An explosive new royal book will leave a "poisonous legacy of distrust" at a terrible time forPrince Harry, according to an expert.
Omid Scobie's Endgame: Inside the Royal Family and the Monarchy’s Fight for Survival hit shelves around the world on Tuesday (November 28) bringing with it a flurry of controversial new claims. Some of these included that Prince William and King Charles have an unspoken rift; that Queen Camilla has a raunchy past; and that the Queen hired an ex-MI5 boss to be her "eyes and ears" due to a lack of trust in Charles.
While Buckingham Palace has been left to wade through the barrage of fresh allegations, Harry and wife Meghan Markle got off virtually scot-free, with critics dubbing Scobie the Sussexes' "mouthpiece." But commentator Richard Fitzwilliams reckons while Harry may have been untouched by unflattering rumours, the release of the memoir could still cause problems in Montecito.
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"[Endgame] might have been titled Seeking Sensation: A Sussex Squad Handbook," he told the Daily Star. "It won’t be long before it is largely forgotten, but it will leave a poisonous legacy of distrust."
Fitzwilliams added the book's release came "at a time when there seemed to be some hope that the King and Harry, who spoke on Charles’s 75th birthday, might be starting to be more friendly." He added: "There won’t be much mutual trust after this!"
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The book was almost immediately marred with controversy following its release after a translation of the text appeared to reveal the identities of alleged "racist royals" accused of making comments about the colour of Harry and Meghan's son Archie's skin.
The Dutch version of the book contained a paragraph not included in the original English version that named two members of the Firm allegedly involved in the scandal, the Daily Star previously reported.
Scobie denied any involvement in the publication of the names, stating he "unfortunately does not speak Dutch." The book's publisher in the Netherlands, Xander, also "temporarily" pulled copies from shelves.
The accusations come in the wake of an explosive 2021 interview Harry and Meghan gave with Oprah Winfrey. The tell-all chat – their first after quitting the royal family the year before – saw them claim members of the Firm had expressed concern over the colour of then-unborn Archie's skin.
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"In those months when I was pregnant, all around this same time… so we have in tandem the conversation of 'He won’t be given security, he’s not going to be given a title,' and also concerns and conversations about how dark his skin might be when he’s born," Meghan said.
Following the interview, the Queen issued a statement saying the issues Harry and Meghan raised, "particularly that of race," were "concerning." Prince William later said the Royal Family is "very much not racist."
It marked a rare moment when the Firm broke its typical "never complain, never explain" policy, with some critics wondering whether the royals might make another exception following the release of Scobie's book. However, Fitzwilliams thinks this is unlikely.
"The Palace will almost certainly not respond," he continued. "William might well be tempted, but he won’t. It would give it vast coverage."
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