🧵 Saga file #86
Meghan Markle father abuse inquiry
Oct 23, 7 AM ET to Oct 26, 9 PM ET
- 3parts so far
- 23outlets carried a part
- 🫏12 · 4 · 7🐘left · center · right
- 3.6 daysrunning so far
- 86 minof TV captions
- 51people retold it online
🧵 One running story, told across days: each part is a story of its own on the front pages, joined to the others because our tools judged them one case, event or investigation as it developed. A part can be joined wrongly; the saga tracker says how they're made.
- Oct 24, 2 PM ET · on the front pages 1.2 daysMet police confirm letter about megan's father was not shared with other forces
- Oct 25, 7 PM ET · on the front pages 16 hoursPhilippines investigates Meghan markle's father over child sex abuse images
- Oct 23, 7 AM ET · on the front pages 3.6 daysUK police confirm receipt of letter alleging child sex abuse against megan Markle's father
📰 Spread
each part on the front pages, hour by hour
🧩 The parts
each one opens its own page
1. Met police confirm letter about megan's father was not shared with other forces
Oct 24, 2 PM ET · 5 outlets · on the front pages 1.2 days
“Met Police says letter with claims about Meghan's father not shared with other law enforcement” first: BBC, The Independent
📺 BBC News 37 min · 🧶 retold by 16
2. Philippines investigates Meghan markle's father over child sex abuse images
Oct 25, 7 PM ET · 7 outlets · on the front pages 16 hours
“Philippines Probes Meghan Markle's Father Over Child Sex Abuse Images” first: Newsmax
· 🧶 retold by 13
3. UK police confirm receipt of letter alleging child sex abuse against megan Markle's father
Oct 23, 7 AM ET · 19 outlets · on the front pages 3.6 days
“MEG DAD CHILD SEX PROBE Meghan's dad Thomas Markle probed over vast stash of child sex images after being reported to cops by his own son” first: The Sun
📺 BBC News 48 min, CNN 21 s · 🧶 retold by 22
🧶 Retelling
what people online made of it, part by part
- The Metropolitan Police received and forwarded a letter containing allegations against Thomas Markle Sr. to the Duchess of Sussex. told by 16 people, on “Met police confirm letter about megan's father was not shared with other forces”
- Thomas Markle Sr. is facing an international investigation into alleged child abuse involving images found on a laptop. told by 13 people, on “Philippines investigates Meghan markle's father over child sex abuse images”
- Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, is deeply distressed by allegations that child sexual abuse images were found at her father Thomas Markle's former home. told by 22 people, on “UK police confirm receipt of letter alleging child sex abuse against megan Markle's father”