Instead, Scotland Yard has opened an inquiry to confirm the claim that the Met's royal protection unit passed on the letter to the Duchess eight years ago.

According to the Sun, the letter was sent to a Met Police unit tasked with dealing with individuals posing a threat to Royals and politicians - the Fixated Threat Assessment Centre.

A Met spokesperson said: "We are aware of media reports that officers from the Met's Royalty and Specialist Protection Command were involved in the passing on of a letter in 2018.

"We are undertaking inquiries internally in an effort to confirm this."

Thomas Markle moved to the Philippines in 2025 after a series of strokes.

He is reportedly now living in a rehabilitation centre in Florida, where he is learning to walk again, after having a leg amputated during surgery in December 2025.

In her statement on Friday, Meghan said that when she received the letter outlining allegations against her father in 2018, she was "given assurance that these were being…