The former leader of the United Kingdom Commission for Racial Equality made these and other controversial statements on Piers Morgan's program, Harry and Meghan's worst enemy.
The issue of race and racism has been, according to his account, one of the reasons why Meghan Markle could not fit into the royal family.
Everything can be forgotten about the interview that she and Harry gave to Oprah Winfrey, except that they said that a member of the royal family asked them the skin color of her eldest son, Prince Archie, when he was on his way.
Now, presenter, writer and politician Sir Trevor Phillips questions that and other arguments in a new barrage of criticism against the Duchess of Sussex.
On the television program of journalist Piers Morgan, one of the couple's worst declared enemies, Phillips said: “I think people are confused about who Meghan really is. She herself has said that she never particularly saw herself as a black woman until she became a princess and that is understandable.”
Phillips, who has been a presenter on Sky News, recalled that the daughter-in-law of King Charles III grew up in Los Angeles, the richest black enclave in the United States, studied at a Catholic school and that the sense of race was never part of of its context.
According to the Daily Mail, he made this clear in one of the broadcasts of Archetypes, his podcast for Spotify.
There, in dialogue with Mariah Carey, he expressed: “If there was a moment in my life when I was more focused on my race, it was when I started dating my husband. There I began to understand what it is like for her to be treated as a black woman. Because up until that point, she had been treated as a mixed-race woman and things really changed.”
In this regard, Phillips told Morgan that "anyone who comes from a black background would realize that race is not her (Meghan's) territory."
He then went on to question the problem of Harry's relative who questioned them about Archie's color.
“In any black family, the truth is, speculation about it begins from the precise moment in which it is known that a new member is on the way. For white families it is the color of the hair or the eyes,” said Phillips, before launching the statement that has raised the most controversy.
"The point I want to put on the table about Meghan Markle is that she had to learn how to be black in her job (as a member of the royal family) and I think she made a mess of that, she didn't know." let him advise. Therefore, I think they missed the opportunity to demonstrate something important about our history,” said Phillips, who led the Commission for Racial Equality, appointed by Tony Blair.
As Morgan listened intently, he continued, “We have the largest and only mixed-race population of anywhere in the developed world, which has developed more through romance than coercion, and they could have been the bearers of that.” message".
Next, another of the talk show participants, Paula Rhone-Adrien, asked her if she thought Meghan Markle was forced to confront racism in the United Kingdom.
“We know that she had to confront racists. “There are people in prison for the threats they made against her life,” said Rhone-Adrien, to which Trevor Phillips replied: “Who did she confront?” Tell me a single name of a person she would have confronted.”
The writer's statements come at a time that is not very favorable for the public relations of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex. His breakup with Spotify was followed by rumors that the same would happen with Netflix.
On the other hand, The Wall Street Journal published a report according to which Taylor Swift did not want to attend Meghan's podcast, despite the fact that she sent him a letter in her own handwriting inviting her to the program.
