Meghan is greeted with headlines that her father, Thomas Markle, is being investigated over ‘sickening child sex abuse images’.
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father → greet → images
Her half-brother, Thomas Markle Jnr, claimed he discovered the stash at his father’s Philippines home and handed it to police.
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he → claim → police
Is this the moment we should actually feel sorry for Meghan?
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we → feel → Meghan
Could it be that the ‘devoted’ Dad who raised her after her mother left, had a darker side?
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mother → raise → side
And could this explain why she dropped him and refused to let him see her children?
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him → explain → children
Had she, while being pilloried as a cruel uncaring daughter, been harbouring a deeply disturbing secret – that her father was a paedophile?
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father → pillory → secret
Certainly, her statement yesterday implied as much.
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statement → imply → much
She said: ‘In 2018, a letter was sent to the Metropolitan Police and Royalty and Specialist Protection.
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letter → say → Police
That letter was subsequently shared with me.
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letter → share → me
It made troubling and disturbing allegations against my father.’
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It → make → father
She added that this explained her decision not to allow Markle to have any contact with Archie and Lilibet.
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Markle → add → Archie
It was, she said, ‘to protect them’.
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she → say → them
'I have been among their harshest critics and yes, I have accused them – perhaps wrongly with the benefit of hindsight – of abandoning Meghan’s father,' writes Amanda Platell
Meghan as a youngster, with her father Thomas Markle, who is now being investigated over ‘sickening child sex abuse images’
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who → accuse → images
Crikey, this extraordinary news raises so many more questions than answers.
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news → raise → answers
We know Markle is under investigation in the Philippines and the FBI is considering taking action.
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FBI → know → action
We know, too, that he is protesting his innocence.
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he → know → innocence
What an unholy mess, and what an awful moment for the Sussexes as they try to relaunch themselves in Britain.
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they → try → Britain
I have been among their harshest critics and yes, I have accused them – perhaps wrongly with the benefit of hindsight – of abandoning Meghan’s father.
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I → accuse → father
Right now, I feel sorry for them, although given the new family turmoil, none of us should rule out another Netflix series.
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none → feel → series
Call me a traitor but was Thursday’s dreary episode of The Celebrity Traitors, when the outcome of the murder in plain sight was finally revealed after a few contestants sat for ages until someone yawned, a complete, er, yawn fest?
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someone → call → ages
I wouldn’t know.
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I → know → ?
I fell asleep.
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I → fall → ?
Sydney Sweeney wears a more modest outfit than her latest lingerie pictures at the Christy premiere in October last year
Ahead of Halloween, Sydney Sweeney promotes her lingerie line, in gothic bondage gear, replicating the ‘corpse bride’ from Tim Burton’s 2005 film of the same name.
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Sweeney → wear → name
Too eye watering to print here but it inspired me to buy the kit.
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it → water → kit
Nothing would better see off those pesky kids knocking on my door than being greeted by a woman like me wearing it.
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Nothing → see → it
Taylor Swift performs on stage during the Academy Museum 6th Annual Gala in California
Taylor Swift was mesmerising alongside fellow billionaire Kim Kardashian at the Academy Museum Gala to raise money for charities.
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Swift → perform → charities
The event was co
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event → co → ?
So why did it raise just $14million?
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it → raise → 14million
That’s risible compared to their collective wealth.
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That → ’ → wealth
As E.T. might have said, time for them to discover the true meaning of ‘be good’.
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them → say → meaning
He was preparing for Sunday’s US Grand Prix, but it was a lavish affair so his absence does invite one to ask if this really is true love – or an opportunistic relationship so they can both make even more millions.
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they → prepare → millions
As HMRC writes off £13billion in lost taxes after businesses collapsed under Labour, Andy Burnham appears on Gogglebox, has a flu jab (showing off his bee tattoo signalling solidarity with the Manchester Arena bomb victims), invites veterans to No10 North to make a contribution to the Poppy Appeal and goes jogging in shorty shorts.
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Burnham → write → shorts
Jolly good, but is Eyelashes Andy becoming nothing more than a photo opp?
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Andy → become → opp
No worries chez Platell after the Government told us to stock up on essentials such as tinned baked beans, in the event of a national emergency.
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Government → worry → emergency
My attic is still stacked with supplies from the 2020 Covid lockdown.
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attic → stack → lockdown
The picture of Harper kissing her father entitled ‘Road trip with Daddy’, shared on Instagram
Weary as we may be after being presented with yet another ‘private’ Beckham Instagram photograph, the picture of Harper kissing her father entitled ‘Road trip with Daddy’ will strike a chord with many, given how precious is the relationship between a father and his daughter.
Yet, call me a cynic but I can’t help feeling this is also an advertisement for Brand Beckham.
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this → kiss → Beckham
Many fear the rioting in Paris will be replicated in Blighty.
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rioting → fear → Blighty
Brits prefer to queue as has been calmly demonstrated by the thousands who have stood in the rain to see the Bayeux Tapestry.
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who → prefer → Tapestry
Instead of riots, we have a few pro-Palestinian agitators putting a poster of a bomb strapped to a loaf outside a London Gail’s bakery in protest at the group’s links with Israel.
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we → have → Israel
Customers looked on bemused, chomping on their incomparable almond croissants.
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Customers → look → croissants
…and 12 more, not listed.
The Aporia
