Kate Middleton 'toughend up' Palace's reply on behalf of Queen Elizabeth after Meghan's racism claims
LONDON, ENGLAND: It was not the late Queen Elizabeth who penned the royal statement that was released after Meghan Markle’s sensational claims about the British Firm’s alleged racism issue, but rather, it was coined by Kate Middleton.
Royal biographer Robert Jobson is releasing his new book ‘Catherine, The Princess Of Wales: The Biography’, where he details the Princess of Wales’ involvement in coining the royal showdown after Prince Harry’s wife made the accusations against the British royal family.
In the book excerpt obtained by Daily Mail, the biographer claimed that the long-simmering feud between the Waleses (then Cambridge) and the Sussexes reached its peak when the ‘Suits’ actress made the allegations while sitting for an interview with Oprah Winfrey.
Kate Middleton helped in penning palace's statement
Jobson writes in his book, scheduled to release in August, that Prince Harry and Meghan’s bombshell interview came just a year after they stepped down from their royal duties and took a flight to North America.
The book reads, “A year later, Meghan, supported by Harry, was telling Oprah Winfrey that members of the Royal Family had expressed 'concerns and conversations about how dark [her baby's] skin might be'.”
At this point, the royal palace released a statement filled with regal poise. While the claims were not refuted directly, extraordinary care was taken to address the issue with the sensitivity it demanded.
“The Palace was forced to issue an unprecedented statement on behalf of the Queen, which said: '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'," reads the excerpt.
Jobson, however, claims, “The original draft of the statement had been much milder, but both William and Catherine had been keen to toughen it up.”
He reveals in the book, “It was the then Duchess of Cambridge herself who came up with the powerful phrase 'recollections may vary'. Her husband also challenged the allegations, telling reporters: 'We are very much not a racist family.'
Prince Harry said he didn’t believe the Royal Family to be racist
The royal author further wrote in his book that Prince Harry “later insisted he didn't believe the Royal Family was racist and claimed that neither he nor his wife had ever said they were. Instead, he predictably blamed the media.”
Meanwhile, the allegations by the ‘Suits’ actress deepened the crack between the two brothers, with William thinking “Harry and Meghan's behaviour was unforgivable, and they could no longer be trusted.”
“Catherine herself was said to be deeply wounded by various allegations in the interview, as well as by the Sussexes' later so-called revelations in their Netflix series and in Harry's book Spare,” writes the author.
The book continues, “In December 2023, Omid Scobie's second book, 'Endgame', caused a sensation when, in a Dutch edition, he named the two royals whom Meghan had allegedly accused of racism as Charles and Catherine.”
“Both kept a dignified silence. The idea that either of them were racist was preposterous. At worst, if the comments had been made at all, they'd been misinterpreted or taken out of context,” says the royal biographer to Princess Kate.
