The statement also said that “Harry, Meghan and Archie will always be very dear family members.”
Buckingham Palace released a statement Tuesday, saying the family was “saddened” to learn of the fights Prince Harry and Meghan Markle revealed this week, and that they would be taken very seriously.
The statement is the palace’s first comment after Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s two-hour television interview with Oprah Winfrey, in which they alleged that Ms Markle had experienced racism and cruel treatment during her time in the royal family.
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“The issues raised, particularly race, are troubling,” the palace said in a statement issued on behalf of Queen Elizabeth II. “While some memories may vary, they are taken very seriously and will be discussed in private by the family.”
The statement also said that “Harry, Meghan and Archie will always be very dear family members.”
The palace often tries to stay above controversy by staying silent and weathering the storm, but the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s charges were so damaging that the family had to respond.
Earlier, some observers had said that Buckingham Palace’s silence on the issue has only added to the furor surrounding the television interview.
The interview, which aired Sunday night in the United States and a day later in Britain, shocked the royal family and divided people around the world. While many say the allegations demonstrate the need for change within a palace that hasn’t kept pace with the #MeToo and Black Lives Matter movements, others have criticized Harry and Ms Markle for dropping their bomb while Grandpa Harry’s 99-year-old Prince Philip remains hospitalized in London after a heart procedure.
The interview, which aired Sunday night in the United States and a day later in Britain, shocked the royal family and divided people around the world. While many say the allegations demonstrate the need for change within a palace that has not kept pace with the #MeToo and Black Lives Matter movements, others have criticized Prince Harry and Meghan Markle for dropping their bomb while the grandfather of 99-year-old Harry, Prince Philip remains hospitalized in London after a heart procedure.
During the two-hour interview, Ms Markle described feeling so isolated and miserable within the royal family that she had suicidal thoughts, but when she asked the palace human resources staff for mental health help, they told her that she was not a paid employee. . He also said that a member of the royal family had expressed “concerns” to Prince Harry about the color of his unborn son’s skin.
Ms Winfrey later said that Prince Harry told her off-camera that the family member was not Queen Elizabeth II or Prince Philip, prompting a wave of speculation about who it might be.
Prince Harry also revealed that the tensions the couple endured had broken relations with his father, Prince Charles, heir to the British throne, and his brother, Prince William, illuminating the depth of family divisions that led the couple to get away from royal duties and moved to California last year.
Prince Charles did not comment on Tuesday’s interview during a visit to a vaccination clinic in London.
Prince Harry’s father visited a church to see a temporary vaccination clinic in action and met with healthcare workers, church staff and people who were to receive the vaccine. The visit was his first public appearance since the interview aired in the United States on Sunday night.
Maziya Marzook, a patient at the event, said that “private matters did not come up at all” during Charles’s visit.
“He didn’t mention anything,” Marzook said. “He was more interested in what the vaccine was like and how we feel.”
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