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The Duchess of Sussex's half-sister Samantha Markle today apologised to Meghan and the royal family live on TV, saying: 'I wish things could be different.'

Ms Markle, who arrived in London last week, said she was visiting Britain to make personal contact with the royal and 'hopefully move forward with peaceful resolve'.

The 53-year-old writer, who was appearing on Jeremy Vine on Channel 5, was not invited to May's royal wedding and has not spoken to Meghan in years.

Harry and Meghan stand outside St George's Chapel in Windsor after their wedding in May

Mr Vine tackled Ms Markle on why she had been rude and insulting to Meghan, having called her Cruella de Vil, Duch-ass and the Duchess of Nonsense.

'(My father) was being purposely ignored,' Ms Markle replied. 'We were hoping that private channels would be used. When they failed we went public.'

Samantha Markle's message for Meghan 

Samantha Markle was asked on Channel 5 today if she had a message for Meghan. This is what she said: 

'There is so much water under the bridge and so much has spun out of control that was never intended to. 

'I think everybody was hurt by not being included or invited to the wedding. 

'But I felt as though it could have all been nipped in the bud had everyone been included and we all just agreed to move forward with positive resolve, and the hurt feelings wouldn't have snowballed. 

'But, believe it or not, it doesn't mean that we love you any less.

'I just think that families can be this way when there's confusion and when people are hurt. 

'So, moving forward, I apologise and I wish things could be different.' 

Thomas Markle is father to both Samantha and Meghan. She added: 'The goal at that point wasn't just getting closer. It was also about bringing out a very important point that you don't isolate family, you are a humanitarian.'

Vine replied: 'You want to shame her - that's what it is.'

Ms Markle added: 'The public were making a mockery of the family and it had to stop. Perhaps I was frustrated. I was lashing out more at the media.'

Ms Markle said she was doubtful of being able to make contact with Meghan while she was visiting the UK. 'I was hoping that maybe we would have the chance to speak, that she would know I was here. But I don't think that's going to happen.'

She added that the whole saga could have been 'nipped in the bud' had the Markle family been invited to Meghan and the Duke of Sussex's wedding. 

She admitted she should not have used the phrase 'duch-ass' - and, asked if she would apologise, said: 'To my sister, absolutely, and to Harry as well and the royal family.'

Asked by the presenter if she felt Meghan had frozen her out, she said: 'I think that perhaps she was hurt – I felt like she should know better than to believe tabloids.

Meghan is thought to have last seen her father Thomas (above, together) about two years ago

'But I think quite frankly she probably believed what she was seeing as well, and I guess there's also protocol that you say nothing.

Samantha Markle on Meghan, her father and her trip to Britain

Samantha Markle was interviewed on Channel 5 today about a range of topics. Here are her answers in brief:

Why are you in Britain?

‘I wanted to make the trip and sort of speak the wishes and thoughts and sentiments of my father and hopefully get a message to my sister that things aren’t really what they’ve seen’

Why hasn’t Meghan been in touch with her father since the wedding?

‘This media madness has been quite overwhelming... I think it’s been quite hurtful to our family, I can’t imagine how hurtful it’s been to my sister.’

Why did you encourage Thomas Markle to pose for photos?

‘The logic behind that really is that I became so tired of him being purposely photographed in such a hurtful way, in a disparaging way.’

Did he have a heart attack before the wedding?

‘He had two actually. One earlier, and I think because of the pressure of the wedding, he really wanted to be there, he had a speech planned – he was really looking forward to it. And the doctors finally said “you can’t ignore this”.’

Has Meghan frozen you out?

‘I think that perhaps she was hurt – I felt like she should know better than to believe tabloids, but I think quite frankly she probably believed what she was seeing as well.’

Do you apologise for calling her a Duch-ass?

‘To my sister, absolutely, and to Harry as well and the royal family.’

Do you have a message for Meghan?

‘I just think that families can be this way when there’s confusion and when people are hurt. So, moving forward, I apologise and I wish things could be different.’

What do you think of Prince Harry?

‘He is such a gentleman and so savvy and I would say that she has found her prince.’

'So I think that snowballed unfortunately to a lot of hurt feelings on everyone's part, and I'm hoping that we can have a happy ending.'

Ms Markle told the programme why she was in Britain, saying: 'Well, I've always wanted to see London, but really I wanted to make the trip and sort of speak the wishes and thoughts and sentiments of my father and hopefully get a message to my sister that things aren't really what they've seen, there's so much misperception and hopefully we could clear up record and move forward with peaceful resolve. '

Asked why Meghan has not been in touch with her father since the royal wedding in May, she said: 'Honestly, I think, well you know, but if you can imagine this media madness has been quite overwhelming. And maybe it's quite powerful. 

'And so when you take something as powerful as that, that goes around the world at lightning speed, larger than life, whether you say nothing or you say something it's almost always twisted, we've experienced, for negative effect to sell publications. 

'I think it's been quite hurtful to our family, I can't imagine how hurtful it's been to my sister. But so much of reality has been twisted, is unknown and it's been unfortunate.'

Speaking about how Meghan's father Thomas posed for a series of staged photographs, she said: 'The logic behind that really is that I became so tired of him being purposely photographed in such a hurtful way, in a disparaging way.

'I said "you know, you have a right like a business card to defend yourself and have the world and the British royal family see you as you accurately are – don't lay down and let them disparage you like that".

'So with regards to the money and this idea of cashing in, he was turning down $50,000 (£38,000) interviews – so clearly money was not the goal, and the small amount of money that he received, £1,500, photographers made the money – not my father. It was never a goal.'

Asked if she regretted her idea of him posing for the photos, she said: 'I would regret more allowing paparazzi to continue to make him look like a horrible slob and do everything they could to disparage him. 

'It felt really wrong to allow that to continue. Because I love him I said 'you cannot let yourself be seen like this, and as a representation of who you are'. That was wrong.'

The Duchess of Sussex 's half sister Samantha Markle was on Jeremy Vine on Channel 5 today

And asked if he had a heart attack before the wedding, Ms Markle said: 'He had two actually. One earlier, and I think because of the pressure of the wedding, he really wanted to be there, he had a speech planned – he was really looking forward to it. 

How the media storm involving Thomas Markle has unfolded

November 27 2017: Kensington Palace announces the engagement of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle

December 2017: Meghan's father Thomas Markle is pictured near his home in Rosarito, Mexico, going to Walmart and buying beers

April 2018: In the run-up to the royal wedding, Thomas is pictured reading a book about landmarks of Britain, looking at pictures of the couple online, and being fitted for a suit 

May 2018: Mail on Sunday reveals Thomas Markle staged the paparazzi photos in a bid to improve his public image and may have made up to £100,000 from them. It was later revealed to be Samantha Markle's idea

May 17, 2018: Bride-to-be Meghan reveals her father will not be flying to London for the wedding, after reports he suffered a heart attack

May 19, 2018: Thomas Markle watches the wedding on TV from Mexico as the Prince of Wales steps in at the last minute to walk Meghan up the aisle

June 18, 2018: Meghan's father gives his first TV interview with Good Morning Britain and leaks details of his private conversations with Harry and Meghan - including their desire to have children and Harry's views on President Trump

June 26, 2018: Thomas Markle tells TMZ he feels he is being frozen out by the Palace and is insulted that he has not been invited to meet the Queen

July 5, 2018: The Duchess of Sussex's father tells friends he fears their relationship is 'lost' forever and he may never see his daughter again 

July 28, 2018: Speaking to the Mail on Sunday, Thomas Markle says his daughter is ignoring him and has changed all her numbers since marrying Harry. He ominously warns he 'won't be silenced' 

August 14, 2018: In another interview with the Mail On Sunday, Thomas Markle claims he hung up on Prince Harry in a heated phone exchange 

'And the doctors finally said 'you can't ignore this'. He was literally working his speech right up to the last minute. 

'He had had one earlier, and really I think like so many men was avoiding some of the signs – the stress, the shortness of breath, pins and needles. 

'He really wasn't up to par, but because he wanted to be at the wedding, he ignored the signs – even though the doctors said 'you had a small one earlier'. 

'I think he was in denial, he wanted to be tough and brave it – be able to walk my sister down the aisle.'

Asked if she blamed herself for what happened, she said: 'I don't see what the other option would be. No matter what, I found that certain publications make you look as bad as they can. And I think it really reflected poorly on everyone. I couldn't let that continue.'

As for Prince Harry, Ms Markle said of him: 'He is such a gentleman and so savvy and I would say that she (Meghan) has found her prince. 

'And, as my little sister, and being older, I would think when I get older and when I pass away you wonder will your kids and your younger siblings be left in good hands? Well, I'm thankful she is in very good hands.'

Ms Markle also took part in a phone-in with members of the public, and was met with a barrage of criticism from callers.

Chris from Kent told Ms Markle: 'All we've seen is the hate you've spewed against your sister.

'If you actually love your sister I think this should have been done in private, not on social media, or going on television saying you're sorry... what you're doing is not right.'

Ms Markle replied: 'Most of what you read in the tabloids is not true... There have been so many times I've said, in live interviews, favourable things but they were not printed.'

Lindsay from Leeds declared that Ms Markle should have been 'stopped at border control', adding: 'She's got no relevance to be here'.

However Victor from London called in to say Ms Markle was an 'absolutely lovely lady' and that should Harry and Meghan have a baby, she should be godmother.

The Duchess of Sussex is pictured attending the Royal Academy of Arts in London last Tuesday

Also known as Samantha Grant, Ms Markle has see-sawed between criticising and praising Meghan on social media.

Who is Samantha Markle and how is she related to Meghan?

Samantha Grant - also known as Samantha Markle - describes herself as a writer, a mental health counsellor and a 'blabbermouth'.

She is the half-sister of Meghan, Duchess of Sussex from her father's first marriage.

A one-time actress and model, she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2008 and uses a wheelchair.

Based in Florida, she is 17 years older than Markle and sells jewellery to raise money to fund the feature films she writes.

Twice-divorced, she has three children - Ashleigh, Christopher and Noelle.

Like her father, she once filed for bankruptcy and is estranged from her mother Roslyn - Thomas Markle's first wife - and brother Thomas Jr.

More recently she has vented her fury, accusing the duchess on Twitter of hypocrisy and being cold and inhumane in her treatment of their father.

Meghan's father Thomas pulled out of walking his daughter down he aisle due to ill health and after being caught staging photos with the paparazzi for cash.

Since Meghan became a royal, Ms Markle has hit out at her for being 'cold', accused her of ignoring her father, branded Harry a 'wuss', and has gone as far as to say she would blame Meghan should Mr Markle die.

The length of her stay in the UK is unknown, but it is thought that she intends to confront Meghan over their father's ill-health. Meghan is believed to have last seen her father around two years ago.

The 74-year-old did not attend his daughter's wedding at Windsor Castle after suffering a heart attack in the lead up to the big day, according to his family.

Despite Ms Markle's apparent determination to see Meghan, her friends believe the Duchess will not see her half-sister.

Last month, Samantha went on a furious social media tirade about her sister and her new husband.

Meghan's mother Doria Ragland joined her at an event in London with Prince Harry last month

Branding the Duchess the 'duch-ass', she slammed Prince Harry on his 34th birthday, saying: 'Happy Birthday Harry! As you 'Mack down' on your birthday cake, think about the birthday wishes you never extended to your FATHER-IN-LAW.'

In a separate post, she fumed: 'I am not candy coating anything anymore!

Moving forward, I apologise and I wish things could be different

Samantha Markle 

'The DUCHASS should be humane to our father who has given her everything and this media c*** can stop!

'He was the one who was always there for her. Fake waves and smiles can stop. The duchASS can bow to the daddy'.

She also earlier went on an extraordinary Twitter rant, proclaiming Meghan 'wasn't much different' than US President Donald Trump.

She wrote: '(He) thinks he can shoot someone and still get votes. She can dump an entire family both sides and a best friend of 30 years and ignore it and be popular. Sad.'

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