Meghan Markle’s Half Brother Makes Himself a Royal Pain
Rich and Weekly
Wondery
4.0 • 962 Ratings
🗓️ 9 August 2021
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Summary
Oh, Brother! Meghan Markle’s half-brother Thomas Markle Jr. is a new contestant on Australia’s Big Brother VIP, and in a promo he calls The Duchess of Sussex "very shallow". But this is not the first time a Markle has come for Meghan. Will Thomas Jr. keep spilling the royal tea – or is he just being a royal pain?
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| 0:00.0 | So Brooke, there you are at home early this morning. You wake up, stretch, and then you notice this blinking light on your bedside table. |
| 0:15.0 | It's your phone and it's glowing up. What would you think? |
| 0:19.0 | Probably here's another text from Ereisha about the Olsen Twins. |
| 0:22.0 | Okay, I at least keep it in. here's another text from Marisha about the Olson Twins. |
| 0:23.1 | Okay, I at least keep it in waking hours. |
| 0:26.7 | But for Megan Markle, it's gotta be, |
| 0:28.9 | what did my bloody family do this time? |
| 0:32.0 | Yeah, and she'd be right. |
| 0:33.5 | There's honestly no lack of drama for Megan |
| 0:36.5 | when it comes to her family, honestly royal or otherwise. |
| 0:40.0 | Yeah, and this time it's otherwise, |
| 0:42.0 | because her estranged half-brother, Thomas Jr. just went global with a comment that Megan is, |
| 0:48.0 | here it comes shallow. |
| 0:51.0 | Oh my God, stop the presses. We've got an international bomb |
| 0:54.8 | shell on our hands, people. Right? So he's a contestant on Australia's TV show |
| 0:59.8 | Big Brother VIP and the trailer that aired just had to use his cut at |
| 1:04.2 | Megan to hype the new season. Yeah, but that's not the only family matter Megan is |
| 1:08.7 | facing these days. I mean, what do you do if this is your wake-up call? I mean I hope Megan just turned off her phone |
| 1:15.3 | rolled over and was like Harry you've got the kids. I mean what are Prince's for anyway? |
| 1:20.3 | From wondering I'm Arisha Skinner Williams. |
| 1:24.0 | And I'm Brooke Sifran. |
| 1:25.0 | It's Monday, August 9th. |
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