Meghan Markle’s future sister-in-law was arrested on New Year’s day in Oregon after an altercation with Thomas Markle, potentially dashing her brother’s hopes to attend the royal wedding in May.
An law enforcement source with the Josephine County Jail confirmed to DailyMail.com that Tom’s fiancée ‘Darlene Blount was booked on January 1st. She was charged with fourth degree assault.’
Prince Harry’s soon to be sister-in-law was arrested just before the clock struck midnight on New Year, and was booked around 4:20am, after a boozed-up altercation with Tom.
What would Harry say? Meghan Markle’s future sister-in-law was arrested for assaulting the soon-to-be royal’s half brother
Tom has been estranged from his actress, and soon to be royal, sister Meghan and has not spent the festive season with her for at least 15 years.
Before ringing in the New Year on a sour note, he spent his own Christmas at home in Grants Pass with Blount, 37, and her seven-year-old son.
He has not seen or spoken to his 36-year-old half-sister since 2011 but says he and Meghan are not estranged but lost touch after she moved to Toronto, Canada, to take up a role in Suits.
‘She got to the point where she got busier and busier so it was really hard to nail her down,’ he explained.
‘It’s not really that we grew apart, it was she was out there [in Toronto] doing her job – it was the biggest deal she got on TV so she had no time.
‘But we spent a lot of weekends together with our grandmother [Doris Markle] before she left.’
He is now hoping that the Markle clan will one day be reunited for Christmas and says that while he doesn’t expect an invitation to Meghan and Harry’s May wedding, it would mean a lot to get one.
The 51-year-old, who was arrested last January for putting a gun to his fiancée’s head but released without charge, added: ‘I don’t know if she gets to invite who she wants. But she’ll reach out if she wants me there – she’ll call me. She knows where to find me.
‘But that’s up to her, there’s no pressure. I wouldn’t mind seeing my little sister have the biggest wedding in the world – that would be incredible.
‘Of course [it would mean a lot]. I didn’t go to her last one in Jamaica, I was working or something. But if my dad doesn’t walk her down the aisle, then I will.’