Thomas Markle /Meghan Markle's father seen in Mexico for first time sinc...

Meghan Markle's father seen in Mexico for first time since wedding



Shoulders slumped and shuffling, and clutching a plastic bag marked 'personal possessions', this is Meghan Markle's father pictured two days after the Royal Wedding as he returned home from hospital.





Thomas Markle Sr had initially hoped to make the ceremony, which took place on Saturday morning, but was forced to pull out after allegedly suffering a heart attack last week.



On Wednesday, he was admitted to hospital for an operation to insert three stents – and as a result, is likely to have to take blood-thinning medication for the rest of his life.



Since being released from medical supervision, Markle Sr has been staying with friends in a different gated compound a few miles from his home.



He returned to his San Antonio Del Mar property Monday - driven in by a different friend, single mom Lori Davis, 38, with whom he has previously been pictured enjoying a dinner date.



At some point, Markle Sr surprisingly stopped at a Starbucks drive-thru and appeared to walk away with a Frappuccino in hand, whipped cream and chocolate on the top, despite the 73-year-old having heart surgery last week.



The caffeinated drink appeared to be a Double Chocolaty Chip Frappuccino, which can range from 310 calories and 38 grams of sugar for a tall to 540 calories and 69 grams of sugar for a venti. However, it's still unclear what kind of drink he ordered.



His return home came days after Meghan walked down the aisle in a spectacular Givenchy dress - accompanied for part of it by her new father-in-law Prince Charles.



Her yoga teacher mother Doria Ragland, 61, was the only member of the newly minted Duchess of Sussex' family to attend the wedding and was seated alone.



Markle Sr is understood to have watched the ceremony, which took place at 4am Pacific Time, on TV – later pronouncing it 'joyful and emotional' in an interview with his favored media outlet, gossip website TMZ.



The former lighting director added: 'My baby looks beautiful and she looks very happy. I wish I were there and I wish them all my love and all happiness.'



In a second interview with the same outlet, he revealed he had texted his daughter to tell her he loved her before the ceremony and said he regretted not being able to go.



He told TMZ: 'The service was beautiful and it [is] history. I will always regret not being able to be there and not being able to hold my daughter's hand.'



Markle Sr also slammed his son and eldest daughter Thomas Jr, 51, and Samantha Grant, 53, saying they 'should just shut up about everything'.



On Monday, Meghan's estranged half-sister Samantha called on the duchess to 'do the right thing' and reunite their family in the wake of the royal wedding.



She also called on Prince Harry to fly Markle Sr over once he is back to full health in order that he is able to fulfill his lifelong dream of visiting Buckingham Palace.



Last week he blamed his health problems on their constant carping in the media and said he had been forced to take valium to deal with the heartache caused by their attacks on Meghan.



His ex-wife Roslyn, 72, has also hit out at their behavior, telling DailyMail.com she 'chewed out Tom for making us look like a bunch of hillbillies'.



She also described estranged daughter Samantha as 'an embarrassment' to the family and said she needs to 'get some dignity'.



Markle Sr is now expected to keep a low profile at his single-story home north of Rosarito while he recovers from his operation and the fallout from the fake pictures scandal that emerged just over a week ago.



The Mail on Sunday expose included CCTV footage of Markle Sr colluding with Los Angeles-based photographer Jeff Rayner, 44, to stage 'candid' pictures of him looking at Meghan's photo on the internet.



Friends told DailyMail.com he had been left 'embarrassed' by the incident.



As a result of the scandal and his subsequent health problems, he is still to meet new son-in-law Prince Harry, 33, although he is thought to have spoken with the royal by phone.



Markle Sr revealed earlier this week that he plans to travel to London later this year to meet the royals after failing to make the wedding.



His experiences in the UK will be in stark contrast to Rosarito, where he has lived since relocating from Los Angeles on his retirement in 2011.



The border town, which has a population of approximately 70,000 people, sits eight miles south of San Diego and is notoriously crime-plagued.





Instead of focusing on the Royal Wedding, headlines in the local papers last week noted that Baja California has already experienced 1000 murders in 2018 alone.