23 Facts About Thomas Markle

Thomas Wayne Markle was born on July 18,1944 and is an American retired television lighting director and director of photography.

Thomas Markle has two brothers, Michael and Frederick.

Thomas Markle descends from Sir Philip Wentworth and Mary Clifford, a daughter of John Clifford, 7th Baron Clifford and Lady Elizabeth Percy, a descendant of Edward III.

Thomas Markle worked as a lighting director at WTTW-TV Channel 11 in the 1970s.

Thomas Markle worked on the television series General Hospital and Married.

Thomas Markle oversaw the lighting for the 1984 Summer Olympics.

In 1982, Thomas Markle was one of the 14 named co-recipients of a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Design Excellence for a Daytime Drama Series for work on General Hospital, and in 2011, he shared a Daytime Emmy Award with Vincent Steib for Outstanding Achievement in Lighting Direction for a Drama Series for work on General Hospital.

Thomas Markle was nominated for Daytime Emmy Awards for work on General Hospital on seven other occasions.

Thomas Markle was nominated, along with two other co-nominees, for a Primetime Emmy Award in 1986 for Outstanding Lighting Direction for a Miniseries or a Special for the lighting design for the 58th Academy Awards.

Thomas Markle married student and secretary Roslyn Loveless in 1964; they had met the year before at a campus party at the University of Chicago.

Thomas Markle married Doria Ragland at the Self-Realization Fellowship Temple of Paramahansa Yogananda in Hollywood, Los Angeles, on December 23,1979, officiated by Brother Bhaktananda.

Thomas Markle paid for Meghan's entire private education from preschool at Hollywood Little Red Schoolhouse to Northwestern University as well as other living expenses.

In 2016, Thomas Markle filed for bankruptcy for a second time over a debt of $30,000.

In May 2018, Thomas Markle underwent a heart surgery days before his daughter Meghan's wedding to Prince Harry.

In 2018, Thomas Markle was the subject of considerable media speculation as to whether he would attend his daughter Meghan's wedding to Prince Harry, at Windsor Castle in the United Kingdom.

Thomas Markle did not attend as he was recovering from heart surgery after being discharged from the hospital two days before the wedding.

Thomas Markle later claimed that he was never sent a formal invitation.

In May 2018, a few days before the wedding, Thomas Markle became a subject of controversy after it was revealed that he had staged photographs for a paparazzi photographer in return for money.

In September 2022, a judge issued a restraining order instructing Thomas Markle to keep away from Jeff Rayner for the next two years as Rayner claimed that Thomas Markle had threatened to kill him over his statements published in Tom Bower's book Revenge: Meghan, Harry and the War Between the Windsors.

Thomas Markle described the letter as a "a dagger to the heart" rather than an "olive branch".

Thomas Markle stated that he does not expect to see Meghan ever again but still hopes for reconciliation one day.

In July 2021, Thomas Markle stated that he would be petitioning California courts for rights to see his grandchildren Archie and Lilibet Mountbatten-Windsor.

In 2022, Thomas Markle began publishing videos on the YouTube channel Remarkable Friendship together with photographer Karl Larsen although he claims to have severed their relationship after recording their last video.