“The royals who were named in this book are King Charles and Catherine, Princess of Wales.” “And then we can have a more open debate about this whole farrago 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. He told viewers: “I’m going to tell you the names of the two senior royals who are named in that Dutch version of the book because, frankly, if Dutch people wandering into a bookshop can pick it up and see these names, then you, British people, here – who actually pay for the British royal family – you’re entitled to know, too. On Wednesday night, Morgan said he was repeating the claims to prompt an open debate. The Dutch royal reporter Rick Evers has posted a video pointing out the passages in the book that named King Charles and Catherine in connection with the allegation, and which do not appear in the English version. For me it was important to get to the bottom of that why was it not covered ever again, why did the Sussexes never talk about it, what happened behind the scenes? The palace said it was being dealt with privately. “We’re talking about a conversation that was raised about the colour of Archie’s skin, that they called “concerns”. Even the book makes it very clear we are talking about unconscious bias here. Scobie said: “Firstly, I have never used the racist word in this subject. But I’m frustrated about it just like many of the other things I’ve seen said or written about the book.”ĭuring an interview with Oprah Winfrey in March 2021, Meghan claimed at least one member of the royal family had had “conversations” with Harry about their child’s skin colour. I’m obviously frustrated, but I wouldn’t say I’m upset about it because, to be honest, I’ve been operating in a bubble of no emotion for the last 10 days. He said the Dutch book was immediately rescinded and was being reprinted: “I’m glad to hear so.”Īsked if he was upset about the names appearing, he said: “I have never submitted a book that had their names in it. We’ve all followed a sort of code of conduct when it comes to talking about it.” Journalists across Fleet Street have known those names for a long time. The reality is, though, that this is information that is not privy just to me. So the only time you hear about the book is once it’s come out in the public domain. I obviously can’t speak Italian, German, French, Dutch or any of the other languages. That then gets licensed to other publishers. I wrote and edited the English version of the book with one publisher. He said the inclusion of the names was “still being investigated right now. He claimed other Fleet Street journalists had “known those names for a long time”. He said he had never used the word “racist”, and that his book referred to “unconscious bias”. Speaking to ITV’s This Morning on Thursday, Scobie insisted he had “never submitted a book that had their names in it”, and could only talk about the English version that he wrote. The broadcaster Piers Morgan used his TalkTV show on Wednesday to name the royals mentioned in a now pulled and pulped translated version of Omid Scobie’s book Endgame: Inside the Royal Family and the Monarchy’s Fight for Survival. “It is not something we are going to comment on,” a spokesperson told the Guardian. The book claims conversations about Archie related to how it opened up discussions about whether there was “unconscious bias” in the royal family.īuckingham Palace declined to respond on Thursday.
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