Overview
- Thomas Markle has returned to the United States to be fitted with a state-of-the-art prosthetic limb and to continue rehabilitation, according to multiple outlets.
- The 81-year-old had his left leg amputated below the knee in December after a blood clot cut off circulation to his foot.
- Samantha Markle said her father came back for ongoing medical care and access to the best prosthetics, with support from friends and family.
- Representatives for Meghan previously said she reached out, with a handwritten letter delivered to his hospital bedside by U.S. embassy officials, though no reunion has been confirmed.
- Markle had been living in Cebu in the Philippines, where he praised medical staff for saving his life, and nurse Rio Canedo accompanied him to the airport for an emotional farewell.