TWO British royals named in a controversial book as allegedly raising ‘concerns’ over the skin colour of Prince Harry and his American wife Meghan Markle’s future child have been identified on UK television.
They were revealed last night by journalist Piers Morgan on his Talk TV show and he followed the claim up by posting it to his 8.7million social media followers.
On Tuesday it emerged that a Dutch translation of Omid Scobie's book containing the names had gone on sale in the Netherlands. Its publisher was forced to withdraw and pulp copies amid much-mocked claims that it was an ‘error in translation’.
The presenter tried to justify his decision by arguing he was reacting to the witch-hunt caused by Harry and Meghan's decision to air the race issue without giving any context or allowing a right to reply. The Royal Family later said the allegations were concerning but that 'recollections may vary'.
Morgan argued that it would enable people in the UK to have a 'more open debate about this whole farrago', saying: “Because I don't believe any racist comments were ever made by any of the Royal Family, and until there is actual evidence of those comments being made, I will never believe it.
“But now we can start the process of finding out if they ever got uttered, what the context was, and whether there was any racial intent at all – like I say, I don't believe there was.”
“If Dutch people walking into a book shop can see these names then you, the British people are entitled to know, too."
— Piers Morgan Uncensored (@PiersUncensored) November 29, 2023
Piers Morgan decides to name the two members of the Royal Family accused of racism in pulled copies of Omid Scobie's book 👇@piersmorgan | @TalkTV | #PMU pic.twitter.com/CkmMRLYaKO
According to Morgan, the names are King Charles III and Princess Kate Middleton, wife of Prince William, Harry’s older brother.
In the book, Scobie claims Markle, 42, wrote private letters to Charles, her husband’s father, naming two royals who took part in alleged ‘troubling’ conversations surrounding her and Harry’s then-unborn son’s complexion.
Royal commentator Angela Levin told the Daily Mail: “I think it's the wrong thing to do, because that, in a way, is helping Harry and Meghan to smirch the royals ... to punish the royals and humiliate them.”
The Dutch publisher has confirmed that it is investigating after the identification of the two alleged royal ‘racists’ in the new book was blamed on an error, The Telegraph, another UK daily newspaper reported today
The names do not appear to have been included in any other edition of the book. It is not known how the Dutch version came to include the potentially defamatory information.
Xander Uitgevers, the Dutch publisher, said in a statement: “The rectified edition of Eindstrijd (ENDGAME) by Omid Scobie will be in bookstores on Friday December 8. Xander Uitgevers temporarily removed the book from sale due to an error that occurred in the Dutch edition.”
A spokesman told The Telegraph he was unable to divulge further information, saying: “We’re investigating it.”
Omid does not name the people who allegedly questioned the Sussexes’ son Archie’s skin colour in the final edition of the book. The author refused to reveal the names due to libel laws.
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