Meghan Markle's Estranged Dad Thomas Makes First Comments About New Granddaughter Lilibet

Thomas Markle is opening up about his newest grandchild, Lilibet Mountbatten-Windsor.

The estranged father of Meghan, Duchess of Sussex made an appearance on Australia’s 60 Minutes and revealed how he found out about her birth.

Click inside to see what Thomas Markle shared about Lilibet…

Thomas, 76, revealed that he found out about Lilibet‘s arrival from the radio.

“No phone calls,” the former Hollywood lighting director stated. “I just heard it on the radio.”

Thomas did make a note on her name, which honors both her late grandmother, Princess Diana, and great-grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II.

“Lili is a perfect name,” he shared, adding, “and the other thing that makes me happy is now there’s a lot more Markle blood in the royal family. All I can say is I hope I get to eventually, sometime see these grandchildren of mine because I’m a pretty good grandpa.”

Thomas has been estranged from Meghan, and her husband, Prince Harry, for quite some time.

The last remote connection they had was when he made a trip up to Oprah Winfrey‘s home in California from Mexico to deliver a personal note ahead of Meghan and Harry‘s tell-all interview with her. Find out more about that here…

If you missed it, see how Lilibet‘s aunt, Kate Middleton, reacted to the notion of meeting the baby.