• Carole Malone of GB News apologized on air after falsely claiming in a recent broadcast that Meghan Markle's mother, Doria Ragland, was once "in jail"
• In a statement to PEOPLE, a spokesperson for the Duchess of Sussex said, in part: “Ms. Ragland proudly raised her daughter and has never been in prison. GB News did not apologize voluntarily, but only to escape a defamation lawsuit — and it speaks volumes that GB News removed any trace of that apology within 24hrs of making it"
• The news host made the initial claim after reports that Meghan's estranged father, Thomas Markle, had an emergency leg amputation surgery in the Philippines

A British journalist apologized on air after falsely claiming that Meghan Markle was raised by her father, Thomas Markle, while her mother, Doria Ragland, was in jail.

On Dec. 15, video clips of commentator Carole Malone apologizing on GB News made the rounds on social media.

Malone began, "In an episode of Britain's Newsroom on Thursday, December the 4th, 2025, I stated that Thomas Markle, the Duchess of Sussex’s father, brought Meghan up while her mother, Doria Ragland, was in prison. I believed this to be the case based on what I now understand to be misinformation I had seen online. I was questioned about the validity of this claim during the broadcast and I repeated this belief, which I now understand to be false."

"This was a genuine error. I accept what I have been told on behalf of Ms. Ragland — that she raised her daughter and that she...

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