Meghan Markle‘s father had a part of his left leg amputated after being rushed to the hospital for emergency surgical procedure this week within the Philippines.

Thomas Markle Sr. misplaced his left foot and decrease leg throughout a 3-hour operation Wednesday, his son, Thomas Markle Jr., instructed the Each day Mail Friday. He was rushed into surgical procedure after a blood clot reduce off circulation in his left leg and it turned black, DM was instructed.

Thomas Jr. detailed the seriousness of the state of affairs, saying … “There was no possibility. I used to be instructed the leg needed to be eliminated and it was a case of life or dying.”

Thomas Jr. — who’s his father’s major caregiver — revealed his dad’s emergency surgical procedure to the Each day Mail Tuesday, however didn’t disclose what occurred. He stated he took his dad to a hospital of their adopted hometown of Cebu within the Philippines, and he was then rushed to a bigger hospital to go underneath the knife.

Thomas Sr. reportedly moved to the Asian nation to start out a brand new life … away from reminders of his fractured relationship with Meghan.

As , they grew to become estranged in 2018 after he was accused of staging paparazzi images displaying him being fitted for Meghan and Prince Harry’s royal marriage ceremony that Might. He didn’t attend his daughter’s nuptials on account of struggling 2 coronary heart assaults days earlier than the massive day.

Meghan has spoken about their damaged relationship, telling Oprah throughout their bombshell 2021 sit-down she felt “betrayed” by his actions.