Meet Meghan Markle's family: The yoga teacher, the diplomat and the cannabis farmer

Meghan Markle's family has taken the spotlight in the final days before her wedding, with her father revealing he is due to have an operation and can no longer attend the ceremony and her half-sister discussing allegedly-staged photos on Loose Women.

Meghan Markle's extended family has hit the headlines repeatedly over the past few months, with one newspaper describing it as a "motley collection of individuals who, between them, have a long record of boozing, bust-ups and bankruptcies".

Yet Meghan Markle is close to her "free-spirited" mother Doria Ragland – who is still expected to travel with Ms Markle to the church on Saturday – and her "thoughtful, inspiring" father, with the actress having...

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