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Prince William has defended the British royal family against accusations of racism made by his brother, Prince Harry and his sister-in-law Meghan, saying that the royal family “is not a racist family.”
In comments made during a visit to an East London school on Thursday (local time), William became the first royal to directly address the explosive interview broadcast Sunday in the United States that his brother and the Duchess of Sussex They gave Oprah Winfrey.
Buckingham Palace tried to respond to accusations of racism and mistreatment by Harry and Meghan in a 61-word statement, but failed to quell the controversy.
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Britain’s Prince William addressed the controversy during a visit to a school in East London, UK.
William, second in line to the throne after his father, Prince Charles, says he still hadn’t spoken to Harry after the interview, “but I will.”
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Harry and Meghan’s comments have rocked the royal family and sparked conversations around the world about racism, mental health and even the relationship between Britain and its former colonies.
Those tensions have only built up as the public waited to see how the royal family would respond.
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Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, left, has sparked a storm of controversy for British royalty, after a revealing interview with Oprah Winfrey.
Meghan, who is biracial, said in the interview that she was so isolated and miserable as an active member of the royal family that she had suicidal thoughts.
She also said that Harry told her there were “concerns and conversations” from a member of the royal family about her baby’s skin color when she was pregnant with their son, Archie.
