Buckingham Palace officials said the British royal family was saddened by revelations shared over the weekend by Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, and her husband, Prince Harry, in a tell-all interview with Oprah Winfrey.
“The issues raised, particularly that of race, are concerning,” Buckingham Palace officials said Tuesday. “While some recollections may vary, they are taken very seriously and will be addressed by the family privately.”
Meghan, who is biracial, told Winfrey that while she was pregnant with the couple’s first child, Archie, unidentified royal family members raised “concerns and conversations about how dark his skin might be” with Harry.
“I was a bit shocked,” Harry said, declining to share more details on the conversation. He later told Winfrey that it was not Queen Elizabeth II or his grandfather, Prince Philip, who made the comments.
During the wide-ranging interview, which aired in the U.S. on Sunday and in the U.K. on Monday, the couple spoke about their experiences with racism, feeling “trapped” in their roles and their rejected attempts to reach out for help after the intense public scrutiny led Meghan to contemplate suicide while pregnant with Archie.
“The whole family is saddened to learn the full extent of how challenging the last few years have been for Harry and Meghan,” Buckingham Palace…
