King Charles was reportedly unaware that his daughter-in-law Meghan Markle was biracial upon assembly her, a brand new guide has claimed.
Writer Christopher Andersen particulars Markle’s first assembly with the royals in his guide, “The King: The Lifetime of Charles III.” Prince Harry first launched Markle to Charles and Camilla in 2016 after Harry’s journey to Botswana. Charles reportedly remarked how the previous “Fits” star regarded like Kate Middleton’s sister, Pippa.
“On the time, Prince Charles had no concept that Harry’s new girlfriend was biracial,” Andersen wrote.
“Not that it will have mattered in any respect, in fact,” Charles reportedly informed an American buddy. “However no, I didn’t understand that till later.”
Andersen mentioned Charles discovered Markle to be “utterly charming” and “completely pleasant.”
The guide — which discusses an alleged historical past of racism within the royal household — comes after Markle and Harry made their very own claims of racism towards members of the family.
The writer claims that the late Queen Elizabeth was not prejudiced, though her late husband Prince Philip used the N-word 50 years prior.
The guide acknowledged: “For her half, the Queen, who skilled numerous up-close-and-personal encounters with individuals of all races, ethnicities, and religions throughout her record-breaking reign, appeared completely devoid of prejudice.”
“Not as soon as had she ever been heard to make a racially insensitive remark,” the writer famous.
“The identical couldn't be mentioned for Charles, though his gaffes had been uncommon — just like the time he informed a author of Guyanese descent that she didn’t ‘appear to be’ she was born within the British metropolis of Manchester, presumably as a result of she was black and wore dreadlocks,” Andersen mentioned.
As for the Duke of Edinburgh: “Like others of his era and his class,” Andersen mentioned. “Philip had used the N-word with some frequency — though, mentioned a retired member of the Balmoral family workers, ‘I haven’t heard him use the phrase in a really very long time — at the very least not because the Nineteen Seventies.’ “
“Nonetheless, Philip, like Charles, warmed to Meghan instantly,” the author scribed.
Markle was born in Los Angeles and grew up with a Caucasian father and an African-American mom.
Within the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s bombshell Oprah Winfrey interview final 12 months, the couple expressed that a member of the royal household had considerations over how darkish their son Archie’s pores and skin can be.
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