# Meghan's half-brother named in abuse inquiry

> Philippine authorities say Thomas Markle Jr is a person of interest in a child sexual abuse investigation involving his father, though not yet a suspect.
- Title: Meghan's half-brother named in abuse inquiry · the Guardian
- Summary: Philippine authorities say Thomas Markle Jr is a person of interest in a child sexual abuse investigation involving his father, though not yet a suspect.
- Keywords: thomas markle jr, thomas markle sr, meghan duchess of sussex, child sexual abuse, philippines, fbi, jonvic remulla, the Guardian
- Source: the Guardian — https://theguardian.com/world/2026/nov/05/meghan-sussex-thomas-markle-jr-philippines-child-sexual-abuse-inquiry
- Published: 2026-11-05T17:37:27+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: thomas markle jr, thomas markle sr, meghan duchess of sussex, child sexual abuse, philippines, fbi, jonvic remulla, news, world
## Half-brother named in inquiry
Thomas Markle Jr, sixty, has been named a person of interest by Philippine authorities investigating child sexual abuse allegations against his father, Thomas Markle Sr.
## Images found and reported
Markle Jr alerted local police and the FBI after claiming to find four storage boxes containing child sex abuse images at his father's home in the Philippines.
## Scale of material uncovered
More than seven thousand photos and one video of under-age males and females of Asian, Latin and European descent, some as young as ten and eleven, were found.
## Not yet a suspect
Interior and local government secretary Jonvic Remulla said there were signs pointing to Markle Jr's involvement but he was not yet being treated as a suspect.

> There are signs that point that the son is involved in the crime as well but only as a person of interest so far.
## Investigation continuing
Remulla said authorities would determine Markle Jr's involvement in coming days. Markle Sr, eighty-two, has denied possessing child abuse imagery and suggested he was set up.
## Key takeaway

Philippine authorities named Thomas Markle Jr a person of interest in a child sexual abuse inquiry involving his father, though he is not yet a suspect.