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Meghan Markle says she kept father away from kids to 'protect' them over 'disturbing allegations' against him

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Meghan Markle says a 2018 letter to Metropolitan Police made "disturbing allegations" against Thomas Markle, revealing why she cut off contact. Thomas denies the allegations.

What the coverage shows

All of the outlets frame the story around Meghan Markle’s public reaction to allegations involving her estranged father, with NBC, CNN, CBS and BBC echoing her being “deeply distressed” or “distressed.” BBC and Fox place extra weight on her saying she was informed in 2018, while Fox is alone in foregrounding her explanation that she kept him away from her children to “protect” them. The South China Morning Post is the only outlet to foreground the Philippines probe, and CBS is the only one to frame it explicitly as a “child abuse material probe.”

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