The Royals, Does It Really Matter?

[ouibonjour]

For Heavens sake - does it really matter if families discuss a future babies colour? Isnt it only natural? Find out who leaked the comments and have a go at them! How much did they get paid for the private info? Stop all the fuss - its very detrimentel to the Royals and all  publicity to sell the books!

[Deskdiary]

Isn't context important?

For all we know it could have been along the lines of "with Harry's and Meghan's colours the baby is going to have a lovely complexion."

This is questioning the colour, but in a good way.

Just a thought.

[naomi24]

Maybe it was a deliberate slip up, barsel.  Oops ... too late.  Oh dear.  Not that I'm suspicious .....

[naomi24]

I don't think there was any malice in whatever was said, Deskdiary.  People who look for racism will find it anywhere.

[douglas9401]

I see I've missed my mark.

[Barsel]

^^^^^ Ha ha.

[Barsel]

Doug, stop butting in.😀

[Ellipsis]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-67531059

The 42-year-old journalist [Endgame author Omid Scobie] has consistently denied the duke and duchess were direct sources for his work, adding recently that he was not Meghan's friend and that "the Sussexes have nothing to do with" his latest book.

[Barsel]

Deskdiary, In the interview with Oprah, M said

'There were concerns and conversations about what colour the baby's skin would be.'

[naomi24]

You usually do, douglas.  You need a better aim.  ;o)

[douglas9401]

Or you a visit to the optician, dearest. x

[naomi24]

Ellipsis, //direct sources //

 

This refers to the author's previous book, 'Finding Freedom'.

 

//The Duchess of Sussex has apologised to a court for making a misleading statement in her privacy case against the Mail on Sunday's publishers.

The Appeal Court heard she had asked an aide to pass on information to the authors of a biography - despite having earlier said she "did not contribute".//

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-59242093

[Ellipsis]

So to be clear, naomi, your theory is that Harry/Meghan told Omid Scobie who the two people were, and he wrote it in the Dutch book, leaking it out to the world - they were all in collusion ... is that it? Otherwise what are you claiming, exactly?

[Untitled]

if they wish to become a private family then that option is always available to them. 

[naomi24]

Ellipsis, no claim, just musings.  Both Meghan and Harry told Oprah Winfrey that a conversation concerning the colour of the unborn baby's skin had taken place and Harry said he would never discuss it with anyone.  Subsequently two names have been supposedly inadvertently revealed to the world so someone must have relayed details of that conversation to that author, details that would be damaging to the royal family.   In those circumstances I'd hazard a guess it wasn't the royal family.  

[rowanwitch]

I still reckon the first thing they asked was 'will it be ginger?'

[Barsel]

Piers Morgan has stated the names of the 2 Royals that were named in the Dutch version although he did say he didn't think for 1 minute it was them.

[FoxLee2]

Only two people had knowledge of the letter that Meghan wrote to King Charles mentioning the two names. I very much doubt that the King leaked this information so that leaves Meghan sharing it with friends.  They would not have passed any items on to Omid without Meghan's approval probably in much the same way she passed info to her aide to be passed to Omid for Finding Freedom. So Omid can honestly claim that he has not spoken to Meghan or had meetings or phone conversations with her.

[Cloverjo]

I googled the Dutch version and saw that Charles was named as 'the person' who wondered about the baby's skin colour. I've just heard from a friend that Kate was the other person, which surprised me as I'd assumed it was Camilla.

Anyway, I think it's quite ok and not racist to wonder about how a baby might look.  But, more books to sell. 

[Canary42]

They're in America now, where believe it or not, the Media is even Muckier than over here,

 

They love stirring 💩💩💩💩💩 without ever a thought for the victims. Sadly a lot of the General Public lap it up, so it's a good money-spinner.

[calmck]

I find it somewhat suspect that this info comes to light as the King is on an important journey abroad and The Wales are at the Royal  Variety Show and Kate's Xmas concert is coming up