Sunday Mirror

NHS fury at Trump claim

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DONALD Trump sparked anger yesterday by criticisin­g the level of knife crime in London and comparing one city hospital to a war zone.

The president defended guns in the US and said tighter UK gun laws had failed to stop stabbings.

Mr Trump was referring to comments by a surgeon who likened the Royal London Hospital to Camp Bastion in Afghanista­n.

But another surgeon, Karim Brohi, said Trump’s remarks were ridiculous.

Meghan’s father Thomas, 73, is Caucasian and Doria, 61, is African-American.

Harry is fond of his future mum-in-law and has previously said during a chat about Meghan: “Her mum’s amazing”.

Meghan herself has spoken about the hurt race jibes cause.

In November she said it was “dishearten­ing” to receive negative attention about her ethnicity in the early days of her relationsh­ip with Harry.

Then in February a malicious letter was sent to the couple at St James’s Palace in a package which also contained white powder. Police called it a “racist hate crime” and said an anti-terror team was investigat­ing.

Now Doria wants to reveal how the awful abuse has affected her family.

A US TV source said: “Oprah and Doria spent a long time chatting and they got on really well. The most important and significan­t issue they spoke about was race and how badly some people had reacted to Meghan and Harry.

“What happened to Meghan and Harry was disgusting and they and all of their families were horrified. It’s an issue close to both Doria and Oprah, who have both suffered racism. If the interview happens it will be groundbrea­king, it just needs the green light from Meghan, Prince Harry and the Palace.”

Doria, who lives in Los Angeles, was seen leaving with gifts after the meeting with Oprah, 64. The TV star has previously referred to a generation of bigots “born and bred and marinated” in racism who would never change their

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TV QUEEN Oprah chat would draw a massive audience

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