King Charles allegedly declined an invitation to attend his youngest granddaughter Princess Lilibet’s christening despite exchanging letters with daughter-in-law Meghan Markle about the distance between them
Omid Scobie knows which two royals made comments about Archie’s skin colour
King Charles declined an invitation to Princess Lilibet’s christening despite being in touch with Meghan, an explosive new royal book has claimed.
The two-year-old, who is the King’s youngest grandchild was christened earlier this year in California surrounded by her parents Prince Harry and Meghan Markle and older brother Prince Archie. Her godparents included film producer Tyler Perry but royals including Charles and the Prince and Princess of Wales were not there for the ceremony. It left royal fans questioning if Harry and Meghan’s royal relatives, many of whom have a frosty relationship with the couple, had been invited to the ceremony, which also saw attendees treated to an afternoon of food and dancing.
However, new book Endgame by royal biographer Omid Scobie, which has been published in Australia, claims the monarch was indeed invited to celebrate his youngest granddaughter but was unable to find a space in his diary. But despite being unable to be at the celebration, the book also says Harry and Meghan still keep the King “in the loop” about what his youngest grandchildren are up to and send him new photos of the children. Mr Scobie alleges that contact between the Sussexes and the King is ‘infrequent’ but the monarch and Meghan did exchange letters in the spring of 2021 in the weeks after her bombshell chat with Oprah Winfrey.
Harry and Meghan shocked the world as they sat down for the tell-all interview and opened up about their time in The Firm. During the chat, the couple alleged an unnamed member of the Royal Family had expressed “concerns” about “how dark” Prince Archie’s skin would be when he was born.
And now it is alleged Meghan named two members of the Firm who made the comments in private letters she wrote to King Charles. The letters Meghan wrote to Charles are said to have been sent in the spring of 2021 after she and Harry spoke to Oprah. The King is said to have wanted his return letters to express how he felt no “casual prejudice” had been involved. But the names of those involved are not revealed. The author Mr Scobie claims that he knows the names but “laws in the United Kingdom prevent me from reporting who they were.”
However, Harry later sensationally claimed he did not label the royal family racist after previously telling the world a senior royal questioned the colour of his unborn son’s skin. Addressing the storm for the first time during a 90-minute interview with ITV News at Ten anchor Tom Bradby in January, Harry said the royal family were not guilty of racism but of “unconscious bias”.
Meanwhile, Endgame also states that Meghan never used the terms ‘racist’ or ‘racism’ and quotes an insider as saying “the way in which these conversations were had… their tone… revealed lingering unconscious bias and ignorance within the family that needed to be addressed”.
