The Duchess of Sussex's parents are Doria Ragland and Thomas Markle
. However, Meghan's parents didn't remain together and the couple split in 1987 when Meghan was just six years old. The pair might have thought they'd enjoy quiet lives, butDoria proved to be a pillar of strength for Meghan during her transition into becoming a member of the royal family
The Allens eventually migrated north to Ohio, and it was there that Doria was born, before she moved to California in the sixties.Thomas, of Dutch and Irish descent, previously worked as an Emmy Award-winning lighting director. The family lived comfortably in the leafy suburb of Woodland Hills, an area popular with the stars, until Thomas and Doria divorced. Thomas wasMeghan's father Thomas is an Emmy Award-winning lighting directorSadly, my father will not be attending our wedding.
that Meghan's father's ancestors were coal miners, who most likely moved to the US from Yorkshire in 1859. Seeking a new life and fortune, the family settled in the mining town of Mahanoy in Pennsylvania, where Thomas was born.
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