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World● Low27m ago · Nov 10, 2026, 8:02 PM

Thomas Markle, father of Meghan, cut off his ankle monitor, DOJ says

GlobeAlert Desk · curated from The Hill · North America

The 82-year-old estranged father of Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, cut an electronic monitoring device off his ankle, just days after his arrest for keeping child sexual abuse material in storage units in California, authorities said Tuesday.

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