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Caroline Davies

What is the royal race row and why is it back in the news?

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L-R: Harry, William, Charles, Meghan and Catherine walk down the aisle of Westminster Abbey
L-R: Harry, William, Charles, Meghan and Catherine attending a service at Westminster Abbey, in London, in 2020. Photograph: Reuters

The royal race row that erupted more than two years ago, when the Duke and Duchess of Sussex told Oprah Winfrey that a member of the royal family had remarked on Prince Archie’s skin colour before he was born, has simmered ever since. Now it has exploded once more as the Dutch version of a new book appears to have named King Charles and the Princess of Wales as family members alleged to have made such remarks.

What did the Sussexes allege in their 2021 interview?

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