Kate Middleton Was Behind This Pivotal Line In Buckingham Palace Statement to Harry and Meghan's 2021 Oprah Interview (Report)
Kate Middleton had a bigger hand in the response to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle claims about the comments over their son Archie‘s skin color.
If you recall, in 2021, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex sat down with Oprah Winfrey for an eye-opening interview, which had not only royalists and fans, but also Buckingham Palace buzzing.
There were a ton of things that Harry and Meghan revealed about being senior working royals in “The Firm”, and one of the biggest was the insinuation that one of the other senior royals questioned just how “dark” Archie‘s skin would be.
Buckingham Palace did release an official statement, and a new book says that Kate, who is now Catherine, Princess of Wales, was the one who insisted on including the “recollections may vary” line.
Keep reading to find out more…
In a new addition of “Courtiers: The Hidden Power Behind the Crown” by Valentine Low, it suggests that Kate was the one who urged the statement to include that line.
Valentine says, in an excerpt obtained by The Times, that there was a previous version that was “milder”.
“The debate was, do you rise entirely above it and offer the olive branch of [Harry and Meghan being] ‘much-loved members of the family’? Or is there some moment when you have to intervene and offer a view?” a source told the author, suggesting that the new Prince and Princess of Wales wanted it “toughened up.”
The insider added, “They were both of one mind that we needed something that said that the institution did not accept a lot of what had been said.”
An additional source revealed that it was Kate who “clearly made the point, ‘History will judge this statement and unless this phrase or a phrase like it is included, everything that they have said will be taken as true.’”
“She does not get as much credit as she should, because she is so subtle about it,” they added. “She is playing the long game. She has always got her eye on, ‘This is my life and my historic path and I am going to be Queen one day.’”
The statement released read this: “The issues raised, particularly that of race, are concerning. While some recollections may vary, they are taken very seriously and will be addressed by the family privately. Harry, Meghan and Archie will always be much-loved family members.”
In Meghan and Harry‘s Netflix documentary, even more bombshells about the royal family were revealed.