Meghan Markle’s estranged father arrested in Lakeland and charged with possessing child sexual abuse materials

The 82-year-old estranged father of Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, was arrested Friday morning in Lakeland, Florida on a charge of possessing child sexual abuse material in storage units in California, authorities said.Thomas Markle Sr. was arrested outside Tampa, according to people who were not authorized to publicly discuss the investigation and spoke to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity. Federal agents searched two storage units in the Los Angeles area and “seized approximately 78 items, including slides, film negatives, and books” that contained suspected child sexual abuse images, First Assistant U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli said.The Daily Mail, a British tabloid newspaper, first reported Markle’s arrest.Markle, who has rented the units since 2008, is charged with possessing images of child sexual abuse, Essayli said. His arrest follows reports by The Sun, another British tabloid, that Meghan’s half brother found a collection of such images while clearing out their