The Duchess of Sussex's father is back in custody for cutting off his electronic tag just days after his arrest for possessing child sex abuse material, including images of himself with naked young girls.

A prosecutor says 82-year-old estranged father of Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, cut an electronic monitoring device off his ankle, just days after his arrest for keeping child sexual abuse material in storage units in California.

Thomas Markle was arrested on a single federal count of possessing child sexual abuse material, including two explicit photographs of himself posed with a naked underage girl and other images of him with children in various stages of undress.

Meghan Markle withdraws from Brussels child safety event after father’s arrest in child sexual abuse images case. Read more at straitstimes.com.

LOS ANGELES, Nov 10 - Thomas Markle, an accused child sexual predator and the estranged father of Britain's Duchess of Sussex Meghan Markle, was ordered back to jail on Tuesday after cutting of an electronic monitoring device he was supposed to wear as a condition of home confinement, federal prosecutors said. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry put on a united front in her first public appearance since her father was arrested on suspicion of possessing child pornography.

Prosecutors want Meghan Markle’s estranged father jailed pending trial, alleging he removed his ankle monitor after his release from custody on a child sexual abuse material charge.

Psychiatric exam ordered for Thomas Markle in child sexual abuse material case in Florida. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The 82-year-old, who appeared in a Tampa court last week, was under house arrest in Florida.