Archie and Lilibet 'deprived' by Harry and Meghan not letting them see family, says Thomas Markle - Daily Mail

Young Archie and Lilibet are being 'deprived' of seeing their grandparents by Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, her father Thomas Markle today claimed.

Speaking to Australian TV from his home in Mexico, 120 miles south of Harry and Meghan's £11million Montecito mansion, he revealed he is yet to meet Archie, 2, and three-month-old Lilibet.

Mr Markle said the only family member who had regular access to the children currently was Meghan's mother, and his ex-wife, Doria Ragland.

Speaking to Channel 7’s Sunrise, he said: 'I think they (Archie and Lilibet) are being deprived of seeing all their grandparents and I think they are being deprived of seeing all their relatives and I think that's terribly unfair to them.'.

Thomas Markle (pictured) accused Harry and Meghan of being 'terribly unfair' to their children by keeping them away from relatives, including himself, their grandfather Prince Charles and great-grandmother, the Queen.

Speaking to Australian TV from his home in Mexico, 120 miles south of Harry and Meghan's £11million Montecito mansion, he revealed he was yet to meet Archie, 2, (pictured here with Harry and Meghan) and three-month-old Lilibet.

Thomas Markle also  urged the couple (pictured here with Archie and while Meghan was pregnant with Lilibet), who have been living in California since their acrimonious split from the Royal Family, to return to England.

Mr Markle also took a swipe at Prince Harry during his latest TV appearance.

Mr Markle, who earlier this year criticised his daughter in an exclusive interview with UK show Good Morning Britain (pictured), today described his daughter as 'controlling'.

Mr Markle said: 'I think Harry was a total failure as a husband, because if a wife or child of mine came to me and say I have a psychological problems and was thinking about suicide I would get them directly to a doctor.

'But the other thing is that I would think that she could turn to her husband.' When noted she did speak to Harry, Mr Markle said Meghan's husband Harry had 'obviously not supported her that well'.

Mr Markle, who raised Meghan as a child, was supposed to walk his daughter down the aisle in May 2018 but pulled out of the ceremony following health problems

During Meghan's interview with Oprah in March, she asked the Duchess: 'Did it feel like betrayal when you found that your father was working with the tabloids?'

During Meghan's interview with Oprah (pictured) in March, she asked the Duchess: 'Did it feel like betrayal when you found that your father was working with the tabloids?'