The estranged father of Meghan Markle, who has been an active critic of both his daughter and her husband, Prince Harry, told The Sun on Monday that he wished Queen Elizabeth II "good health and good will" after marking 70 years since the passing of her father King George VI. His death when she was just 21 years old set off the beginning of her reign as Queen.
"I would like to congratulate Her Majesty the Queen on her Jubilee and wish her good health and good will for many years to come," Thomas told the publication. While Sunday marked the actual day of her accession to the throne, celebrations in honor of her Platinum Jubilee are set to take place across the UK in June.
Thomas' public statement about the Queen's royal milestone comes after the Duke and Duchess of Sussex reportedly quit their social media platforms to focus on their new roles in the US, the Times of London reported on January 9.
Several British tabloids, including the Daily Mail and Metro, published pieces acknowledging the silence from the couple about the Queen's Platinum Jubilee. Representatives for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.
According to an unnamed source in the Times of London, both Prince Harry and Markle have "no plans" currently to use their platforms in a personal capacity after experiencing a series of online trolling and abuse.
In 2020, Markle told listeners of the "Teenager Therapy" podcast she was the "most trolled person in the entire world" in 2019, calling her experience of dealing with online abuse "almost unsurvivable."
"I wasn't even visible, I was on maternity leave or with the baby," she said. "That's so big, you can't even think of what that feels like, because I don't care if you're 15 or you're 25, if people are saying things about you that aren't true, what that does to your mental and emotional health is so damaging."
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