The Queen Says 'Recollections May Vary,' But Finds Meghan And Harry's Racism Allegations 'Concerning'

Following a bombshell allegation during Prince Harry And Meghan Markle’s interview with Oprah Winfrey that members of the Royal Family had concerns over how dark their son Archie Harrison’s skin would be, Queen Elizabeth II has released a statement from Buckingham Palace about the claims.

On Tuesday, two days after the highly anticipated interview between the Duke and Duchess of Sussex and Winfrey at their new California home, Buckingham Palace released a statement on behalf of the Queen in regards to the couple’s allegation that while Markle was pregnant with their son in 2019, as they were also informed he wouldn’t receive security, questions were also raised about how dark his skin might be, since his mother is mixed-race.

“So we have in tandem the conversation of he won’t be given security, he’s not going to be given a title, and also concerns and conversations about how dark his skin might be when he was born,” Markle revealed.

Both she and Prince Harry refused to share specifics about the conversations and wouldn’t reveal who raised the concerns, though Winfrey later told Gayle King that Harry did tell her the concerns weren’t raised by Queen Elizabeth or Prince Philip.

Now, two days after the interview aired in the U.S. and one day after it aired in the U.K., the Queen has stated that the concerns would be addressed, but also noted that the way the couple remembered the conversation happening may be different from how things actually happened.

“The whole family is saddened to learn the full extent of how challenging the last few years have been for Harry and Meghan. The issues raised, particularly that of race, are concerning,” the statement read. “While some recollections may vary, they are taken very seriously and will be addressed by the family privately.”

The royal family is not expected to make any other public statements about the interview, which also shed light on some of the other issues that faced the couple during Markle’s brief stint as a working royal.

Other points the couple raised were that Markle wasn’t protected from negative press the way they thought she would be, and Markle also noted that things had gotten so bad at one point that she even considered taking her own life—and her attempt to get help was rebuffed.