Wills doesn’t suppose Charles is a reliable chief, Omid Scobie says
Prince William ‘would not suppose King Charles is a reliable chief’ and was baffled that the King ‘lay awake any nights worrying about Prince Andrew’, Omid Scobie has claimed in his bombshell e book End Game.
The e book, which hits cabinets within the UK tomorrow, delves into the Royal Family’s dealing with of Prince Andrew’s involvement with convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
Before Prince Andrew resigned from royal duties in May 2020, the writer says King Charles and Prince William grappled with one of the best plan of action.
A supply near King Charles mentioned: ‘You’d discover it arduous to consider however [Charles lay] awake many nights worrying about [Andrew].’
According to the writer, Prince William was ‘baffled’ by why his father was agonising over the choice – and needed him to take decisive motion.
![Before Prince Andrew was asked to step down from royal duties, the author says King Charles and Prince William (pictured in September 2022) grappled with the best course of action](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/11/27/14/78281235-0-image-a-1_1701096613379.jpg)
Before Prince Andrew was requested to step down from royal duties, the writer says King Charles and Prince William (pictured in September 2022) grappled with one of the best plan of action
A supply mentioned: ‘William [doesn’t’ think his father is competent enough, quite frankly.
‘Though they share similar passions and interests, their style of leadership is completely different’.
The author claims that Prince William put the plan to oust Prince Andrew into action with his private secretary as the late Queen and the then Prince Charles were ‘not ready’ to start the process themselves.
Scobie claims Prince William felt the Queen would be ‘soft’ on Prince Andrew unless he voiced his concerns directly to her.
The author says a family friend told him that Andrew was the ‘one who would make [the Queen] chortle, preserve her firm, and since he was at all times somewhat bit misplaced, she coddled him’.
In an interview with ABC’s Good Morning America broadcast at present, Mr Scobie was requested whether or not he knew who made the feedback about Archie’s pores and skin color.
He mentioned: ‘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, kind of as a consultant for the household, have that dialog together with her.
![King Charles III attends St Mary Magdalene Church in Sandringham, Norfolk, yesterday](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/11/27/14/78247631-0-King_Charles_III_attends_St_Mary_Magdalene_Church_in_Sandringham-a-12_1701096950016.jpg)
King Charles III attends St Mary Magdalene Church in Sandringham, Norfolk, yesterday
![Scobie claims Prince William felt the Queen would be 'soft' on Prince Andrew unless he voiced his concerns directly to her](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/11/27/15/78281905-12796151-image-a-13_1701097477108.jpg)
Scobie claims Prince William felt the Queen can be ‘smooth’ on Prince Andrew except he voiced his considerations on to her
‘And it’s why I personally suppose they’ve been in a position to transfer ahead with some sort of line of communication afterwards. Though they could not see eye to eye on it.’
Mr Scobie’s claims threaten to reignite the ‘royal racist’ row that took place 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 is perhaps when he is born’.
But it’s now being claimed {that a} second member of the prolonged Royal Household – who is probably not a member of the Royal Family itself – additionally made related feedback.
The two persons are not named in Endgame, which is subtitled ‘Inside the Royal Family and the Monarchy’s Fight for Survival’.
The e book makes a sequence of claims concerning the royals and appears at its future following the loss of life of Queen Elizabeth II in September final yr.
These embrace that William was concerned in ‘issues which have gone out about his personal brother’ and that the elder brother ignored texts from Harry when the household have been making their technique to Balmoral earlier than the late Queen died final yr.
Among the opposite claims made within the e book 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 needs to be inspired to carry out engagements.
Mr Scobie added to ABC: ‘I believe earlier than individuals assume that I’m calling this the tip of the Royal Family, I’m merely declaring that we have reached a kind 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 mentioned: ‘He’s sharing personal 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 injury within the relations between one another.’
Describing William as a ‘firm man’, he mentioned: ‘We have seen the emergence of a person who is way tougher, who appears to have embraced and embodied the royal establishment’.
The ABC report additionally mentioned Harry is keen to finish the rift between William, had tried to achieve out to his brother and that relations along with his father Charles ‘could also be on the mend’.