Meet Doria Ragland, mother of the bride: How Meghan Markle's mum became her rock and best friend

Doria Ragland and Meghan Markle
Meghan Markle, pictured with her mother Doria Ragland on Mother's Day Credit: TIM STEWART NEWS LIMITED

Her final scenes as a single woman have been decidedly more telenovela than Hollywood classic.

This week it was revealed her father allegedly staged a series of paparazzi shots in Mexico – encouraged by his other daughter, to make him seem “normal”. He then announced to the world – through Los Angeles gossip website TMZ – that he had suffered a heart attack, and would not be attending his beloved daughter’s wedding.

Since then he announced he intends to travel to the UK for the ceremony, before changing his plans for a third time and saying he no longer can because he needed to have heart surgery on Wednesday

Finally, on Thursday it was confirmed...

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