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91. He didn't say his family was racist. He said a family member had questioned them

Wed Jan 11, 2023, 10:11 PM

Jan 2023

on the potential darkness of their baby's skin.

It was the tabloids who used the term "racist," not Harry -- though I think it probably applies to some of the family members, just as it does to many white Americans.

https://news.sky.com/story/prince-harry-denies-calling-royal-family-racist-heres-what-was-said-12782957

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex previously told the US chat show host about a conversation with an unnamed member of the Royal Family about how dark their unborn baby Archie's skin would be while Meghan was pregnant.

Now, in his latest round of TV interviews, to coincide with the release autobiography Spare, Prince Harry has denied calling the Royal Family racist.

Instead, he said the word "racist" was used by the British tabloid press in the aftermath of the couple's comments.

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"Spare" beats the press at its own game: excellent review of the book & US culture... [View all] Hekate Jan 2023 OP

he was very good on colbert. i found it instructive mopinko Jan 2023 #1

I don't know that any hard-core monarchy-haters will change their minds... Hekate Jan 2023 #5

well, i sorta am, and this sure doesnt help. mopinko Jan 2023 #18

I hate the institution of Noble privilege and Royalty IbogaProject Jan 2023 #46

Well said. I'm with you. Trailrider1951 Jan 2023 #116

I watched the interview just now. He's a very impressive, articulate and witty young man. NNadir Jan 2023 #121

I'm looking forward to reading Spare. beaglelover Jan 2023 #2

Some people say Prince Harry has so many privileges... BlueCheeseAgain Jan 2023 #3

EXACTLY. pnwmom Jan 2023 #30

I have the audio book and began listening yesterday CatWoman Jan 2023 #31

I don't remember the expression he used last night to refer to their gilded cage. pnwmom Jan 2023 #32

Mahalo for that, Cat.. that's Cha Jan 2023 #56

and on top of that, cab67 Jan 2023 #37

There's a video of him exiting a car and making a mad dash to the theater for Colbert's show. gldstwmn Jan 2023 #118

It is very sad Evergreen Emerald Jan 2023 #4

Yeah, fuck that guy. He should have gone to prison for shooting those hen harriers. Coventina Jan 2023 #7

What? Demovictory9 Jan 2023 #9

When he was 23, he (or his companion) killed two extremely rare Coventina Jan 2023 #12

Ugh. 😵 Demovictory9 Jan 2023 #16

That's really scraping the bottom of the barrel, to attack him for possibly shooting the wrong bird pnwmom Jan 2023 #77

i'm kinda shocked anyone can tell a prince what they can shoot on a royal estate. mopinko Jan 2023 #122

Many People Evolve from what Cha Jan 2023 #80

And the police couldn't find any evidence that a crime had even been committed, pnwmom Jan 2023 #93

Yes, I read you post later.. Cha Jan 2023 #96

I detect inthewind21 Jan 2023 #8

I don't know what that was but Cha Jan 2023 #13

+1 BuddhaGirl Jan 2023 #47

Wow. You disagree with me Evergreen Emerald Jan 2023 #54

LOL BuddhaGirl Jan 2023 #78

I do offer...you ignore. Evergreen Emerald Jan 2023 #82

How did you feel about Prince Charles attacking his family in his official biography pnwmom Jan 2023 #87

I think it is disgusting. Evergreen Emerald Jan 2023 #90

He didn't say his family was racist. He said a family member had questioned them pnwmom Jan 2023 #91

Thanks pnwmom, you beat me to it CatWoman Jan 2023 #103

Yea can you share with us how you got this information? Maraya1969 Jan 2023 #15

Oh gawd.. that sounds like Cha Jan 2023 #20

Exactly. Maraya1969 Jan 2023 #23

"Oh gawd" Evergreen Emerald Jan 2023 #24

British Tabloid "facts". Cha Jan 2023 #25

Well, you can look at the facts as well Evergreen Emerald Jan 2023 #26

I don't care that they criticized their families Dorian Gray Jan 2023 #97

Anderson Cooper interview. mgardener Jan 2023 #39

IKR? sheshe2 Jan 2023 #55

Yes, Harry looks more like his Mum.. Cha Jan 2023 #81

Great article, Cha. sheshe2 Jan 2023 #95

I just don't understand how Cha Jan 2023 #98

Kelly Anne Conway's Book of Alternate Facts Hekate Jan 2023 #112

your many posts reqarding Harry have no basis in fact CatWoman Jan 2023 #33

+1 sheshe2 Jan 2023 #57

Thank You! Cha Jan 2023 #60

Wow. Polar opposite of my informed impression of Prince Harry. Good to hear a different perspective. keopeli Jan 2023 #35

LOL. William is the one who looks like Charles, and Harry resembles his mother more. pnwmom Jan 2023 #40

Harry looks like the Spencers mixed with Prince Philip obamanut2012 Jan 2023 #45

Good to know you read the book all the way thru & didn't skip around like some people... Hekate Jan 2023 #48

yeah CatWoman Jan 2023 #52

I've heard that the family member he really resembles most was Philip. milestogo Jan 2023 #106

.... CatWoman Jan 2023 #110

Very close resemblance. milestogo Jan 2023 #114

I think this post is awful.n/t MicaelS Jan 2023 #49

FINALLY someone on DU gets it. NameAlreadyTaken Jan 2023 #59

Is that you edhopper Jan 2023 #61

This sheshe2 Jan 2023 #62

No Ed Evergreen Emerald Jan 2023 #83

You've swallowed the UK and Murdoch smears. nt pnwmom Jan 2023 #123

Breaking News - Prince Harry says he wants his father and brother 'back' LetMyPeopleVote Jan 2023 #86

Let's be clear. Harry wrote the book to get paid. Some say $20 Million. SYFROYH Jan 2023 #6

Somehow that doesn't strike me as a hanging offense Hekate Jan 2023 #10

Not at all, but people are making this into some kind of moral stand for truth. SYFROYH Jan 2023 #21

I think he wanted to put it all out there to set the record straight. gldstwmn Jan 2023 #119

Nah.. not "clear" Cha Jan 2023 #14

What's not clear about it, Cha? Violet_Crumble Jan 2023 #137

So what if he made money. sheshe2 Jan 2023 #63

The OP discusses possible motives for Harry writing the book. SYFROYH Jan 2023 #107

My comment stands. sheshe2 Jan 2023 #108

"If you write a best-selling book, you can be a millionaire, too." Like that? betsuni Jan 2023 #113

Well, no, because one ackowledged their $$ motives, and another... SYFROYH Jan 2023 #120

Did Prince Charles acknowledge his financial motives in the 90's, pnwmom Jan 2023 #125

I have no idea. But I don't recall people treating him like a saint for telling his side... SYFROYH Jan 2023 #126

No one's treating Harry like a saint. But lots of people felt sorry for Diana pnwmom Jan 2023 #127

How many of us have to pay for lifetime security personnel? pnwmom Jan 2023 #124

Well....shit Tree-Hugger Jan 2023 #65

Along with the prestige, the Royal Family are in it for the money. pnwmom Jan 2023 #132

Of course. SYFROYH Jan 2023 #133

You implied that he only did it for the money. After living 38 years in a fishbowl, pnwmom Jan 2023 #134

Well, there was no requirement that his story be told in a for-profit book. SYFROYH Jan 2023 #135

It would have been just as damning toward the UK media and pnwmom Jan 2023 #136

He's donating to his charity for African children affected by HIV and will make more donations: betsuni Jan 2023 #140

Mahalo for this, Hekate.. I wish Cha Jan 2023 #11

Me too. Demovictory9 Jan 2023 #17

I keep seeing them as human beings. I've never envied their status; it comes with heavy baggage Hekate Jan 2023 #19

Amazing the twists and turns in Cha Jan 2023 #22

Yes, Colonial America was full of 2nd and 3rd and 4th sons, who had no place pnwmom Jan 2023 #41

I've been dodging around this thread but something you posted BumRushDaShow Jan 2023 #131

Me too. It's clear to me that the seniors in "the institution" Ilsa Jan 2023 #28

It's Unbelievable.. but it Cha Jan 2023 #53

Same here, and for the others, wishing the families united someday. Hortensis Jan 2023 #34

Who gives a flying fuck? AnrothElf Jan 2023 #27

For the most part those who see people as people? Hortensis Jan 2023 #38

Not me. I didn't care when Michael Jackson died AnrothElf Jan 2023 #50

Well, I also don't have deep-seated antagonism for people Hortensis Jan 2023 #75

Well, I also don't have deep-seated antagonism for people Hortensis Jan 2023 #76

Why the need to be so hostile to posters? obamanut2012 Jan 2023 #152

I do. Lunabell Jan 2023 #42

I do. MicaelS Jan 2023 #43

Because it's obnoxious as fuck. AnrothElf Jan 2023 #51

Then spare your tender sensibilities & learn to use Ignore & Trash Thread. Put me on Ignore... Hekate Jan 2023 #92

Completely sensible suggestion. Learning how to use the trash tool is basic! Judi Lynn Jan 2023 #149

You are more than welcome Hekate Jan 2023 #151

Jesus, calm the fuck down obamanut2012 Jan 2023 #153

I can't wait to read it. LittleGirl Jan 2023 #29

Agree. Wish them all the best. And very sorry for your loss. Joinfortmill Jan 2023 #165

I too lost a parent when I was a teenager. CottonBear Jan 2023 #167

I just downloaded Spare to my Kindle, Good timing as I just finished Matthew Perry's memoir last liberal_mama Jan 2023 #36

He is MOMFUDSKI Jan 2023 #44

For those who are horrified that Harry chose to go public with all this, pnwmom Jan 2023 #58

Holy shit! sheshe2 Jan 2023 #66

People forget. Or else they somehow think it was just fine for Prince Charles to discuss pnwmom Jan 2023 #68

Omg.. I didn't even know that.. Cha Jan 2023 #79

Good points! BuddhaGirl Jan 2023 #84

let me guess Dorian Gray Jan 2023 #100

YES. But what I don't get pnwmom Jan 2023 #102

I don't get why anybody has to make him Dorian Gray Jan 2023 #105

Yes, folks are pretty hostile to both of them obamanut2012 Jan 2023 #154

What are you struggling with? Let this not-a-progressive assist... Violet_Crumble Jan 2023 #138

You've got it backwards. Most Americans, including me, don't worship Harry and Meghan. pnwmom Jan 2023 #142

No, I don't have it backwards at all Violet_Crumble Jan 2023 #145

The Royal Family IS celebrity -- by birth, not by any achievement of their own. pnwmom Jan 2023 #148

Great reply obamanut2012 Jan 2023 #155

'Why hasn't Harry given up his ridiculous title yet?' Violet_Crumble Jan 2023 #147

This post gets at something that's kind of true Dorian Gray Jan 2023 #161

I have a theory. betsuni Jan 2023 #141

This is a very, very right-wing point of view Sympthsical Jan 2023 #144

How? betsuni Jan 2023 #146

LOL. You've just stated that Betsuni's theory is very, very right-wing. pnwmom Jan 2023 #157

Being dishonest about my position once happens. Sympthsical Jan 2023 #158

You expect me to remember your previous posts. Sorry, you're not that important. pnwmom Jan 2023 #159

Really, how is it very, very right-wing? What is laid out there? betsuni Jan 2023 #163

I think your interesting theory is valid, especially as regards America... Hekate Jan 2023 #171

What does anyone's politics have to do with whether or not they like them? Sympthsical Jan 2023 #143

Maybe you've forgotten the Declaration of Independence. pnwmom Jan 2023 #160

I think what is frustrating some people in this thread Dorian Gray Jan 2023 #162

Then they should make it clear, whenever they're criticizing the two celebrities, pnwmom Jan 2023 #169

I'm sure his position has provided many things the average person will never experience Jarqui Jan 2023 #64

The thing is, though, that there are progressives here who have been arguing pnwmom Jan 2023 #70

The British Monarchy is a relic Jarqui Jan 2023 #72

The monarchy is stupid Dorian Gray Jan 2023 #101

+1 SunSeeker Feb 2023 #174

Thanks, Hekate. sheshe2 Jan 2023 #67

Glad he got it off his chest. Xolodno Jan 2023 #69

He's donated $1.5 million to an AIDS charity already. ❤️ littlemissmartypants Jan 2023 #128

+1 betsuni Jan 2023 #130

"it is the capstone of a personal disclosure campaign that puts Lena Dunham to shame." NO. betsuni Jan 2023 #71

IMHO, the official 1995 biography of Prince Charles -- where he complained pnwmom Jan 2023 #73

Wishing to be a tampon is definitely more Lena Dunham-type personal disclosure. betsuni Jan 2023 #74

LOL, I didn't even know who Lena Dunham was. That's awful. Hekate Jan 2023 #111

These sales make me smile LetMyPeopleVote Jan 2023 #85

Yes! betsuni Jan 2023 #88

was watching some youtube clips last night of australian and british tv CatWoman Jan 2023 #89

One more proof of their willingness to gaslight the British public. pnwmom Jan 2023 #94

TY! I just searched why it's called Cha Jan 2023 #104

What are we proving that Harry is saying about us? Violet_Crumble Jan 2023 #139

I was referring to the press in general CatWoman Jan 2023 #150

TY, LMPV! I'm happy for them!💙 Cha Jan 2023 #99

I'm a third through with Audible version. tavernier Jan 2023 #109

I think Harry has the guts to take on the Tabloids.. Peacetrain Jan 2023 #115

Exactly, seeing how paedophile Prince Andrew HipChick Jan 2023 #156

It's clear to me that the media and paps would like nothing better than gldstwmn Jan 2023 #117

❤️ littlemissmartypants Jan 2023 #129

Thanks for this Joinfortmill Jan 2023 #164

Like the majority of DU'ers, I don't know Harry, Meghan or any other member of the monarchy usajumpedtheshark Jan 2023 #166

What you say supports many of the points made by the author of the article in the OP... Hekate Jan 2023 #172

There may be another book LetMyPeopleVote Jan 2023 #168

Harry and Meghan's behavior strikes me as a little peculiar. Jedi Guy Jan 2023 #170

I'll never understand the hatred for Harry and Meghan. SunSeeker Feb 2023 #173