Dutch publishers forced to pulp Omid Scobie book after it 'named royal racist'
Finding Forever author’s latest book contains various claims about the royals - but it is a foreign language edition that is causing the most controversy
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Finding Forever author’s latest book contains various claims about the royals - but it is a foreign language edition that is causing the most controversy
Piroschka Van De Wouw/ReutersA second so-called royal racist was revealed in the quickly withdrawn Dutch version of the book Endgame, a reporter in the Netherlands claimed Wednesday. The English version of Omid Scobie’s work about the British monarchy did not name the member of the royal family who, as Meghan Markle alleged in correspondence with then-Prince Charles after her bombshell Oprah Winfrey interview, had raised “concerns” about her son Archie’s skin color. The Dutch version of the book
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle claimed a royal had questioned their son’s skin colour in 2021
Mr Scobie's book has caused chaos after the Dutch translation appeared to name a person alleged to have commented on the skin colour of the baby Prince Harry and Meghan.
Omid Scobie has insisted he is not responsible for the error that has seen two Royal Family members identified for allegedly making comments about the skin colour of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.