INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Meghan Markle has confirmed in an official statement that her father will not attend her wedding
(File)Mexico City, Mexico: Meghan Markle's father was diagnosed with heart problems in Mexico but refused to
undergo surgery, the health ministry in Baja California state, where he lives, said Thursday.Thomas Markle, who has already confirmed he
will not attend his daughter's wedding to Britain's Prince Harry on Saturday, went to Rosarito's Hospital de Playas early in the morning on
May 3 complaining of "heart pain," the ministry said.Markle, 73, underwent emergency surgery on Wednesday at a different hospital, according
to the celebrity website TMZ.According to the health ministry statement, days earlier he arrived at the Mexican hospital having experienced
hours of discomfort "without any physical exertion."He underwent testing and received pain medication, before being diagnosed with heart
disease, the statement added.However, Markle rejected any treatment following the diagnosis and declined to be transported to his Rosarito
home."The patient decided to voluntarily leave on the afternoon of Friday May 4, to continue his care at a private medical facility," the
ministry said.Markle, an Emmy award-winning television lighting director, has been at the center of a media storm over whether he would walk
his daughter down the aisle, before finally pulling out for good due to health reasons.(Except for the headline, this story has not been
edited by TheIndianSubcontinent staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)
