Meghan Markle's family has taken the spotlight in the final days before her wedding: she has confirmed her father will not attend the ceremony, after days of u-turns from Thomas Markle Snr following heart surgery and a furore surrounding an allegedly-staged photoshoot.
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...