Meghan Markle is reaching out to her estranged father, Thomas Markle, after studies that he underwent emergency leg amputation earlier this week.

"I can affirm she has reached out to her father," a spokesperson for the Duchess of Sussex tells Leisure Weekly. The rep didn't present additional particulars.

Beforehand, Thomas' son, Thomas Markle Jr., told the Daily Mail that his father had a leg amputated under the knee on Wednesday within the Philippines, the place he moved earlier this 12 months.

"One in every of his docs stated the subsequent two or three days are crucial," Thomas Jr. instructed the outlet. "His left leg has been eliminated under the knee. They have been frightened about an infection setting in — sepsis or gangrene. The flesh was black and dying. There was no choice given. It was both 'we now have to function now and take away the leg or he could die.' It was a life-threatening scenario."

In accordance with the report, Thomas is in steady situation within the intensive care unit, however faces one other process to take away a blood clot in his left thigh. His son stated his father "has an extended highway forward," and added, "this was a serious operation however he wanted it to save lots of his life. I might ask everybody to maintain him of their ideas. He’s a courageous and difficult man. I might attraction to Meghan to point out him compassion at this very troublesome time."

The operation follows studies of a number of different medical points for Thomas lately, together with a stroke in 2022.

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Meghan and her father have been publicly estranged since previous to her marriage ceremony to Prince Harry in 2018. In accordance with PEOPLE, their points began after Thomas admitted to staging paparazzi images and, in response to his daughter, lied to her about his dealings with the press. In consequence, Thomas didn't attend the royal nuptials.

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Within the couple's well-known sit-down interview with Oprah Winfrey in 2021, Meghan opened up concerning the estrangement, telling Winfrey, “I grieve rather a lot. I imply, I’ve misplaced my father. I misplaced a child. I almost misplaced my identify. I imply, there’s the lack of identification. However I’m nonetheless standing, and my hope for folks within the takeaway from that is to know that there’s one other aspect.”

And, within the 2022 docuseries Harry & Meghan, Prince Harry stated he blamed himself for the rift. "After all, it's extremely unhappy what occurred. She had a father earlier than this and now she doesn't have a father," he stated, including, "and I shouldered that as a result of if Meg wasn't with me, then her dad would nonetheless be her dad."

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