Thomas Markle, father of Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, was arrested by US federal agents in Florida on Friday and charged in connection with possession of child sexual abuse material, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Because nothing says "royal-adjacent scandal" like a federal charge in a nursing home parking lot.

Markle, 82, was taken into custody at a nursing home near Tampa early on Friday, and was expected to appear in court in Tampa in the early afternoon, the US justice department said in a statement. The arrest was made by federal agents, presumably because local police were busy with something less grim.

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