If you remember anything from Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s 2021 sit-down interview with Oprah Winfrey, it’s likely the sensational accusation that someone within the royal family had “concerns” about the skin tone of the Sussexes’ newborn baby. Since the interview, there have been tabloid rumors that the “racist” skin tone comment came from Princess Anne. But according to the Dutch edition of a newly released book about the royals, which has since been pulled from shelves in the Netherlands, the melanin speculations came from Princess Catherine and King Charles.
The latest racism allegations against Charles add to decades of persistent public backlash and media criticism the king has faced. Charles fought tooth and nail for legitimacy and public approval ever since news broke that he had cheated on the “people’s princess,” Diana, for years before their divorce. Immortalized as a victim of Charles after her untimely death, Diana’s memory has only made things worse for the new king, especially after he controversially turned his mistress, Camilla Parker Bowles, into the queen of England.
One issue that Charles has always clung to over the years as a way to virtue signal and cope with negative attention from the press is environmentalism. Today, it’s no different. A day after the racism allegations broke, Charles met with “global and Commonwealth indigenous leaders to hear about the use of traditional knowledge, alongside scientific knowledge, to address the climate and nature crises” at the annual COP28 climate conference. The king also met with “female climate leaders working to address
