Meghan Markle’s half-brother says sons can’t go to wedding

Meghan Markle’s wedding is due to be a star-studded affair, with the Obamas, her Suits co-star Patrick J. Adams, and Serena Williams rumoured to be on the guest list. 

But two relatives might not be in attendance after Ms Markle’s half-brother Tom intervened, saying that he wants to ban his two sons from going.

According to their father, Thomas, 26, and Tyler, 25, haven’t seen Ms Markle since they were babies – and he claims they’re just trying to cash in on the Markle name.

Tom told the Sunday Mirror: ‘Tracy [Thomas and Tyler’s mother] and me stopped living as man and wife three months into the marriage because the relationship was such a disaster. She never wanted the Markle name when we were married and now suddenly she acts like she’s still part of the family.

Tom said: ‘I don’t believe Tracy [his ex-wife] or my sons have the right to call themselves Markles. If this embarrasses Meghan then I am sorry, but Tracy can’t go on claiming to be a Markle’ 

‘I don’t want her to have anything to do with us and the boys shouldn’t go along with it. They shouldn’t be at the wedding either.

‘Both boys were always Dooleys as kids. I got sick of making the name an issue with Tracy and ultimately she had her way. They’re Dooleys. You cannot pick and choose when you’re a Markle.’

Tom, who currently lives in a bungalow in Grants Pass, Oregon, with his fiancee Darlene Blount, shares a father with Ms Markle. 

Tom, who shares a father with Ms Markle, added that both her sons were known as Dooleys as kids after his ex-wife insisted on it, and that they were now trying to cash in on the Markle name (Pictured: Young Tom Markle with Meghan)

He divorced Thomas and Tyler’s mother Tracy in 2000.

Tom added: ‘It’s got to stop. The boys were babies when they met Meghan last and Tracy has never even met Meghan, ever.

‘I don’t believe Tracy or my sons have the right to call themselves Markles. If this embarrasses Meghan then I am sorry, but Tracy can’t go on claiming to be a Markle.’

Last month Tom got into a drunk NYE brawl with his fiancee, which he blamed on the stress from the added attention and scrutiny from being related to Ms Markle

His comments come after he blamed the pressure and scrutiny from Ms Markle’s engagement to Prince Harry for a drunken brawl with his fiancee on New Year’s Eve.

The flare-up in their Oregon home led to Tom’s fiancee Darlene Blount being thrown into jail for two nights for assault. 

Last month he said: ‘It hasn’t been easy. Meghan’s relationship with Prince Harry has shone a spotlight on our family. It doesn’t help when you have issues and your sister is engaged to Royalty. It adds a whole new level of scrutiny.

‘We’ve been under a lot of stress because of all the attention. At some point you find yourself drinking too much to escape the pressure.’

He has since vowed to ‘seek help’.

Last year he was arrested for brandishing a gun at his fiancee during another drunken fracas.