Overview
- A spokesperson for the Duchess of Sussex said, "I can confirm she has reached out to her father."
- Thomas Markle underwent a three-hour emergency operation in Cebu to amputate his left leg below the knee after a blood clot cut off circulation.
- Family said doctors described the surgery as life-saving and warned the next two to three days are critical because of potential infection, including sepsis or gangrene.
- He was taken to hospital after falling ill at his home in the Philippines and remains under medical care.
- No further details about the contact have been released, set against years of estrangement since 2018 and his not having met grandchildren Archie and Lilibet.