Meghan Markle pulls out of engagement just days after her father charged with child sex offences

Meghan had been due to speak about children’s online safety alongside her husband, Prince Harry, at The Lost Screen Memorial in Brussels tomorrow morning.

The actress is still expected to attend a separate memorial alongside the Duke of Sussex, which will be her first appearance since her father was arrested by the FBI.

Markle Sr, who has now been freed from police custody after being arrested and charged, has denied all the allegations laid against him.

Before being released, the accused was fitted with an electronic tag.

FBI agents descended on the Maravida Senior Living care home to apprehend the Duchess of Sussex’s 82-year-old’s estranged father on Friday.

Thomas Marke Sr’s arrest comes after the feds had been alerted to a cache of child porn found inside a storage unit he had rented near his former home in Mexico.

Meghan first became aware of historic allegations against her father in January 2019, when police shared with her a letter penned by a whistleblower with connections to the Markle family.

Markle Sr had moved to a Florida senior-living home specialising in dementia care after spending years abroad.

He was left wheelchair-bound after having his leg amputated in the Philippines last year.

It was in the Philippines that his son, Thomas Jr, reported his father to the police after he stumbled upon a collection of alleged child sexual abuse material at his father’s former home in the island nation.