TV presenter Piers Morgan defended his decision to identify the two royals at the center of the furore, saying it was “blindingly obvious” they were not guilty of racism.
Royal author Omit Skopje has refused to apologize for a “translation error” in his book Endgame, after a Dutch translation identified two royals at the center of a racist row.
Before the birth of Prince Harry and Meghan’s son, King Charles and the Princess of Wales were named royals after they were accused of questioning their skin color.
TV presenter Piers Morgan defended his decision to identify the two royals at the center of the furore, saying it was “blindingly obvious” they were not guilty of racism.
The Dutch version of Endgame was pulled from the shelves, with the publisher dismissing the version with the names as a “translation error”.
Mr Scobie said Newsnight Apologies were not for him because he still wanted to know what had happened.
“The buck doesn’t stop with me because there are irresponsible people in this country who have broken the law and should never be named again and again,” he said.
“There are no names in the book I edited and signed.”
Who is Omit Scooby?
Omit Scobie is a 42-year-old British journalist.
He is thought to have been born in Wales and raised in Oxford, studying journalism at the London College of Communication at the University of the Arts, London.
In her early career, she covered celebrity news for publications including Heat and US Weekly. He eventually joined Harper’s Bazaar as Royal Editor, a role that remains to this day.
Prince Harry had been collecting royal affairs for five years when he started dating Meghan.
Mr Scobie co-authored his first book, Finding Freedom, with Caroline Durant. The book, due out in 2021, is an intimate portrait of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.
Over the years, Mr Scobie has been dubbed “Meghan’s mouthpiece” for his favorable reporting about the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.
However, he has repeatedly stated that he is no friend of the Sussexes. “I’m not their friend, never have been,” he told Paris Match.
However, in 2020, Mr Scobie wrote that he had shared a “goodbye hug” with Meghan when she ended her last engagement, and that he was one of three journalists invited to cover the event before she flew to Canada.
In Endgame, Mr Scobie revealed that Meghan had called him personally after learning he had received threats on social media.
Athena Stavrou1 December 2023 14:20
Is Scobie an incredible storyteller?
As the controversy surrounding royal author Omit Skopje’s new book, Endgame, continues, some have questioned his credibility as a storyteller.
After a Dutch translation of his book titled King Charles and the Princess of Wales raised questions about Archie’s skin color before his birth, Mr Scobie has denied he wrote the names.
However, Hugo Vickers says it is not surprising that Mr Scobie’s book is “full of errors and misinterpretations”.
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Athena Stavrou1 December 2023 13:50
Charles takes center stage at Cop28 after Endgame book labels King and Kate as royal ‘racists’
King Charles has taken center stage at the COP28 climate conference in Dubai amid a row over royal racism.
Charles called for global action as the publication of Omid Scobie’s book Endgame dominated headlines in the UK, telling heads of state and government that the dangers of climate change were no longer “distant risks”.
The address came after the monarch, along with the Princess of Wales, were named as two senior royals who reportedly raised “concerns” about the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s skin colour.
Athena Stavrou1 December 2023 13:20
PM praises Charles for Cop28 speech amid royal race scandal
Rishi Sunak hailed the monarch as “a leader in the fight to protect our planet” for more than 60 years, posting a picture of himself with Charles at Cop28 on social media.
He X, previously said on Twitter: “For over 60 years, Her Majesty has been at the forefront of the fight to protect our planet.
“Today at #COP28 we are committed to protecting the environment for generations to come.”
After the Dutch version of Omid Scobie’s Endgame, King Charles’ speech at his first public appearance today, identifying himself and the Princess of Wales as royals, was accused of questioning Archie’s skin color before he was born.
King has not commented on the allegations.
Athena Stavrou1 December 2023 12:48
Kate is a joint frontrunner with William on the Royal Variety Show
The Princess of Wales stunned on the Royal Variety Show last night as she and Prince William brushed up on the fallout from the royal race line after the publication of Omit Scobie’s book. The end game.
Both the princess and King Charles were identified in the book as royals accused of raising questions about the skin color of Prince Harry and Meghan’s son before he was born.
It was their first public appearance since the book by royal correspondent Scobie The end game hit shelves on Tuesday and the palace has yet to comment on the situation.
Athena Stavrou1 December 2023 12:31
Omit Scobie denies publicity stunt allegations
Royal author Omit Skopje has denied the royals’ names at the center of an alleged racist row are a publicity stunt.
He said he did not know how the names of King Charles and the Princess of Wales got into the Dutch translation buried by the publishers.
Mr Scobie told Newsnight he was “hurt” by “conspiracy theories that this was a publicity stunt”.
This follows speculation that the names were included in an earlier draft than translated into the Netherlands.
Athena Stavrou1 December 2023 11:53
How did the names end up in the book?
After King Charles and the Princess of Wales were named in a new book as being at the center of a royal racism scandal The end gameMany have asked how such a mistake could be printed.
The author, Omit Skopje, has refused to include the names in any version of the manuscript he wrote and edited, blaming ‘translation errors’.
However, others have speculated that the names may have been added in an earlier draft of the book.
Saskia Pieters, the book’s Dutch translator, denied that she had added the names of the two royal families to the Dutch translation of her own volition, saying they were “in black and white”.
Royal correspondent Rick Evers questioned how a name could be mistranslated and suggested they were included in an earlier manuscript.
He said Good morning Britain: “There is some debate about how these passages were told in the book. I mean how can you mistranslate a name?
“I checked the book with your colleague and we found that some parts were missing from the English version. Like a sentence, five sentences between the first and third part as in the Dutch version.
“So something was destroyed during the work done for the book.”
Athena Stavrou1 December 2023 11:30
What did the Dutch translation say?
Royal author Omit Scobie’s book Endgame has accused King Charles and the Princess of Wales of being at the center of a racist row in the Netherlands.
The book has been abridged by the publishers and Mr Scobie has refused to include names – but what does the passage in question actually say?
According to a translation, page 128 of the manuscript reads: “After discussing possible unconscious biases within the family, Kate avoided discussing the matter with the King and Princess of Wales after it was revealed that they had engaged in such conversations about Archie. Sister in Law.”
Athena Stavrou1 December 2023 11:15
WATCH: Omit Skopje refuses to apologize to two senior ‘racist royals’ named in Dutch book
Royal author Omit Skopje has refused to apologize for naming two royals at the center of a racist row in the Dutch edition of his book.
King Charles and the Princess of Wales have been accused of commenting on the skin color of Prince Harry and Meghan’s son Archie before they were born.
Mr Scobie did not mention the couple by name in any version of the book he produced. He said Newsnight Apologies were not for him because he still wanted to know what had happened.
Omit Skopje refuses to apologize to two senior royals named in the Dutch book
Athena Stavrou1 December 2023 11:00