Meghan Markle reportedly plans to apologise over Oprah interview skin colour claim
A Daily Express front page report says Meghan Markle and Prince Harry plan to apologise for her claim in the Oprah Winfrey interview that a royal asked about Archie's skin colour.
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A front-page report in the Daily Express says Meghan Markle wants to apologise for a "low blow" comment, and that she and Prince Harry plan to apologise for remarks made in their 2021 Oprah Winfrey interview. According to the report, the couple have come to see Meghan's claim that a royal family member asked about Archie's skin colour as her biggest mistake.
The claim dates back to the Oprah interview. Meghan said there had been several conversations with Harry about how dark their baby might be and what that would mean or look like. She said the conversation was awkward and that she was shocked. She declined to say who made the remark. The allegation became one of the most damaging parts of the Sussexes' public break with the royal family.
The issue was raised again in Omid Scobie's book Endgame. Its Dutch translation named King Charles and Catherine, Princess of Wales, as the people who supposedly had that conversation. Both have denied it completely. In a late-night television discussion, the presenter was sceptical about the reported apology. The presenter suggested it could be another highly paid and stage-managed interview driven by publicity rather than a genuine attempt at reconciliation.
The same discussion argued that context matters. According to the presenter, the remark was allegedly said in front of Harry, who left the conversation not feeling annoyed. The presenter said it only became a serious issue when Harry later told Meghan. The programme also noted the timing of the original interview, saying Prince Philip was on his deathbed and Queen Elizabeth II may have been suffering from cancer. The presenter added that if the Sussexes were planning an apology tour, there were many apologies they could make.
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| The Daily Express reported that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex planned to apologise for remarks made in their Oprah interview, including Meghan's claim about a royal family member questioning Archie's skin colour. | |
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GB News turned the Daily Express front page into a sceptical, mocking segment. The host doubted the sincerity of any apology and framed Meghan's public work as publicity-driven, while speculating that any new Oprah interview would be another paid, stage-managed event. It also defended the context of the original skin colour remark and criticised the timing of the 2021 interview.
- “Meghan wants to apologize for low blow comment”
- “everything that this woman does is so clearly oriented around publicity”
- “she was smearing the entire royal family”
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