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She has been a frequent presence on U.K. talk shows and angrily took to Twitter when Harry said of Meghan Markle's time with the royal family over Christmas, \"She's getting in there and it's the family I suppose that she's never had.\"

“Actually she has a large family who were always there with her and for her. Our household was very normal and when dad and Doria divorced, we all made it so it was like she had two houses. No one was estranged ,she was just too busy. Read my book complete with facts and photos,” Grant Markle tweeted in December 2017.

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