The Mail on Sunday is a newspaper in the UK that Meghan Markle filed a lawsuit against last year. Her claim is that they allegedly published a letter that she wrote to her father without her consent. Now it looks as if her dad, Thomas Markle may be called on behalf of the paper to testify against his daughter. Court documents that were filed by the paper on Tuesday, January 14th show that he is named as part of the paper's defense against the Duchess of Sussex.

There are a number of things that are unknown at this point including whether the case will actually reach court and if so, if Markle's father will actually be called to testify. It does, however, look as if Thomas Markle has been cooperating with the paper, which makes his likelihood of being used as a witness more probable than if he were not.

The Mail on Sunday, and their parent company, Associated Newspapers are arguing that they were not in the wrong for using the letter because at the time there was a valid public interest in the members of the royal family and any personal relationships that they had. The believed that it was their responsibility of provide to their readers with the information.

Calling her dad to testify means that should this case go to court, Meghan Markle may end up facing her father after many years of having an estranged relationship with him. He wasn't at her wedding in 2018 and the reason given for him not being there was cited as "health issues."

This news comes on the heels of a big announcement from Prince Harry and Meghan Markle that they plan to take a step back from their royal duties and carve out a "progressive new role" for themselves within the Royal Family. This prompted The Queen to call an emergency meeting of the Senior Royal Family. At the meeting, the Senior Royals agreed to honor their wishes and are trying to figure out exactly what this new role will entail.

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