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Meghan's father Thomas Markle appears in court over child sex abuse material

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Markle was arrested on a federal complaint alleging he held images that show child sex abuse, the US Department of Justice (DoJ) said. The 82-year-old was arrested in Florida after the FBI searched two Los Angeles-area storage units he rented for almost 20 years.

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