Meghan Markle's dad said he feels 'blessed' after finding love with a much younger nurse who helped him recover from a life-threatening leg amputation. Thomas Markle , 81, met Rio Canedo, 46, while she was working in a rehab center in Cebu in the Philippines last December. Following a serious blood clot that saw him spend four days in intensive care, doctors had no choice but to remove his left leg below the knee. The nurse confessed that she had no idea who her partner was when she first met