Omid Scobie accuses the Duchess of Edinburgh of a royal screw up

Omid Scoobie has referred to as Prince Edward and his spouse Sophie, the Duchess of Edinburgh‘s ‘Oprah gaffe’ a royal ‘screw up’. 

During a June 2021 interview with the Telegraph, simply days after Meghan and Harry’s bombshell interview with Oprah Winfrey, Prince Edward and his spouse the Countess of Wessex shared fun over Harry and Meghan’s controversial Oprah interview.

Speaking of their first main interview collectively since they married in 1999, the royal couple jokingly requested ‘Oprah who?’ and ‘what interview?’ when quizzed on whether or not they watched Harry and Meghan’s bombshell sit down with the US chat present host. ‘You know, when you’re not into chat reveals, there is not any motive why you must know who she is. Certainly not this this nation, anyway,’ Sophie stated. 

But Omid has claimed that ‘the feedback concerning the world’s most profitable black girl and one of many largest faces in leisure made them appear stuffy or tine-eared at finest, and casually bigoted at worst.’ 

‘What could look like a trivial episode by itself, Sophie’s Oprah gaffe is yet one more web page so as to add to the historical past of current failures.’

Scoobie additionally claimed that Sophie ‘noticeably’ went out of her solution to ignore Meghan Markle outdoors Westminster Abbey on the late Queen’s state funeral. 

According to Scoobie, it wasn’t simply the Duchess of Edinburgh who ignored Meghan, however Queen Camilla and Kate Middleton too. 

The Duchess of Sussex obtained ‘snubs and brush-offs’ and was sufferer to ‘the identical outdated energy journeys’ throughout their keep, the writer claims.  

Omid Scobie right this moment claimed letters between King Charles III and Meghan Markle reveal the names of two individuals who allegedly commented on Archie’s pores and skin color.

The royal writer, whose new ebook Endgame comes out at midnight tonight, stated he couldn’t reveal the identities of the 2 individuals for concern of authorized reprisals within the UK.

But he stated letters have been exchanged between Charles and Meghan following the allegation within the Sussexes’ bombshell interview with Oprah Winfrey in March 2021.

In an interview with ABC’s Good Morning America broadcast right this moment, Mr Scobie was requested whether or not he knew who made the feedback about Archie’s pores and skin color.

He stated: ‘I do know who made the feedback about Archie’s pores and skin color. The names have been talked about in letters between Meghan and Charles that have been exchanged a while after the Oprah interview.

‘We know from sources that Charles was horrified that that is how Meghan felt. Those conversations have been, and that he needed to, type of as a consultant for the household, have that dialog along with her.

‘And it’s why I personally suppose they’ve been capable of transfer ahead with some sort of line of communication afterwards. Though they might not see eye to eye on it.’

Mr Scobie’s claims threaten to reignite the ‘royal racist’ row that happened after Harry and Meghan’s interview.

Meghan had alleged within the TV particular that an unnamed member of the Royal Family spoke about ‘how darkish his (Archie’s) pores and skin may be when he is born’.

But it’s now being claimed {that a} second member of the prolonged Royal Household – who might not be a member of the Royal Family itself – additionally made comparable feedback.

The two persons are not named in Endgame, which is subtitled ‘Inside the Royal Family and the Monarchy’s Fight for Survival’.

The ebook makes a collection of claims concerning the royals and appears at its future following the demise of Queen Elizabeth II in September final 12 months.

And Mr Scobie added to ABC: ‘I feel earlier than individuals assume that I’m calling this the top of the Royal Family, I’m merely declaring that we have reached a type of pinnacle second the place the royal household as we all know it, is at stake.’

He additionally makes claims about Prince William leaking tales about Harry.

Mr Scobie stated: ‘He’s sharing non-public details about his brother that ended up on the entrance web page of a newspaper not lengthy later. These are issues which have trigger irreparable harm within the relations between one another.’

Describing William as a ‘firm man’, he stated: ‘We have seen the emergence of a person who is far tougher, who appears to have embraced and embodied the royal establishment’.

The ABC report additionally stated Harry is prepared to finish the rift between William, had tried to succeed in out to his brother and that relations together with his father Charles ‘could also be on the mend’.

Mr Scobie stated: ‘There is a gradual open line of communication between the 2, the place they can speak with one another. Where Harry, I’d say, clearly understands that his father most likely is not probably the most emotional or open individual’.

The report on ABC stated its interview with Mr Scobie additionally noticed him declare he felt he was caught up in a household drama – and that Meghan contacted him to examine he was OK.

ABC claimed Mr Scobie additionally says that he’s not that shut with Harry and Meghan and he ‘by no means selected Team Sussex’.

The interview shall be broadcast tomorrow evening on Nightline.

Mr Scobie tweeted a hyperlink to the interview on X right this moment, including: ‘More of this @GMA interview shall be aired Tuesday on @ABC @Nightline and I’ll be reside within the studios for @ABCGMA3 and @ABCNewsLive tomorrow, the worldwide launch day of #ENDGAME.’

Mr Scobie’s ebook is claimed to make a collection of claims involving the Sussexes – together with that William was concerned in ‘issues which have gone out about his personal brother’, that the elder brother ignored texts from Harry when the household have been making their solution to Balmoral earlier than the late Queen died final 12 months.

Among the claims made within the ebook are that there’s a rift between the King and the William, that Queen Camilla has ‘quietly thanked’ Piers Morgan for ‘defending the Firm’ and {that a} timid Princess of Wales must be inspired to carry out engagements.