United Kingdom, Meghan Markle and racism at Buckingham Palace: Labor calls for an investigation at the Palace

Outraged by the statements that Meghan Markle he released during the interview with Oprah Winfrey, in which he explained how the Royal House was concerned about the skin color of the eldest son of the couple of the Dukes of Sussex, Archibald, when he came into the world. The interview sparked i tabloid but also the policy britannica, where is the Labour asked that Buckingham Palace open an internal investigation into her revelations, including the fact that the duchess – a former actress of African-American maternal origin – said she felt abandoned by the royal family to the brink of suicide. “The racism it can’t have space ”in the UK, he commented Vicky Ford, a member of the Tory government of Boris Johnson, while the request for investigation was advanced by the shadow minister of education, Kate Green.

Harry: “The racist comment is not attributable to either the Queen or Philip” – Prince Harry, then, in an unpublished passage from the interview, he further specified that racism against Meghan was “in large part” behind the decision of the dukes of Sussex to leave the UK and the royal family. Harry he recalled the words of an entrepreneur who invited him not to react, since otherwise “i media they would have destroyed our life ”and since according to him the Kingdom it remained a “very intolerant” country. But for Harry “the UK it is not intolerant, it is there print to be, specifically i tabloid. Unfortunately, if the sources of information are corrupt or racist, this affects the rest of society ”. The prince then states that the racist comment quoted by Meghan it is not the Queen’s fault Elisabetta, 94, or the 99-year-old prince consort Filippo. A passage that was not aired yesterday due to lack of space, but which was recovered today with other clips from Cbs on a morning talk show.

Green: “The allegations are investigated seriously” – Green, asked this morning by Sky News together with Ford on the interview, he spoke of “truly distressing and shocking” revelations. And since there are “accusations of racism, I expect them to be treated by the palace with the utmost seriousness and fully investigated ”, he pressed. Similar concepts are expressed in these hours by other British politicians and personalities, in the first place – but not only – by figures whose family origin is linked to ethnic minorities.

The revelations – The each other any doubts about the skin color of Archie, which is also arousing outrage in Usa and elsewhere, it is at the center of attention, which however also focuses on other sensational aspects of the interview: from the story about the suicidal temptation denounced by Meghan in the most difficult period of her life at court and the refusal “of the institution” to help her to have external psychological assistance for fear of a scandal; to suspect that the success of the first official post wedding tour of the Sussex – in Australia – could have aroused the jealousy of others Windsor (exactly as happened at the time for Diana); up to the revelations on the sense of abandonment denounced by both; or on the surrender to the blackmail of the popular press accused of the top of the monarchy, “trapped” in the status quo; and on the bitter words towards the heir to the throne Charles (Harry’s father), but also towards the dukes of Cambridge, William e Kate. In a framework in which i duchi rebels they only ‘spared’ the 94-year-old queen Elisabetta.

In defense of the palazzo, however, there are also the first interventions of real commentators and gossip specialists who have long been critical of Harry e Meghan, come Anna Pasternak. While Charles Anson, spokesman for the queen during the years of the crisis linked to the events of the princess Diana, talks about the program of the Cbs as a “meaningful interview”, but “to be contextualized”; and in any case he swears: “In the royal house there isn’t even a trace of racism”.

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