BRITISH ROYALS REFUSED TO MAKE HER SON A PRINCE DUE TO SKIN COLOUR CONCERNS: MEGHAN SAYS

Mon 08 March 2021:

In an interview with Oprah Winfrey shown on CBS in the US, Meghan said: “They didn’t want him to be a prince or princess, not knowing what the gender would be, which would be different from protocol, and that he wasn’t going to receive security.

Meghan, the wife of Britain’s Prince Harry, has said there were concerns about how dark their son Archie’s skin would be before his birth and that such worries explained why he was not given the title of prince.

The Duchess of Sussex, whose mother is black and father is white, said she was naive before she married into the royal family in 2018, but that she ended up having suicidal thoughts and considering self-harm after asking for help but getting none.

“In those months when I was pregnant, all around this same time, so we have in tandem the conversation of, ‘you won’t be given security, not gonna be given a title’ and also concerns and conversations about how dark his skin might be when he’s born.”

The highly anticipated interview comes amid an acrimonious row between Meghan and Harry on one side and the British monarchy on the other.

The couple, who married in 2018, have stepped down from their royal duties and are starting a new life in the United States.

Prince Harry said he left because of a lack of understanding and because he was worried about history repeating itself – a reference to the death in 1997 of his mother, Diana.

Harry and Meghan revealed they are expecting a baby girl.

The duke, who joined his wife in the second half of the interview, told the chat show host: “It’s a girl” and said it was “amazing” to be having a daughter.

Buckingham Palace, which has made no comment so far on the interview, said it would investigate the claims, adding it was”very concerned”.

Last month, when Buckingham Palace confirmed the couple would not return to their senior roles, it said they would not “continue with the responsibilities and duties that come with a life of public service”.

Harry said the pair, who have secured lucrative deals with Netflix and other streaming services, had to find a way to make money as “my family literally cut me off financially”.

The Sunday Times reported Queen Elizabeth II, 94, would not be watching the programme and quoted unnamed courtiers as calling the situation a “circus”.