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Thomas Markle Sr., 82, admitted paying for sex with adult women in the Philippines but denied possessing child sexual abuse material, calling the allegations “sick lies.”

His son, Thomas Markle Jr., claims he found hundreds or thousands of abusive images and videos at his father’s former Cebu home and reported them to police and the FBI.

Philippine authorities seized a computer and four boxes of media for forensic review, while London’s Met Police reviews its handling of related allegations received in 2019.

Thomas Markle Sr. is speaking out about the child sexual abuse allegations that have put him under investigation, admitting that he paid for sex with prostitutes while denying the more serious claims against him.

The 82-year-old father of Meghan Markle told the Daily Mail that he slept with prostitutes on two trips to the Philippines while he was single but that he has never had sex with anyone under the age of 18.

"I like Asian women, but that is not a crime," he said.

The senior…