A series of text messages that were exchanged between Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan Markle, to his controversial and media-loving father, Thomas Markle.

The texts were sent out five days before Meghan’s big royal wedding that took place in 2018. The messages were made public by the royal couple as they have filed a massive lawsuit against Associated Newspapers in London’s High Court.

Harry and his wife are going after the Sunday tabloid, for invading her privacy by publishing portions of a private letter she wrote to him in May 2018.

One email from Harry read: “Tom, it’s Harry, and I’m going to call you right now. Please pick up, thank you. Tom, Harry again! Really need to speak to u. You do not need to apologize; we understand the circumstances, but ‘going public’ will only make the situation worse. If you love Meg and want to make it right, please call me as there are two other options that don’t involve you having to speak to the media, who incidentally created this whole situation. So please call me so I can explain. Meg and I are not angry; we just need to speak to u. Thanks.”

Another text read: “Oh, any speaking to the press WILL backfire, trust me, Tom. Only we can help you, as we have been trying from day 1.”

The following texts showed that the couple attempted and failed at convincing Thomas not to speak to the press.

Duchess Meghan reached out to her dad and wrote: “I’ve been reaching out to you all weekend, but you’re not taking any of our calls or replying to any texts… Very concerned about your health and safety, and have taken every measure to protect you but not sure what more we can do if you don’t respond…Do you need help? Can we send the security team down again? I’m very sorry to hear you’re in the hospital but need you to please get in touch with us… What hospital are you at? we are dispatching the same security guys you turned away this weekend to be a presence on the ground to make sure you’re safe.”

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Thomas has defended himself for selling the letter and has done several paid interviews bashing his own child.