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Tanya Diente

UK Politician Defends King Charles III Amid Race Row Controversy

King Charles III, seen here during his coronation on May 6, 2023, was accused of being "racist" to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's son, Prince Archie. (Credit: AFP News)

A U.K. politician has defended King Charles III following claims from Omid Scobie's book that the monarch raised concerns on how dark the skin of Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's son Prince Archie would be before he was born.

Minister of State for Security Tom Tugendhat touched on the lack of evidence to prove that the monarch was one of the "racist" royals referred to by the Sussexes in their Oprah interview in 2021 during an appearance on TalkTV.

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