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Palace under pressure to respond to Harry and Meghan racism claims
theguardian.com ^ | March 8, 2021 | Caroline Davies

Posted on 03/08/2021 8:57:41 PM PST by Berlin_Freeper

Buckingham Palace was under pressure to respond to allegations of racism within the highest echelons of the royal family following an interview with the Duke and Duchess of Sussex that threatened to have a devastating effect on the reputation of the monarchy.

In the most shocking disclosure, Harry and Meghan described how someone within the household had asked about how dark the skin tone of their baby son Archie would be – with the US chatshow host Oprah Winfrey clarifying later that neither the Queen nor the Duke of Edinburgh were behind the remark.

But the couple’s refusal to identify the family member in their damning TV interview leaves other royals open to suspicion.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: buckinghampalace; cnn; donlemon; fakenews; grauniad; meghanmarkle; oprahwinfrey; princeharry
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To: simpson96

It was all a setup. Meghan hinted at racism, Oprah acted confused, then Meghan came out with the “what color will the baby be” and OPRAH put on her shocked face, her mouth came open like a sea bass gasping for air.


61 posted on 03/09/2021 4:57:24 AM PST by Toespi
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To: Toespi

But who was setting up whom?

FWIW, I think Markle blindsided Harry with that allegation. If so, wonder if she did it intentionally or if she was shooting from the lip?

It’s another reason I think the Harkles are Smolletting.


62 posted on 03/09/2021 5:00:50 AM PST by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds. )
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To: originalbuckeye

It makes Harry a traitor and a fool.


63 posted on 03/09/2021 5:02:12 AM PST by virgil (The evil that men do lives after them )
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...

I suggest making a call to MI6.


64 posted on 03/09/2021 5:26:25 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: mewzilla

It was “ collusion”. The first hour was just Meghan, and she was the hammer, keeping Harry out of the really nasty stuff. Then Harry came out of the chicken coop and he did try to tame it down, knowing the damage that was being done to his family and monarchy.

The real tell is, Oprah was trotted out the next morning to clarify that the Queen and Phillip were not involved in baby colorgate. Why wasn’t that done during the interview?


65 posted on 03/09/2021 5:27:33 AM PST by Toespi
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To: Toespi
That was damage control. And the hour and half we haven't seen yet is likely insurance and/or a threat.

Meanwhile...

'You can pay for their security then!' Furious response to Joe Biden over Meghan praise BRITONS have reacted furiously to US President Joe Biden's statement in support of Meghan Markle and Prince Harry.

Note to the UK: if you want this problem to go away, out the Harkles as tax cheats.

Game over.

66 posted on 03/09/2021 5:52:20 AM PST by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds. )
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To: mewzilla

Bet our IRS isn’t giving the Harkles the same scrutiny the Trumps get.


67 posted on 03/09/2021 5:53:16 AM PST by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds. )
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To: Berlin_Freeper

What pressure? The Press is trying to manufacture it.


68 posted on 03/09/2021 5:54:04 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: DownInFlames

The last Stuart monarch died in 1714 (not 1500s). At that point the Hanover dynasty ascended and ruled until 1901. The House of Saxe-Gotha and Coburg came next, and due to anti-German sentiment changed the name to Windsor. Prince Charles, if tradition is allowed, will become the first of the Mountbatten (Battenberg) dynasty. I say “allowed” because the Queen has ruled that her son will remain a “Windsor”.


69 posted on 03/09/2021 5:54:37 AM PST by ajf_in_texas
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To: mewzilla

Now that I think about it, this mess is starting to remind me of the Cuomo situation.

Criminality and national security issues (ex: Epstein, dealings with Iran) don’t end the monarchy.

But the Harkles’ accusations might??

You can’t make this crap up.


70 posted on 03/09/2021 6:02:06 AM PST by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds. )
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To: ajf_in_texas

The Brits have been ruled by Germans and Frenchies for centuries.

And I’ll bet most Brits don’t even know it.


71 posted on 03/09/2021 6:05:10 AM PST by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds. )
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To: mewzilla

Yep, pretty much since AD 1066.


72 posted on 03/09/2021 7:11:34 AM PST by ajf_in_texas
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To: CondoleezzaProtege
it’s easy to see that the Royal Family has issues — most glaringly right now being its cover up of Prince Andrew — and they need to be held to account.

Guilt by association? That's not how it should work. The one issue has nothing to do with the other. A family member with intellectual curiosity could have speculated about the genetics of an expected child in a way that could have been a positive or joyful anticipation, but which Harry and Meghan are turning into a weapon for their own perpetually self-victimizing reasons, having been coached by the Obamas and Oprah.

What is not easy to see is the role of the Royal Family in British governance and culture, and how significantly it differs from American assumptions. There's nothing to be gained by re-fighting the American Revolution against the nation that has been our firmest global ally since the mid-1800s.

73 posted on 03/09/2021 7:48:05 AM PST by Albion Wilde (Laughter separates us from despair and gives us a chance at love. --Craig Ferguson)
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To: tbw2

Yes...I know...and she has been SOOOO discriminated against.../s


74 posted on 03/09/2021 7:48:59 AM PST by goodnesswins (The issue is never the issue. The issue is always the revolution." -- Saul Alinksy)
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To: twister881

“Ginge and Cringe on a whinge.”


75 posted on 03/09/2021 7:52:50 AM PST by Albion Wilde (Laughter separates us from despair and gives us a chance at love. --Craig Ferguson)
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To: DownInFlames
King Simpson who advocated for a US bish

I get the King Simpson reference, but what is a "bish"?

76 posted on 03/09/2021 8:01:32 AM PST by Albion Wilde (Laughter separates us from despair and gives us a chance at love. --Craig Ferguson)
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To: originalbuckeye

The skin color thing is a curiosity, because recessive genes can make a variety of skin/hair/eye colors in any mixed family. That doesn’t mean that whomever may have inquired about it was badly intentioned. The DailyMail often runs stories of mixed-race black/white families with twins, where one twins looks black and the other white:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2974869/The-twins-tell-apart-Striking-sisters-couldn-t-different-quirk-mixed-raced-parentage.html

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5492723/Biracial-twins-reveal-like-growing-one-black-one-white.html

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2123050/Look-The-black-white-twins-turn-seven.html

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3436966/Meet-one-million-twins-turning-heads-pushchairs-10-month-old-girls-draw-stares-supermarket-one-white-black.html

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2046821/Kaydon-Layton-Wood-The-science-black-white-twins.html


77 posted on 03/09/2021 8:13:02 AM PST by Albion Wilde (Laughter separates us from despair and gives us a chance at love. --Craig Ferguson)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

See post 77. Amazing nature, courtesy of our amazing God!


78 posted on 03/09/2021 8:20:36 AM PST by Albion Wilde (Laughter separates us from despair and gives us a chance at love. --Craig Ferguson)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

The only “pressure” is from CBS and Oprah to give her 7 million soap opera “legs”. Without it this dies away and the 7 million was a waste.


79 posted on 03/09/2021 8:22:40 AM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: BenLurkin
The Palace should ignore it.

Exactly.

80 posted on 03/09/2021 8:23:10 AM PST by 1Old Pro
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