Prince Harry has set the record straight on accusations that he called the British Royal family as racist, saying it’s the British press that ran with that narrative.
Harry said this on Sunday as he reflected on an interview with Oprah Winfrey which focused on the skin colour of their baby with Meghan Markle.
The controversial Prince said he did not view a British royal family member as ‘racist’ after inquiring about the skin colour of his and his wife Meghan’s unborn baby.
The prince and Meghan had told the story of an unnamed royal repeatedly asking about the skin colour of their unborn son Archie, in a 2021 Oprah Winfrey interview.
In the show, the child and Markle’s skin colour became one of the most discussed points on the show, which also accused British tabloids of the racist treatment of Meghan, thus prompting a rare reaction from the palace.
Speaking on Britain’s ITV television to promote his memoir, Spare, he denied accusing the royal of racism.
“No, I didn’t. The British press said that,” Harry said, adding that Meghan had also not called the royals “racist”.
“My understanding is because of my own experience – the difference between racism and unconscious bias, the two things are different.”
His comments came after a recent embarrassing incident in 2022 when a royal attendant asked a black British charity head where she “really came from” at a reception.
Media reports indicate that the woman later resigned and issued an apology in person.
Harry’s wife Meghan is mixed-race and she revealed to Winfrey that Harry had relayed to her details of several conversations about how dark their baby’s skin colour would be.
Winfrey asked if they were concerned the baby would be “too brown” and Meghan replied: “I wasn’t able to follow up with why, but that – if that’s the assumption you’re making, I think that feels like a pretty safe one.”
The Winfrey interview prompted Buckingham Palace to issue a statement on behalf of Queen Elizabeth II, saying “the issues raised, particularly that of race, are concerning”.
“While some recollections may vary, they are taken very seriously and will be addressed by the family privately,” read the statement.
Main Image: Meghan Markle and Prince Harry/Marie Claire
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