Back in 1 August 2018, when Megzy was busy creating her private letter on her iPhone over a period of several weeks, as she now tells us, her PR team at KP were sending out stuff like this:
Multiple trips are happening, one that may or may not include Thomas Markle.
www.elle.com
It's unclear—though presumably unlikely—that visiting her father Thomas Markle will be part of the vacation. A source close to palace aides told The Mirror that his constant selling her out to the press has "deeply hurt" her. “Everything is being done behind the scenes to make sure her welfare is at the top of the agenda." Three options are on the table: “Firstly, Meghan could contact her father straight away and appeal to him directly to ask him to stop hurting her, but right now she’s decided to cut him off," the source started. "There is a possibility an intermediary could meet with him and appeal to him to stop making such hurtful statements. The final option would be for Meghan to cut him off completely in the hope he will stop, but the situation is so precarious no one knows when that would be.”
Amazing with hindsight when you know they were all busy contributing (or advising, or whatever was going on) to a 16 page letter to her Dad. This piece in Elle was laying the ground for The Letter to be revealed by Thomas Sr as soon as he got it later that month.
From The Mirror, also 1 August 2018
EXCLUSIVE: The Duchess Of Sussex is reportedly deeply hurt what has been happening
www.mirror.co.uk
Royal aides are plotting to rein in Thomas Markle’s public outbursts about daughter Meghan, it has been revealed.
The Royal Family’s patience with him has finally snapped over his outbursts about Meghan and husband Prince Harry.
Advisers have held at least three top-level crisis meetings on how to stop the former Hollywood lighting director piling distress on his daughter, who has not spoken to him since the wedding 10 weeks ago.
It is also claimed the 74-year-old’s public ramblings about the Duchess of Sussex and the royals are now so out of hand the Queen may have to get involved to end them.
ETA. A sentence in that Mirror story jumps out at me now
There are fears if Meghan does make contact with Thomas he will reveal details of the conversation or sell his story.