Thomas Markle Snr 'housed away from fellow prisoners' after being taken into custody

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Meghan Markle's father Thomas Markle Snr has been held separately from other inmates after being taken back into custody in Florida.

Thomas Markle Snr is reportedly being housed away from fellow prisoners following his imprisonment. He was apprehended and charged with possessing child pornography last week.

Following his initial release on bail, on Monday (November 9), Markle Snr was taken into custody after allegedly removing the electronic tag a court mandated him to wear as part of his bail requirements.

Meghan Markle's father has subsequently been placed in detention in Florida.Judge Lindsay S. Griffin cancelled the 82-year-old's pre-trial release on Tuesday (November 10).

He officially instructed Markle to be held "in a corrections facility separate, to the extent practicable, from persons awaiting or serving sentences or being held in custody pending appeal," reports People magazine.

The ruling means Markle will be kept apart from other detainees or individuals accused of offences, provided the prison authorities can arrange it practically. It has also been reported Markle Sr will receive a mental health evaluation ahead of his trial.

Meghan Markle is understood to be immersing herself in her work and family while her father's legal proceedings continue. She is estranged from her father, having last encountered him in the run-up to her 2018 wedding to Prince Harry.

Meghan has also allegedly pledged Thomas Sr will never meet her children, Archie and Lilibet. She has not remarked on the allegations.

She made her first public appearance since her father's arrest on Tuesday. Meghan had been scheduled to deliver a speech at the event regarding the dangers children face online, but chose not to after reportedly feeling "not strong enough" to address dignitaries.

Throughout the event, Harry appeared particularly "concerned" with his surroundings, body language expert Susan Constantine told Page Six. She noted: "The repeated stroking of his beard, coupled with his serious countenance, gives the impression of someone deep in thought and perhaps unsettled by the circumstances."

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