Overview
- Thomas Markle, 81, attended a Valentine’s Day gathering at his rehabilitation centre in Cebu, Philippines, his first such event since surgery.
- He says he is doing daily physiotherapy, feels happy with his progress, and hopes to be fitted with a prosthetic leg in time.
- Doctors amputated his left leg below the knee in December after a massive clot cut off blood supply to his foot during a three‑hour emergency operation.
- Meghan’s spokesperson says she reached out and that her correspondence is now in his hands after difficulties locating him privately.
- Markle says he has not heard from his daughter beyond a letter sent shortly after the operation and remains estranged, with no visit from Meghan, Prince Harry, or their children.