Meghan has issued a statement after “troubling and disturbing allegations ” emerged about her estranged father, Thomas Markle Snr.

Her half-brother, Thomas Markle Jnr, alleged that he had found a stash of child sex abuse images belonging to their father at his former home in the Philippines, the Sun reported.

In an interview with the Daily Mail, Thomas Snr denied possessing child sex images, calling the accusations “sick lies”.

Authorities in the UK had previously told the Duchess that allegations made about her father in a 2018 letter sent to Scotland Yard and subsequently shared with her by police were being investigated, it is understood.

The Duchess of Sussex has been estranged from her former TV lighting director father since her marriage to Prince Harry.

Meghan Markle and father Thomas Markle (Instagram)

Mr Markle did not attend the wedding, leaving the King to accompany Meghan down the aisle and meaning the only member of her family present was her mother, Doria Ragland.

Meghan was the only…