The Metropolitan Police should have reported allegations surrounding Thomas Markle to the FBI , a former police chief has said.

Scotland Yard has said it passed the Duchess of Sussex a letter it had received in 2019 , which contained a “number of claims about alleged offending outside the United Kingdom”, and was assured that they were investigated.

As a result of new accusations that have emerged about the 82-year-old, including that he kept a stash of child sex abuse images at his home, the Met Police has revealed they did not share the information with other law enforcement agencies and are “reviewing their handling of this matter”.

Jim Gamble, an international campaigner against child sexual abuse, said that the force’s failure to share information with overseas authorities could have left children with an “extended exposure” to further possible abuse over the last seven years.

Jim Gamble, former head of the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre, said the Met should have informed the FBI…