OP WAS 'LIFE OR DEATH'

Meghan urged to 'show compassion' after estranged father loses his leg

- BY CHRISTOPHER BUCKTON

THOMAS Markle, the estranged father of the Duchess of Sussex, has had his left leg amputated in a lifesaving operation.

And his son Thomas Jnr has appealed to his half-sister Meghan to “show compassion’ after she broke off contact with her dad around the time of her wedding to Prince Harry in 2018.

The 81-year-old had a three-hour emergency procedure to remove the leg below the knee after falling ill at his home in the Philippines on Tuesday.

Thomas Jnr said: “I was told it was a case of life or death.”