In the days leading up to Meghan and Harry's wedding, Knauf became aware of a story that Meghan's father, Thomas, had accepted a large sum of money to stage photos ahead of her wedding. When Meghan reached out to confirm the story, Thomas denied the allegations. But when Thomas refused an offer from Meghan to fly him out of Mexico to London early, Meghan knew he was lying.
Despite the scandal, Meghan still wanted Thomas to be part of her wedding, but he stopped answering her phone calls. She learned through press reports that Thomas wasn't attending the wedding and that he had reportedly suffered a heart attack and was in the hospital, but she couldn't get in contact with him to confirm what was going on or send help.
In the end, Meghan received a strange text that said, "I've done nothing to hurt you, Meghan, or anyone else . . . I'm sorry my heart attack is there any inconvenience for you." Meghan found the text strange because it referred to her as Meghan (Thomas calls her Meg), so she believed someone else was speaking for Thomas at that point.