Meghan Markle has contacted her father, Thomas Markle, after his left leg was amputated in an emergency surgery. "I can confirm she has reached out to her father," a spokesperson for the Duchess of Sussex, 44, told Us Weekly on Friday, December 5. Thomas' son, Thomas Markle Jr., confirmed to The Daily Mail on Friday that his 81-year-old father went under the knife in the Philippines on Wednesday, December 3, after a blood clot cut off circulation to his left leg. The limb turned black and needed to be amputated below the knee. "My dad is being very brave. His foot turned blue and then black.