While the Duchess of Sussex celebrates her new bundle of joy alongside her husband, Prince Harry, life is much different for her brother.

Thomas Markle Jr has opened up to the media, admitting for the last two months he has been living in a hotel room with his fiancé Darlene and her son and their two dogs.

The 52-year-old older sibling to Duchess Meghan claims his life has been on a downward spiral after losing his job, home and being unable to find elsewhere to live.

Mr Markle believes his name and the notoriety of his sister in his hometown of Grants Pass in the US has left him with little to no income and no one willing to lease him a house or give him a job.

The unemployed Markle Jr admitted to Sun Online that his current circumstances have left him at “the lowest point” of his life.

“Living in a small hotel room is really taking its toll on Darlene and her son – on all of us,” he admitted.

“And it’s all because my life suddenly got catapulted into the spotlight – through no fault of my own.

“My every move has been put under the microscope – not just for me but all my family.

“Now there’s been so much said about me – both true and untrue – no one wants to lease me a house or give me a job.”

Mr Markle says his problems began earlier in the year after he fell ill and was unable to continue his work as a glazier. The situation left him with an eviction notice from his landlord. While the pair went to court and both agreed the 52-year-old would leave the property without an eviction, the landlord claimed the half-brother to Duchess Meghan was a “low life” and had trashed the property.

“Suddenly every local station was talking about how I was evicted, how I trashed this house,” Thomas Jr explained.

“But it was all untrue – I have pictures proving I left the house in a good condition.

“I took 55 pictures of every square foot of that house – I left it in good shape.

Mr Markle said the false accusations have made it difficult to find another landlord willing to lease him a home.

“This has never happened to me before in my life. The problem is I’m known as Thomas Markle, Meghan’s crazy brother now,” he said.

Thomas Jr said his relationship with his fiancé Darlene has also taken a huge toll due to living in a small hotel room.

“It’s very uncomfortable and expensive – we don’t know how we are going to afford it. We have two dogs and Darlene’s son staying with us a lot of the time, I had to get a big storage unit so we have none of our stuff with us — it’s not a nice way to live.

While the family is struggling to make ends meet, Thomas Jr says they are trying to stay positive and hoping that his upcoming celebrity boxing match will help him in his time of need.

The 52-year-old signed a deal with Damon Feldman – a boding promoter to fight Henry “Nacho” Laun, who is an actor and close friend of Mark Wahlberg.

The event is set to take place next month.

“I don’t want to bad mouth Meghan but I think this could have all been handled better at the beginning,” Markle Jr said. 

“She could have helped me deal with all this attention and it’s still in her power to help me now.

“I wish her all the best with her new baby but it is hard when I see how much she’s spending on baby showers and things and I’ve got nothing.

“The kind of money she spends would set me up for life.”