A frustrated Prince Charles wanted to defend himself and his family with a more detailed response to the claims of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle during their meeting with Oprah Winfrey earlier this month, according to a report.
Buckingham Palace issued a short statement following the royal couple’s allegations in the interview – which included allegations of racism – saying the family was “sad” to hear the couple express their difficulties while living in England.
“The issues raised, particularly those of race, are of concern,” the statement said. “Although some memories may vary, they are taken very seriously and will be taken care of by the family in particular. Harry, Meghan and Archie will always be very dear members of the family.”
The Prince of Wales did not speak publicly about the charges – his son, Prince William told reporters that royalty “is not a racist family” – but apparently he initially wanted to respond to the claims “point by point”, according to Entertainment Tonight real correspondent Katie Nicholl.
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“My understanding is that Prince Charles wanted to issue a more detailed statement for Oprah’s interview and possibly address some of these issues point by point,” said Nicholl.
She said, after thinking about it, “it was decided that a shorter statement would be better, that going to things point-to-point could potentially be more damaging and provide more ammunition for the fight to continue.”
Among the bombastic statements by Harry and Meghan were accusations that someone in the palace was concerned about the potential skin color of Archie’s unborn baby, a claim by Harry that his father cut him off and that he stopped taking his calls.
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“I think Prince Charles and Prince William made a point of correcting some of the things the couple had said,” said Nicholl.
Real expert Robert Jobson said in an article for Hello! magazine that he believes Charles “took the lead” in the palace’s response to the interview.
“The queen is 94 years old and the Duke of Edinburgh is disabled, so he will try to appease and learn lessons from it so that something can be resolved to everyone’s satisfaction,” he wrote, according to Cosmopolitan magazine.
He said the Prince of Wales had written the “worthy” declaration for Buckingham Palace.
“The royal family likes to do things as a team and, if the team is being destroyed, they like to react as a unit and a family,” he said.
Nicholl said Charles was “particularly frustrated” by Harry’s claim that he was cut off by his father after he and Meghan left the UK
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“If you talk to sources at Charles’ camp, that was not the case,” she told Entertainment Tonight. “He continued to finance them for quite a while after they first moved to Canada and then to America. So yes, I think at one point there was a feeling that they wanted to address more than just the racial issue. ”