Here’s another hitch to upset Meghan Markle’s apple cart.

Her sister just launched a tirade against her, and now her dad is catching some serious flak.

Remember when Thomas Markle couldn’t attend his daughter’s wedding to Prince Harry, because he needed an emergency heart surgery?

Well, an anonymous source has made the ballsy claim that he faked the operation, plain and simple.

Why would Markle do a dumb thing like that? Apparently to save face, according to the source. Not that his “will he or won’t he?” antics helped him save his dignity, but still.

Per a report by the Daily Beast, the source said:

The whole story about Meghan’s father undergoing heart surgery was made up. He had to come up with a good enough reason not to attend her wedding and avoid any further embarrassment after those staged photos went public.

The source is talking about when Papa Markle was seen colluding with the paparazzi, which we covered a while back.

Anyhoo, the source goes on to say that Markle cooked up the whole “heart surgery” scheme to gain the public’s sympathies and take attention off the photos, which his daughter and the in-laws weren’t happy about:

Of course Meghan is upset with him. Her father missed her wedding. He missed walking her down the aisle all because of that ill-conceived publicity stunt.

To pile on the spice even more, the Daily Mail reached out to a medical clinic north of the Mexican border in Tijuana – the older Markle told The Sun that he had been admitted there for his operation on May 16.

Thing is, the clinic replied that “no such name” had ever checked into the hospital.

Dun dun DUUUUN!

The source was all set on exposing Markle, and clearly showed his or her support for the Duchess of Sussex:

It was really just such poor judgment on [Thomas Markle’s] part. Now everyone’s feeling sorry for him. They shouldn’t. He brought this upon himself and if he were truly sick, Meghan would have made an effort to visit him. Don’t feel sorry for him. If anything, feel sorry for Meghan.

Frankly, I don’t know who to believe anymore, and they’re all giving me reasons (and enough headaches) to not give a damn.

Another reason not to entertain thoughts of marrying into British aristocracy, I s’pose – if this kind of drama crops up all the time, count me out.

[source:dailybeast]