Royal Family News: Meghan Markle’s Duchess Drama As Brother-In-law Is Arrested Before Christmas

British royal family news reveals that Florida man Mark Phillips was carted off to jail. Why should the royals care? Maybe because Mark Phillips is Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex’s brother-in-law and unfortunately for her, family is family, after all, he allegedly struck her sister, Samantha Markle.

According to the Daily Mail, he reportedly hit Meghan’s sister in the face which means he was charged with domestic violence. No word yet on if Meghan ponied up the bail money.

Meghan Markle Thee Duchess of Sussex’s brother in law is in jail

Phillips was reportedly booked into a Polk County, Fla., jail on December 14 after striking Samantha early that morning. Samantha uses a wheelchair and reportedly needed assistance in the bathroom at 1 AM which according to the arrest report angered Phillips.

Phillips and Markle have lived together since 2016 and after her request for the assistance he reportedly struck her, “on the right side of her face in the ear area.”

Duchess of Sussex drama as Meghan Markle’s brother in law is arrested

Phillips fled the scene but cops found and arrested him and he was later released with a 2021 court date to look forward to.

Samantha Markle has been estranged from her Duchess sister since 2008 calling her sister a social ladder wannabe. Samantha’s truths were not received well by the royals who put her on a U.K.-specific “fixated persons list” due to “reputational risk” to the royal family. Poor Samantha, speak truth to power and all that.

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Samantha has a habit of calling out her sister Meghan’s distasteful conduct such as when she chose to stage a photo op at the Los Angeles National Cemetery. Meghan and her husband Prince Harry traipsed all over the graves of fallen soldiers for their own benefit, reportedly in a fit of pique because his family refused to lay a wreath for him back in the UK.

And so on Sunday, November 8, they staged what Samantha called an “exploitative photo opportunity.” She wasn’t the only one who found the stunt outrageous and disrespectful.

It was Remembrance Day and the designer-clad couple brought their own celeb photographer, Lee Morgan, to capture their every frown and look of bewilderment as they trampled on the hallowed ground of complete strangers.

Meghan Markle’s brother in law has a shiny new 2021 court date to look forward to

Markle’s brother Thomas Jr. is also known to law enforcement. He was arrested in Oregon in 2019 and charged with a DUI.

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