Thomas Markle, Meghan's father with whom she has a tense relationship, could testify in a trial undertaken by Prince Harry’s wife against the Mail on Sunday newspaper for meddling in her private life, the British press said Wednesday.

The conservative newspaper The Daily Telegraph published, based on documents transmitted to the High Court in London, that Thomas Markle is willing to testify against his daughter.

The documents "reveal the deterioration of the relationship" between father and daughter at the time of their wedding with Enrique in 2018, says the newspaper.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, who caused an earthquake in the British monarchy last week to announce that they were renouncing their royal duties, sued several British newspapers a few months ago.

One of them is the Mail on Sunday, to which the 38-year-old American reproaches for having published a letter addressed to his father in February.

Prince Harry, sixth in the line of succession, denounced the publication calling it "illegal" and "with the intention of destroying". And he claimed that the newspaper had "omitted paragraphs, some phrases and even words to cover up the lies uttered" against his wife.

The grandson of Queen Elizabeth II, 35, still hurt by the death of her mother, Princess Diana, in a car accident in 1997 when she was chased by paparazzi in Paris, said he fears "history will repeat itself" with harassment of  Meghan.

After the couple's shock announcement last week, Meghan returned to Canada, where she had spent Christmas with Harry and her son Archie and where she lived while working on the television series Suits.

There ahe was seen on Tuesday, a day after Queen Elizabeth summoned her son Charles - heir to the throne - and her two grandchildren – Harry and William - to a crisis meeting in which the royal family agreed “a period of transition "So that the Dukes of Sussex withdraw from the spotlights as they wish reports AFP.