The Royal Family appears to have subtly hit back at one of Omid Scobie's accusations in his new controversial royal book, Endgame.
29.11.2023 - 08:39 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
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.
Xander Uitgevers, which has published the Dutch version of Endgame, by US-based British journalist Omid Scobie, said on Tuesday it was “temporarily withdrawing” it from bookshops in the country. It added in a statement on its website: “An error occurred in the Dutch translation and is currently being rectified.”
In the book, Mr Scobie makes several claims about how and why the Duke and Duchess of Sussex stepped back from being working royals. Among those is the claim two people, named in private letters between Charles and Meghan, raised questions about Archie’s skin colour.
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In the English language version of the book, Mr Scobie writes: “But in the pages of these private letters, two identities were revealed. Laws in the United Kingdom prevent me from reporting who they were.”
The author is said to be close to Harry and Meghan and co-authored Finding Freedom, a biography of the Sussexes which chronicled the couple in glowing terms.
The royal couple first made the claim a royal had asked about their son’s skin colour when they were interviewed by Oprah Winfrey in 2021.
They alleged an unidentified member of the monarchy – but not the late Queen nor her husband, the late Duke of Edinburgh – had, as Meghan said, raised “concerns and conversations about how dark his skin might be when he’s born”.
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?!?
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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.
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OMG! This is an insane f**k up!
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Omid Scobie's new book Endgame has been removed from shelves in Holland after the Dutch translation seemed to reveal the identity of the alleged "royal racist". In his new book, Royal writer Omid Scobie claimed that not one, but two royals made unkind comments about the skin colour of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's unborn son, Archie.