While her engagement ring is rumoured to contain some of the diamond company’s gems, her father has been downing lager to toast her forthcoming marriage to Prince Harry.
As the royals quaffed champagne, Thomas Markle Sr, 73, has spent nights in with just some beers for company.
Amid rumours he and Meghan have a strained relationship, he emerged from hiding to run errands in his hometown in Mexico then went to a store for cigarettes and the four-pack of Heineken.
His neighbour said: “Tom is very happy in his own company. He left his home in Los Angeles to escape parts of his past and start afresh down here.
“He is very content. There are rumours he has a lady friend in the town... if Tom wants to tell us he will in his own time.
“He is very charismatic and has a very good sense of humour. He’ll get a lot of attention for sure down here.”
Retired lighting director Thomas Sr left the US last year after declaring himself bankrupt with credit card debts of £24,180 and savings of just £160.
But his son, Thomas Jr, says his dad has a good pension and is not broke.
Sources close to Thomas Sr say he is determined to give 36-year-old US actress Meghan away when she weds Harry, 33, at Windsor Castle in May.
Thomas Sr’s friend Ramon Moreno, 61, revealed the dad loves to chat about his famous daughter. Ramon said: “One of the first things he said was ‘Have you heard of Meghan Markle?’. I said ‘Yes, that name rings a bell. I know she is on television’. He said, ‘I am her dad’.”
Ramon said Thomas Sr is “very happy” about his daughter’s relationship, adding: “Yes, he has spoken about Meghan and Harry. He talked about her and Harry before it was news all over the world.”
Thomas Sr, who is 6ft 3in and roughly 20st, lives in a rented yellow house overlooking the Pacific Ocean.
Plywood boarding covers the front of the property, giving the appearance the home just outside the town of Rosarito Beach is uninhabited.
Before hiding himself away recently, Thomas Sr was often seen driving an old Ford Escape or Volvo S70 to the shops to buy his favourite cigarettes.
Mr Markle’s emergence came as an interview has resurfaced in which Meghan, who stars in TV drama Suits, revealed how she battled insecurities and rejection in her bid to break through in Hollywood.
She said two years ago she was branded “not thin enough, not pretty enough, not ethnic enough, while also being too thin, too ethnic, too pretty the very next day”.
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