In 2019, the legal age of sexual consent in the Philippines was 12, but it was still illegal to pay for sex with anyone under 18.
In 2022, the country raised the minimum age of sexual consent from 12 to 16.
Loveless was married to the Duchess of Sussex’s father from 1965 to 1975. She died in 2024.
According to the outlet, Loveless sent her seven-page letter to Scotland Yard’s Fixated Threat Assessment Center, which handles risks to the British royal family, politicians or other prominent public figures.
Metropolitan Police didn’t have jurisdiction to investigate the allegations in the letter against Thomas Sr. since it allegedly happened abroad, but they did share the letter with Meghan and her husband, Prince Harry.