Meghan Markle's estranged father pleads to the Duchess of Sussex: 'How can I fix this?'

• Meghan Markle's estranged father Thomas Markle wants to mend their strained relationship.
• "How can I fix this?" Thomas pleaded in a newly released teaser for an upcoming interview.

Meghan Markle's estranged father, Thomas Markle, says he wants to repair his strained relationship with his royal daughter.

"How can I fix this?" the Duchess of Sussex's dad pleads to her in a teaser released on Friday for an upcoming interview with Australia's 7NEWS Spotlight.

In the clip, 78-year-old Thomas can be seen holding a school photo of Meghan as a voiceover promoting the interview, set to air on Sunday, says: "Dad's deathbed plea to the daughter he lost."

Last year, Thomas was hospitalized after having a stroke.

Meghan and her dad had a falling out after Thomas reportedly staged paparazzi photos ahead of Meghan and Prince Harry's 2018 wedding.

Meghan addressed her father's "betrayal" in her and Harry's bombshell interview with Oprah Winfrey in 2021.

Thomas' paparazzi scandal was also discussed in Netflix's "Harry & Meghan" series. In it, Meghan's mother, Doria Ragland, said that she was "absolutely stunned" that her ex-husband "would become part of this circus."

"I felt sad that the media would run with this," Ragland said. "That he would capitalize. Certainly, as a parent, it's not… that's not what you do. That's not parenting."

Meghan says in the Netflix series that she called her father more than 20 times as reports of the staged photos broke just days before the royal wedding, but she said he did not return any of her calls.

The 7NEWS Spotlight interview also features Meghan's estranged half-siblings, Samantha Markle and Thomas Markle Jr.

"She would still be a waitress if it wasn't for dad," Samantha Markle says in the teaser.

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 interview clip. "It's a toxic relationship."