{"id":2201944,"date":"2025-12-16T22:25:22","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T22:25:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2201944"},"modified":"2025-12-16T22:25:22","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T22:25:22","slug":"u-k-news-anchor-apologizes-for-false-claim-about-meghan-markles-mom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/u-k-news-anchor-apologizes-for-false-claim-about-meghan-markles-mom\/","title":{"rendered":"U.K. News Anchor Apologizes for False Claim About Meghan Markle\u2019s Mom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-journey-body=\"standard-article\">\n<ul data-node-id=\"0\" class=\"css-kw9lqy emevuu60\">\n<li data-node-id=\"0.0\">On Dec. 4, U.K. news outlet GB News falsely claimed that Meghan Markle was raised by her father, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cosmopolitan.com\/entertainment\/celebs\/a69684210\/meghan-markle-letter-thomas-markle\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.cosmopolitan.com\/entertainment\/celebs\/a69684210\/meghan-markle-letter-thomas-markle\/\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"Thomas Markle\" data-node-id=\"0.0.1\" class=\"body-link css-103hk4r emevuu60\">Thomas Markle<\/a>, while her mother, Doria Ragland, was imprisoned. <\/li>\n<li data-node-id=\"0.1\">Anchor Carole Malone issued a public apology to the Duchess of Sussex on air during a Dec. 15 broadcast.<\/li>\n<li data-node-id=\"0.2\">\u201cI apologize sincerely to Ms. Ragland and her family for any pain my comments may have caused,\u201d Carole said, in part.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr data-node-id=\"1\" class=\"css-18pb4rg emevuu60\"\/>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"2\" class=\"body-dropcap css-x7ayhf emevuu60\">Genuine question for the culture: Can <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cosmopolitan.com\/entertainment\/celebs\/a69545218\/meghan-markle-green-dress-drama\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.cosmopolitan.com\/entertainment\/celebs\/a69545218\/meghan-markle-green-dress-drama\/\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"Meghan Markle\" data-node-id=\"2.1\" class=\"body-link css-103hk4r emevuu60\">Meghan Markle<\/a> ever catch a break? Following endless speculation about <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cosmopolitan.com\/entertainment\/celebs\/a69684210\/meghan-markle-letter-thomas-markle\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.cosmopolitan.com\/entertainment\/celebs\/a69684210\/meghan-markle-letter-thomas-markle\/\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"whether the Duchess reached out to her dad\" data-node-id=\"2.3\" class=\"body-link css-103hk4r emevuu60\">whether the Duchess reached out to her dad<\/a>, Thomas Markle, amid his recent hospitalization and emergency leg amputation, she\u2019s now been issued an apology from a U.K. news outlet for making an outrageous false claim about her mom, Doria Ragland.<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"3\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">Earlier this month, GB News aired a false claim that Meghan was raised by her now-estranged father while Doria was imprisoned. In a recent report aired during the Monday, December 15 broadcast, news anchor Carole Malone walked back on those claims, which she says she \u201cnow understands to be misinformation\u201d she\u2019d seen online. <\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"4\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">\u201cOn Thursday, December the 4th, 2025, I stated that Thomas Markle, the Duchess of Sussex\u2019s father, brought Meghan up while her mother, Doria Ragland, was in prison,\u201d Carole said during the December 15 broadcast.<\/p>\n<section data-embed=\"recirculation\" data-lazy-id=\"P0-14\" data-node-id=\"5\" class=\"embed\"\/>\n<section data-embed=\"watch-next\" data-lazy-id=\"P0-15\" data-node-id=\"6\" class=\"embed\"\/>\n<section data-embed=\"x\" data-lazy-id=\"P0-16\" data-node-id=\"7\" class=\"embed\"\/>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"9\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">\u201cI believed this to be the case based on what I now understand to be misinformation I had seen online,\u201d the anchor continued, per footage posted on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/I_amMukhtar\/status\/2000840824884797890\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/x.com\/I_amMukhtar\/status\/2000840824884797890\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"X\" data-node-id=\"9.1\" class=\"body-link css-103hk4r emevuu60\">X<\/a>. \u201cI was questioned about the validity of this claim during the broadcast and I repeated this belief, which I now understand to be false.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"10\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">She added, \u201cThis was a genuine error. I accept what I have been told on behalf of Ms. Ragland\u2014that she raised her daughter and that she has never been in prison or jail. I apologize sincerely to Ms. Ragland and her family for any pain my comments may have caused.\u201d<\/p>\n<section data-embed=\"editorial-link\" data-lazy-id=\"P0-17\" data-node-id=\"11\" class=\"embed\">\n<aside class=\"css-1jwg9pu e94w1mj1\"\/><\/section>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"12\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">The awkward mishap came about while GB News was covering <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cosmopolitan.com\/entertainment\/celebs\/a69654457\/meghan-markle-dad-thomas-confused-contact-emergency-leg-amputation\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.cosmopolitan.com\/entertainment\/celebs\/a69654457\/meghan-markle-dad-thomas-confused-contact-emergency-leg-amputation\/\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"Thomas\u2019 recent hospitalization\" data-node-id=\"12.1\" class=\"body-link css-103hk4r emevuu60\">Thomas\u2019 recent hospitalization<\/a>, which has also become a whole thing. According to reports, the Duchess had contacted her estranged father after the procedure, but he claimed that he \u201chasn\u2019t heard\u201d from her yet, and is \u201cstill open to reconciling with her in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"13\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">Meghan\u2019s reps have since <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cosmopolitan.com\/entertainment\/celebs\/a69684210\/meghan-markle-letter-thomas-markle\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.cosmopolitan.com\/entertainment\/celebs\/a69684210\/meghan-markle-letter-thomas-markle\/\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"revealed\" data-node-id=\"13.1\" class=\"body-link css-103hk4r emevuu60\">revealed<\/a> that she attempted to reach out to him via email on December 5. After that didn\u2019t work out, a letter she had written finally made it to him by snail mail. \u201cWith the support of reliable and trusted contacts, her correspondence is now safely in his hands,\u201d her representatives told <em data-node-id=\"13.3\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/meghan-markle-gets-letter-to-father-thomas-markle-in-hospital-after-emergency-leg-amputation-11865734\" target=\"_blank\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/people.com\/meghan-markle-gets-letter-to-father-thomas-markle-in-hospital-after-emergency-leg-amputation-11865734\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"People\" data-node-id=\"13.3.0\" class=\"body-link css-103hk4r emevuu60\">People<\/a><\/em> at the time.<em data-node-id=\"13.5\"\/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.cosmopolitan.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Dec. 4, U.K. news outlet GB News falsely claimed that Meghan Markle was raised by her father, Thomas Markle, while her mother, Doria Ragland, was imprisoned. Anchor Carole Malone issued a public apology to the Duchess of Sussex on air during a Dec. 15 broadcast. \u201cI apologize sincerely to Ms. Ragland and her family [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2201945,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[274717,425113,285977,285684,425112],"class_list":["post-2201944","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-royalty","tag-content-type-news","tag-contentid-cbdc7dc1-f48e-4c78-8097-df1d81671515","tag-displaytype-standard-article","tag-locale-us","tag-shorttitle-u-k-outlet-apologizes-for-false-claims-about-meghans-mom"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/UK-News-Anchor-Apologizes-for-False-Claim-About-Meghan-Markles.pjpeg.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2201944","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2201944"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2201944\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2201946,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2201944\/revisions\/2201946"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2201945"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2201944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2201944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2201944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}