Buckingham Palace hints at legal action after Kate and Charles named as alleged ‘racist’ royals
They’re royally peeved.
Buckingham Palace is reportedly “exploring all options,” including taking legal action, after King Charles III and Kate Middleton’s names were leaked as the alleged racist royals, a palace spokesperson told the BBC on Friday.
The monarch, 75, and his daughter-in-law, 42, were named on Wednesday as the previously anonymous royals who allegedly brought up “concerns” over what skin color Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s child would have. Kate and Charles both seemed unfazed when they made public appearances just 24 hours later — but the palace may be in a tizzy behind the scenes, according to that spokesperson.
Piers Morgan revealed this in Wednesday’s episode of “Uncensored.”
Markle, 42, first made the claim during her March 2021 interview with Oprah Winfrey. At the time, Markle did not name names.
Harry also alleged the incident took place, but insisted it was not his late grandparents, Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, who made the remarks.
“[They asked about] how dark your baby is going to be?” Winfrey asked, without specifying who “they” were. Markle responded, “Potentially, and what that would mean or look like.”
The names were accidentally mentioned in Dutch copies of Omid Scobie’s new book, “Endgame: Inside the Royal Family and the Monarchy’s Fight for Survival.” The book is being temporarily pulled from shelves in the Netherlands so that the references can be removed. A new version of the book came out in the Netherlands on Friday.
The UK has strict libel laws, and if legal action was pursued, the allegation could potentially be considered defamation. If that happened, this might be the most high-profile defamation case since that of Amber Heard and Johnny Depp.
The Post was unable to independently confirm the names that were accidentally revealed, but Morgan claimed it was Charles and Middleton.
Speaking to ITV’s “This Morning” on Thursday, Scobie said that he had “never submitted a book that had their names in it,” and could only talk about the English version that he wrote.
He said, “I am as frustrated as everyone else. The reality is, though, that this is information that is not privy just to me. Journalists across Fleet Street have known those names for a long time. We’ve all followed a sort of code of conduct when it comes to talking about it.”
The Post reached out to Buckingham Palace for comment.
