But anti-racism campaigners were quick to call for an investigation and said the allegation should be taken seriously.
Rachel Boyle, a researcher on race and ethnicity at Edge Hill University in Lancashire, suggested the alleged remark chimed with “a denial of the existence of racism in the UK generally”.
“I would suggest that this is a turning point in terms of public perception,” she told the BBC’s Radio 4
Today programme.
“As black and mixed race people in the UK, we experience it on a daily basis.”
Dean Stott, who has known the Duke of Sussex for more than a decade after they met during military training, described the interview as powerful , honest and uncomfortable at times .
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The UK divided on racism claims in Prince Harry and Meghan Markle interview with Oprah Winfrey in US
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The UK media has reacted to the Prince Harry and Meghan Markle interview on US television with shock, but commentators were divided about how the Duchess of Sussex s allegations of racism reflected on the royal family.
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Opposition figures have called for an investigation into allegations of racism
Royal commentators have been divided in their responses to the interview