Thomas Markle took a dig at Prince Harry and said ‘I’ve never played naked pool’ or ‘dressed like Hitler’

Thomas Markle on Good Morning Britain, ITV. ITV

Thomas Markle, Meghan Markle’s estranged father, has made critical comments about Prince Harry’s past during an exclusive interview with Good Morning Britain.

Speaking out after CBS aired Meghan Markle and Harry’s bombshell interview with Oprah Winfrey on Sunday, Meghan’s father said he had made mistakes but had not done some of the things Harry has done in the past.

“We all make mistakes, but I’ve never played naked pool and I’ve never dressed up like Hitler,” he told hosts Piers Morgan and Susanna Reid on Tuesday morning.

The criticism may have been in reference to naked photos of Prince Harry which emerged following a private Las Vegas trip with friends in 2012 when he was 27 years old, and an incident where he was photographed using a Nazi uniform as a fancy-dress costume in 2005.

It occurred two weeks before the Queen was due to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz with a reception that invited survivors of the Nazi death camps and British World War II veterans to St James’ Palace in London, according to The New York Times.

The publication reported that Harry said in a statement at the time: “It was a poor choice of costume and I apologize,” and added he was “very sorry if I caused any offense or embarrassment to anyone.”

Harry also apologized following his trip to Las Vegas, saying: “At the end of the day I probably let myself down, I let my family down, I let other people down,” the BBC reports.

Meghan’s father also said in his interview that he still loves his daughter and only works with the press because he hasn’t heard from her. “Well, basically what I do, because I haven’t heard from them is I’ll do a story for the press. If I don’t hear from them in 30 days, then I’ll do another story for the press,” he said.

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Thomas went on to say that he felt Prince Harry did not support Meghan enough when she was struggling with her mental health. He said it upset him to see his daughter describe her dark thoughts, but that “it would have been easy for her to reach out to me at any of the rest of her family.”

“But the other thing is that I would think that she could turn to her husband,” he continued.

Reid told him she did turn to Prince Harry, saying: “He looked after her, held her hand, was by her side, and clearly supported her.”

After a brief silence, Thomas responded: “Well okay, obviously not supported that well.”

The two-hour sit-down special saw Meghan say that she was struggling with many things including unnamed royals voicing “concerns” about the color of Archie’s skin before he was born, not being able to leave the house for months at a time due to high media interest in her, and ultimately feeling like she no longer wanted to live.

Meghan also told Oprah about her broken-down relationship with her father, saying: “I genuinely can’t imagine doing anything to intentionally cause pain to my child.”

Thomas, who has not heard from Meghan since 2018, said he felt “that she let me down,” and that the last time they were in touch was over text when he “was laying in a hospital bed after having a heart attack.”

He then referenced the final moments of their relationship before they became estranged, adding: “I had to tell them that I couldn’t fly for the wedding – at that point we pretty much said goodbye.”

Representatives for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex declined to comment when contacted by Insider.

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