An expert has warned that a new Royal book could leave a “poisonous legacy of distrust” for Prince Harry after Endgame by Omid Scobie hit the shelves on Tuesday (November 28) with a host of controversial claims.
While Buckingham Palace is dealing with these fresh allegations, Harry and Meghan Markle have largely escaped criticism.
However, commentator Richard Fitzwilliams believes the release of the memoir could still cause issues in Montecito.
He told the Daily Star: “[Endgame] might have been titled Seeking Sensation: A Sussex Squad Handbook,” and “It won’t be long before it is largely forgotten, but it will leave a poisonous legacy of distrust.”
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Fitzwilliams noted that the book’s release came “at a time when there seemed to be some hope that the King and Harry, who spoke on Charles’s 75th birthday, might be starting to be more friendly.”
He added: “There won’t be much mutual trust after this!”
The book quickly stirred up controversy after its release when a translated version appeared to reveal the identities of the so-called “racist royals” who allegedly made comments about the skin colour of Harry and Meghan’s son Archie.
The Dutch edition of the book included a paragraph not found in the original English version, which named two members of the royal family supposedly involved in the scandal, as previously reported by the Daily Star.
Scobie denied having any part in publishing the names, saying he “unfortunately does not speak Dutch.” The book’s Dutch publisher, Xander, also temporarily removed copies from sale.
These accusations follow an explosive interview Harry and Meghan had with Oprah Winfrey in 2021. In their first tell-all chat since leaving the Royal family the previous year, they claimed that members of the Royal family had expressed concern over the skin colour of their then-unborn son Archie.
Meghan said: “In those months when I was pregnant, all around this same time… so we have in tandem the conversation of ‘He won’t be given security, he’s not going to be given a title,’ and also concerns and conversations about how dark his skin might be when he’s born,”
The Queen responded to the interview by stating that the issues raised by Harry and Meghan, “particularly that of race,” were “concerning.”
Prince William also chimed in, asserting that the Royal Family is “very much not racist.”
This was a rare deviation from the Firm’s usual “never complain, never explain” policy. Some critics wondered if the royals might break this rule again following the release of Scobie’s book.
However, Fitzwilliams believes this is unlikely.
“The Palace will almost certainly not respond,” he added. “William might well be tempted, but he won’t. It would give it vast coverage.”
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