King Charles & Princess Kate ‘will meet TONIGHT’ for first time since ‘racism’ storm as royals are ‘business as usual’
KING Charles and Princess Kate will be meeting tonight for the first time since the “racism” row sparked as Royals continue with ‘business as usual’.
The monarch is set to join together with Queen Camilla, Prince William and Kate putting on a united front at Buckingham Palace for a Christmas gathering.
It will be the first time the family have met since Omid Scobie’s early Dutch version of his hatchet-job book Endgame suggested Kate and Charles were the two Royals who made remarks about the skin colour of Harry and Meghan’s first child, Archie.
The poisonous claims have been pilloried by Royal experts and in the fall out Scobie has been blasted for peddling “bulls**t” excuses about how the names were included in the Dutch translation.
It came after the Royal pair were plunged into yet another vile drama with the Sussexes as Piers Morgan revealed their names on his TalkTV show because they were already circulating abroad.
Nevertheless, tonight Charles and his family will be joined by more than 500 members of the Diplomatic Corps at the festive event as Royal aides say it is ‘business as usual’ for the firm.
In a bid to rise above the current “racism” row, Kate is also hosting a charity Christmas carol concert and Westminster Abbey as a senior Government minister praised the “dignity” and “grace” of both the princess and her father-in-law.
William and Kate similarly brushed off the drama brewing around them as they received a standing ovation at the Royal Variety Performance held at the Royal Albert Hall last week.
It was the first time the Royal couple had been seen since the royal “racist” row.
When they made their way inside the hall, the crowd cheered and clapped as the couple took their seats.
King Charles also put on a brave face as he attended the COP28 environment conference last week in Dubai.
And now Royal sources have slammed the claims of racism, branding them “outrageous” and “mendacious smears”, as Buckingham Palace it understood to be ‘considering all options’.
“There has been no rush to make a decision and there certainly will not be a knee-jerk reaction,” an insider told the Mirror.
This comes after it was reported Scobie’s agent did send a draft naming the royals at the centre of a “race” storm – despite claims he never revealed their identities in his book.
In the English versions of Endgame, Scobie said UK laws prevented him from naming names.
However, two passages in a translated version in the Netherlands, King Charles and Princess Kate are named as the royals involved as the legal excuse is missing.
The Times reported that United Talent Agency sent a draft version naming the royals to Dutch publisher Xander Uitgevers.
UTA also reportedly sent Xander a final version which did not name Kate and Charles weeks before publication.
It is understood that the translator interpreted an earlier version of the manuscript, rather than the final approved text.
Xander initially said the names were revealed in a “translation” mix-up – before claiming an “error” led to the printing.
Managing director Anke Roelen said: “Xander temporarily removed the book from sale, due to an error that occurred in the Dutch edition.”
Scobie previously defended himself on This Morning and said: “I wrote and edited the English version of the book with one publisher, that then gets licensed to other publishers.
“I obviously can’t speak Italian, German, French, Dutch or any of the other languages that it’s come out.
“I’m as frustrated as everyone else.”
He added: “I had never submitted a book that had their names in it. I can only talk about my version.
“I’m frustrated but I wouldn’t say I’m upset about it.”
Meanwhile, Harry and Meghan are yet to comment on the “racism” row and have been “urged to break their deafening silence”.
A source close to the family strongly advised them to speak out and defend their relatives, reported The Telegraph.
They said: “For the couple that talked about ‘death by a thousand no comments’, the silence at this point is deafening.”