of British, Dutch and Irish descent, is a retired director of photography. He was also the winner of two Emmy Awards, in 1975 and in 2011 for his work on the television show Made in Chicago in 1975 and was co- Recipient of two Daytime Emmy Awards for his work on the soap opera General Hospital in 1982 and 2011.
In 1981, Meghan was born and both parents were committed to raising her. Doria and Thomas were married until 1987, at which time Doria went to live with her father.
Meghan and Doria have always had a good mother-daughter relationship, in fact, the duchess's mother is the only one who has met Prince Harry in person. What's more, she is the only one who has been directly involved in her daughter's ceremonies, events and public life when she started dating Prince Harry.
