Met should have passed on child sex abuse allegations against Thomas Markle to the FBI, former police chief says | 26 Oct 2026 | Scotland Yard risked allowing child abuse to continue for seven years by failing to alert the FBI to allegations against Thomas Markle, a former police chief says. The Metropolitan Police has admitted it did not act on a letter it received in 2019 accusing the Duchess of Sussex’s father of being a paedophile. Jim Gamble, former head of the National Crime Agency’s child exploitation command, said there is a “well-worn path” for Met detectives to share serious claims with foreign agencies. He said it was “really difficult to understand” why that path was not followed in the Markle case when the letter “indicated that children might be at risk.” Mr. Markle, 82, denies any wrongdoing.