“The issues raised, especially that of race, are concerning. Although some recollections may vary, (these issues) are taken very seriously and will be dealt with by the family privately," said a statement released by Buckingham Palace.
Accusations of racism made by Prince Harry and his wife Meghan are “concerning” and will be taken “very seriously,” a statement issued on behalf of Queen Elizabeth II said following the couple's explosive television interview.
“The issues raised, particularly that of race, are worrying. Although some memories may vary, they are taken very seriously and will be dealt with by the family privately,” added the statement released by Buckingham Palace on behalf of the monarch.
“The whole family is saddened to learn how difficult the last few years have been for Harry and Meghan,” she said, stressing that the couple and their son Archie “will always be very loved members of the family.”
This is the crown's first reaction to the two hours of confessions that Harry, 36, the queen's grandson, and former American actress Meghan Markle, 39, made to American television star Oprah Winfrey.
Broadcast on Sunday in the United States and on Monday in the United Kingdom, the broadcast, which is reminiscent of a shocking interview given in 1995 to the BBC in which the prince's mother, Princess Diana, revealed everything from her bulimia problems to her infidelities in Their marriage plunged the royal house into a crisis of equal or greater proportions.
According to the British press, the 94-year-old sovereign held “crisis conversations” with her son and heir to the throne, Charles, 72, and her grandson and second in line to the throne, William, 38, before reacting.
In their interview with Oprah Winfrey, seen by 11 million people in the United Kingdom and 17 million in the United States, Meghan and Harry stated that some member of the family - who were neither the queen nor her husband Philip, 99 years old and currently hospitalized for three weeks - had been “concerned” about the skin color of his son Archie, since Meghan's mother is black.
This accusation could be very damaging to the monarchy, in a country where the strength of the Black Lives Matter movement led to reviewing many aspects of colonial history and its relationship with the slave trade.
I hope it was “just a stupid question,” said Meghan's father, Thomas Markle, an award-winning former American lighting director, 76 years old and based in the Mexican town of Rosarito, on Tuesday.
“I don't think the British royal family is racist at all,” he said in an interview with the British channel ITV but admitted not knowing any royals, not even his son-in-law Harry or his almost two-year-old grandson Archie. .
Meghan distanced herself from him before her wedding in May 2018, which Markle was unable to attend due to health issues. Her daughter said she felt “betrayed” when she discovered that Thomas was feeding the tabloids by posing for paparazzi in Mexico and talking about her in interviews.
