The Royal Family appears to have subtly hit back at one of Omid Scobie's accusations in his new controversial royal book, Endgame.
01.12.2023 - 12:41 / deadline.com
The BBC has joined other news outlets in naming the senior British royals accused of making comments about the skin color of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle‘s son Archie.
Piers Morgan named King Charles III and Kate Middleton on his TalkTV show on Wednesday after a Dutch version of journalist Omid Scobie‘s book, Endgame, mistakenly revealed the identity of the royals.
The book alleged that Prince Harry and Markle were referring to the King when they told Oprah Winfrey in 2021 that a royal had “raised concerns” about “how dark” Archie’s skin might be. Scobie’s book claimed a second royal, now identified as the Princess of Wales, also discussed the matter.
The names were said to have been printed in error and Scobie has denied ever identifying the individuals in writing. Dutch publisher Xander is investigating and pulled copies of Scobie’s books from retailers.
The BBC had resisted naming the King and Middleton, but changed its position on Friday during the broadcast of Today, its flagship Radio 4 news show.
Presenter Nick Robinson said: “To be clear I told listeners about an hour ago, the BBC was not naming them, we are now naming the King and the Princess of Wales as being at the center of those allegations.”
A BBC insider told Deadline that managers acknowledged that the “dam had broken” on the story and gave Robinson clearance to identify the royals at the heart of the race row. Sky News and ITV have also identified the duo, as well as U.S. publications, such as The New York Times.
British newspapers including The Mirror and The Daily Telegraph named the royals on their Friday front pages, as the story has gathered momentum in the UK.
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The Royal Family appears to have subtly hit back at one of Omid Scobie's accusations in his new controversial royal book, Endgame.
How does a mistake like this happen?!?
since leaving the royal family in 2020 and moving to Montecito, Calif.However, a public relations expert has given his take as to why the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have seemingly stalled in building up their media empire. The duo’s Spotify “Archetypes” podcast was canceled earlier this year and the couple have frequently been in the headlines for dissing their UK-based relatives.
were accused of questioning Archie’s skin color.In the Dutch translation of Omid Scobie’s biography, “Endgame: Inside the Royal Family and the Monarchy’s Fight for Survival,” the King and Princess of Wales are said to have made a “racist” commentThe royal family has not responded to the allegations — or any claims made in the book — and Scobie blamed a translation error made by the publisher in the Netherlands for the snafu.The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have remained tight-lipped since the allegations came to light.“For the couple that talked about ‘death by a thousand no comments’, the silence at this point is deafening,” a source told the Telegraph of the Sussexes.Another insider said the fact that Harry and Meghan haven’t spoken out yet is “interesting” especially after the pair complained about not being publicly defended by the royals in past interviews.Charles this week put on a brave face and appeared to be in high spirits as he landed in Dubai Thursday for the COP28 Climate Change Conference.The monarch was asked how he was feeling ahead of his keynote speech.“I’m all right very much, just about,” the royal said, before jokingly adding, “Having had a rather ancient birthday recently recovering from the shock of that.”Also earlier this week, Scobie blamed the ordeal on a “translation error,” however the translator responsible for the book’s Dutch version has since disputed his claim.In an interview on BBC Newsnight Thursday, the royal author was given the chance to express his regret over the error but instead said it’s “not fair” for people to expect an apology from him.Scobie, 42, said that the book he “was extremely proud of” has been “completely overshadowed by an event that’s caused me a lot of
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Endgame: Inside the Royal Family and the Monarchy’s Fight for Survival,” the names of two senior royals who allegedly made a “racist” comment about the skin color of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s son were revealed.In an interview on BBC Newsnight Thursday, Scobie was given the chance to express his regret over the error, but instead said it’s “not fair” for people to expect an apology from him.“It’s not for me to apologize because I still want to know what’s happened,” he told host Victoria Derbyshire.The author, 42, said that the book he “was extremely proud of” has been “completely overshadowed by an event that’s caused me a lot of frustration.”He insists that the naming and shaming fiasco is not a publicity stunt.“There are irresponsible people in this country that have broken the law and repeated names that should never have been repeated,” he said. “The book I wrote, the book I edited, the book I signed off on, did not have names in it.
The Royal Family are said to be 'united in outrage' and 'banded together in their utter condemnation' of racism claims, according to sources, after King Charles and the Princess of Wales were dragged into the race row over alleged comments made about Harry and Meghan's son Archie.
The Royal Family was tonight said by sources to be 'united in outrage' and 'banded together in their utter condemnation' of racism claims after King Charles and the Princess of Wales were dragged into the race row over alleged comments made about Harry and Meghan's son, Archie. The two senior royals were named in the Dutch version of the new book by royal author Omid Scobie, titled Endgame.The Dutch translator who worked on the book, meanwhile, said the names of the King and the Princess of Wales 'were there in black and white' in a manuscript she was sent, reports The Mirror.
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A new royal book has been pulled from shelves in the Netherlands amid reports it named a member of the monarchy said to have raised questions about the skin colour of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s son Archie before he was born.
OMG! This is an insane f**k up!
Royal author Omid Scobie has denied being at fault for a mistake in the Dutch translation of his new book Endgame, which appeared to identify the Royal who made comments allegedly about Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's son Archie's skin colour. During their 2021 Oprah Winfrey interview, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex claimed that a senior Royal had expressed "concern" over how dark Archie's skin would be. In his book, Omid claimed that there were actually two Royals who made unkind remarks about Archie's skin tone.