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One of the more damning revelations that came out during Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s grenade-laden interview with Oprah Winfrey was with regards to their son’s skin colour.
Meghan is holding Archie in the image above.
Apparently, there had been conversations around “how dark his skin might be” when he was born, but no mention was made about who these conversations stemmed from.
While the Queen was reportedly always “wonderful” to Meghan, the rumours were flying around about which senior royal made the comment.
Now, a “well-placed source” has revealed more in Christopher Andersen’s book, Brothers And Wives: Inside The Private Lives of William, Kate, Harry and Meghan:
The book “featuring unreported details and stunning revelations” and recreates the scene from which these racist statements came, per Page Six:
On Nov. 27, 2017, the engagement of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle was announced at 5 a.m. A few hours later, Prince Charles sat down for breakfast and mused to his wife, Camilla, “I wonder what the children will look like?”
Camilla was “somewhat taken aback” by the question and replied, “Well, absolutely gorgeous, I’m certain.”
Lowering his voice, Charles asked: “I mean, what do you think their children’s complexion might be?”
While it seems obvious that it was indeed Charles who questioned the complexion of Harry and Meghan’s future children, the book’s author doesn’t go so far as to outwardly claim this.
Rather, Andersen blamed what they call the “Men in Gray” – a group of high-level palace bigwigs:
The author presents it as if the curiosity of Charles was seized upon and twisted by scheming courtiers to give it a racist spin. By the time the repackaged account reached the ears of Harry and Meghan, it had reached peak toxicity.
…“The question posed by Charles was being echoed in a less innocent way throughout the halls of Buckingham Palace,” Andersen writes, describing the whispers of an elitist clique whom the Brits term “the old boys’ network.”
The book also spoke of the moment Harry voiced his concerns about this to Charles, who responded by calling Harry “overly sensitive about the matter”.
William also seemed to minimise the comment, allegedly calling the skin tone comment “tactless” but “not a sign of racism within the family”.
The book then goes on to describe other House of Windsor scandals, including Harry’s “rushing” to the alter with Meghan, as well as the rift created between him and his brother William and their respective spouses:
Andersen writes that the serious racism charge is the main cause of the schism between William and Harry.
But the author also claims the situation was made worse by their grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II, who poured oil on the fire by making Harry feel “erased” by the royals.
You can read more about it here, or buy the book when it goes up for sale tomorrow.
[source:pagesix]
