A spokesperson for the Duchess of Sussex has issued a firm statement in response to an article that stated Meghan Markle feels she still hasn't received a satisfactory response to a letter she is understood to have sent King Charles following the pair's interview with Oprah Winfrey.
The statement, shared on Twitter by royal author Omid Scobie and reported by the Express, reads: "The Duchess of Sussex is going about her life in the present, not thinking about correspondence from two years ago related to conversations from four years ago. Any suggestion otherwise is false and frankly ridiculous. We encourage tabloid media and various royal correspondents to stop the exhausting circus that they alone are creating."
The statement is thought to be linked to an article claiming Meghan had exchanged correspondence with King Charles in the wake the bombshell interview with Ms Winfrey, as Mr Scobie shared it alongside a link to the report. The Telegraph reports that the letter saw Meghan express her concerns about unconscious bias in the Firm.
According to the paper, Meghan feels she still hasn't received a satisfactory response to the point she raised, with the publication also claiming the letters are thought to be one of the factors behind the decision by the Duchess not to attend the upcoming Coronation in person.
The report said it's understood that Meghan's letter was sent in response to another that had been penned by the then Prince of Wales. In his letter, the now monarch reportedly expressed his disappointment at the fact the Duke and Duchess of Sussex had felt the need to raise damaging and high-profile allegations during the interview as well as sadness over the distance that had grown between the Sussexes and the rest of the family.
During the chat with Ms Winfrey, Meghan spoke about the severe mental health distress she experienced while pregnant with Prince Archie and claimed not to have been helped by the institution. She also alleged there had been "concerns and conversations" about the possible colour of the skin of her unborn son while she was expecting him.
This claim shocked the interviewer and the world, and sparked accusations among the media and the public of racism aimed at the Firm. In an interview with ITV's Tom Bradby released in January promoting his memoir Spare, however, Harry rejected the argument Meghan had ever accused his family of racism, expressing there is a difference between that and unconscious bias.
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The letters between Meghan and Charles, a source claimed, are understood to have included the identity of the senior member of the family who made the comment about Prince Archie. According to reports, both the Duchess and the King acknowledged the remark was not made with malice. Meghan also reportedly stressed in her letter that she had not intended to accuse the unnamed individual who made the remarks she flagged to Ms Winfrey of racism, but rather was raising concerns regarding unconscious bias.
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