Megan Markle's estranged half-sister Samantha Markle says the Duchess would 'still be a waitress' if not for their father's help

• Megan Markle's estranged half-sister said the royal would be a "waitress" if it wasn't for their dad.
• "She would still be a waitress if it wasn't for dad," Samantha Markle said in a teaser for an upcoming interview.

Megan Markle's estranged half-sister said the Duchess of Sussex would be working as a "waitress" if it wasn't for their father's help.

"She would still be a waitress if it wasn't for dad," Samantha Markle said in a teaser released on Friday for an upcoming interview with Australia's 7NEWS Spotlight.

Before Meghan married Prince Harry in 2018, she worked as an actor. But she initially struggled to make money as she got started in the industry in the early 2000s.

One of the many jobs Meghan took to pay the bills was as a hostess at a restaurant, she told Vanity Fair in 2017, calling it one of "those things that actors do."

"My parents had been so supportive," Meghan said at the time, "watching me audition, trying to make ends meet, taking all the odds-and-ends jobs to pay my bills."

"My father knew how hard it is for an actor to get work, so he above all people was so proud I was able to beat the odds," she told Vanity Fair.

Meghan and her father, Thomas Markle, had a falling out after the dad reportedly staged paparazzi photos ahead of Meghan and Harry's wedding.

The 7NEWS Spotlight interview, which is set to air on Sunday, features Samantha, Meghan's father, and her half-brother, Thomas Markle Jr., who is also estranged from the American Hollywood actress-turned-royal.

Since Meghan's relationship with Harry went public, Samantha has been one of Meghan's loudest critics.

"They're really unhealthy for each other," Samantha can be heard saying of Meghan and Harry in the clip. "It's a toxic relationship."

Last year, Twitter suspended Samantha's account following a BuzzFeed investigation that found the account had been harassing Meghan for years. Additionally, Samantha sued Meghan for defamation in Florida in March 2022, but a judge dismissed the suit a year later.