Meghan Markle’s father denies involvement in Harry and Meghan’s ‘tacky’ Montecito tour

Meghan Markle’s father, Thomas Markle, is denying involvement in a royal sightseeing tour — organized by his good friend, photographer Karl Larsen — that has been halted over privateness considerations.

“I by no means gave my approval to Karl Larsen for any tour wherever,” Markle, 79, informed Mail Online Royals on Tuesday. “I’m not concerned in any method.”

The tour was marketed on journey agency Tripening’s web site because the “Royal Superstar Tour of Los Angeles and Montecito.”

Potential sightseers (as much as six at a time) have been promised an “in-depth tour” of the world the place Meghan, 42, grew up and the place Markle and her husband, Prince Harry, 38, name dwelling.

The Submit reached out to reps for Meghan Markle and her father, in addition to Tripening for remark.

Particulars in regards to the tour — which prices $1,200 for the group of six — have been later scrubbed from the web site following backlash.

Within the since-deleted advert seen by The Submit, Larsen wrote within the description, “I’m the world-famous celeb photographer Karl Larsen, a finest good friend of Thomas Markle (Meghan’s father) and the man with a shocking unique portfolio of images of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle collectively in Montecito.”

Passengers have been alleged to be taken to the royal couple’s well-known hangouts in Montecito, together with varied eateries and the Santa Barbara Polo and Racquet Membership.

Within the itemizing, Larsen claimed he’s the one one who has an “open communication pathway” between Markle’s camp and the remainder of her household, a lot of whom she is estranged from.

“I’m the one one that has an open communication pathway between Meghan’s camp and the remainder of the Markle household,” he wrote within the itemizing.

“There’s no person on the planet that is aware of extra information that [sic] me and I’m the one individual that’s certified to placed on such a tour.”

Not solely has Markle’s father denied involvement, however so has her half-brother, Thomas Markle Jr.

“On no account in any respect did my father or myself ever agree or pay attention to being concerned in such a ridiculous tacky embarrassing thought of being concerned in a tour bus enterprise with Karl Larsen,” he wrote in a Tuesday statement on Instagram.

“And moreover, it’s in opposition to the regulation to make use of any individual’s identify for promoting with out their written permission, and a previous enterprise settlement.”

Lately, Markle has had fairly a strained relationship together with her father, whom she was as soon as near. Their bond soured shortly earlier than Meghan’s 2018 marriage ceremony to Harry.

The Hollywood director suffered a stroke final yr and has publicly pleaded to reconnect along with his daughter to restore their relationship.

Now there’s outrage in regards to the tour, particularly from tech entrepreneur Christopher Bouzy, who known as it “harassment” of the royal couple.

“The latest incident the place a celeb tour was being organized to go to the neighborhood of the Duke and Duchess’s residence is a regarding escalation of on-line harassment transitioning to the true world,” Bouzy told Newsweek on Tuesday.

“The problematic itemizing was an act of focused harassment, and it jeopardized the protection of the Duke and Duchess’s household.”

In response, Larsen claimed he had “no intentions” of driving previous the Sussexes’ home.

He added: “This isn’t going to be the top of the tour.”