Dutch book names ‘what color?’ royal
The royal family member who allegedly expressed “concern” over Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s son Archie’s skin color has been exposed — in Dutch copies of a new book.
Omid Scobie’s biography, “Endgame: Inside the Royal Family and the Monarchy’s Fight for Survival,” was quickly yanked from stores in Holland as publisher Xander looks into next steps.
“I can’t talk about the details,” a publishing house spokesperson told the Daily Mail Tuesday.
“We have, however, received a request to put the title on hold, and that is what we have done,” the rep continued. “We are awaiting further instructions. I do not know how long this will be.”
Scobie (right), 42, claims he did not identify the person who made the comments in the book’s original edition due to libel laws.
But a page taken from a review copy of the book sent to Dutch journalists appears to list the person’s identity.
Although The Post can’t independently confirm the name that was accidentally revealed, Dutch media members who saw the book say it matches the claims of previously released royal biographies — that then-Prince Charles asked, “I wonder what the children will look like?”
Revealed to Oprah
Markle made the allegations during the couple’s interview with Oprah Winfrey in March 2021. At the time, the “Suits” alum, 42, claimed that Archie would not have a royal title and that they wouldn’t be entitled to security.
Winfrey asked if Markle thought that was “because of his race” — and Markle appeared to agree.
Markle, who is biracial, then alleged there were “several” conversations with an unidentified family member about the color of Archie’s skin.
“About how dark your baby is going to be?” Winfrey, 69, asked in disbelief.
“Potentially, and what that would mean or look like,” Markle claimed.
Harry, 39, backed up his wife’s claims, telling Winfrey: “That conversation I am never going to share, but at the time it was awkward. I was a bit shocked.”
Days after the televised sit-down, Prince William said “we are very much not a racist family” when asked by a reporter about the bombshell claims.
He also said that he hadn’t spoken to his younger brother about the interview “but I will.”
Harry later tempted to walk back his statements at
, emphasizing the royal family was “concerned,” but not racist in their conversations around Archie’s skin color.
Instead, he suggested that the remarks were actually an example of “unconscious bias” within the royal family.
“The difference between racism and unconscious bias . . . the two things are different,” Harry explained during an appearance on “Good Morning America” in January, while promoting his “Spare” memoir.
“Once it’s been acknowledged or pointed out to you as an inotherwise dividual, an inthat stitution, you have unconscious bias, you, therefore, have an opto portunity learn and grow from that,” he continued. “Otherwise, unconscious bias then moves into the cateracism.” gory of Although the couple never disclosed who made the alleged reHarry marks, insisted it was not his late grandQueen parents, Elizabeth and Prince Philip.