Royal author Omid Scobie’s British agent sent a manuscript to Dutch translators naming King Charles III as one of the royals accused of making racially insensitive comments, according to a source, despite the writer’s repeated denials of any blame.
Buckingham Palace is believed to be considering legal action after the Dutch version of Scobie’s book identified the king and Kate Middleton as the two accused by Prince Harry and Meghan Markle of questioning their likely skin colour. mestizo children of the now exiled royalty.
Scobie has given numerous interviews refusing to apologize, maintaining that the names were never on his manuscript for “Endgame: Inside the Royal Family and the Monarchy’s Fight for Survival.”
However, a source insisted to The Times of London that Charles and Kate were indeed named in a draft sent to Dutch editor Xander Uitgevers.
Although the names were removed from the final version of the 400-page tome, it is understood that translators were working from that earlier draft, Times sources said.
Royal author Omid Scobie has denied ever naming so-called racist royals. Omid Scobie / Instagram
The translators have also insisted that the names were in the book, dismissing Scobie’s claims that there must have been a “translation error”.
“As a translator, I translate what is in front of me,” Saskia Peters told the Daily Mail.
“The royal names were there in black and white, I didn’t add them,” he said. “I just did what I was paid to do, and that was translate the book from English to Dutch.”
Nellie Keukelaar-van Rijsbergen also said: “We are professionals and we have both done this for years.
“It’s unfair,” he told The Sun.
The book had been temporarily pulled from shelves in the Netherlands so that references could be removed, calling it an “error” that the names were included.
A new version of the book came out in the Netherlands on Friday.
Meanwhile, Buckingham Palace is said to be considering legal action against Scobie, the 42-year-old former adviser to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.
The Dutch version of the book was temporarily removed from shelves so that references could be removed. REUTERS
Palace officials will meet with Prince William’s advisers this week for critical conversations about how to deal with the fallout from racism allegations.
They will discuss how to respond, and “time and care” will be taken before any decision is made, a source told the Sunday Telegraph.
All options are believed to be “on the table,” including legal action, the source said.
“Discussions [have been] We had and will continue those discussions this week, but not in the form of crisis talks…
“Decisions [will be] done with care, time and professionalism rather than rushed over the weekend.”
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have not commented publicly on the scandal.
King Charles will also discuss the situation with senior advisers, with his aides saying the palace will continue “as usual” and the royals will be seen as “moving past” the scandal, his advisers told The Mirror.
Still, the royal family is investigating who may have leaked the letters between the King and Meghan Markle in which the names were allegedly mentioned.
Officials are confident the leak did not come from inside and claim only a “small handful” of people have ever seen them, according to the Mail.
Harry and Meghan have yet to comment on the scandal.
But sources close to the Duchess of Sussex, who reportedly noted the names in her correspondence with the king, insisted she “never intended them to be publicly identified.”
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