Royal author Omid Scobie’s UK agent has sent a manuscript to a Dutch translator naming King Charles III as one of the royals accused of making racially insensitive comments, according to insiders — although the author has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing.
Buckingham Palace is thought to be considering legal action after the Dutch version of Scobie’s book identified the king and Kate Middleton as two people accused by Prince Harry and Meghan Markle of questioning the possible skin color of the now-exiled royal’s mixed-race children.
Scobie has given numerous interviews refusing to apologise, stating that the names were never in his manuscript for “Endgame: Inside the Royal Family and the Monarchy’s Fight for Survival”
However, sources confirmed to the Times of London that Charles and Kate were indeed named in the draft version sent to Dutch publisher Xander Uitgevers.
Although the names were scrubbed from the final version of the 400-page tome, the translators are understood to have worked from the earlier draft, Times sources said.
Royal author Omid Scobie has denied ever naming the royals allegedly racist. Omid Scobie / Instagram
The translator also insisted that the name was in the book, rejecting Scobie’s claim that there must be a “translation error.”
“As a translator, I translate what is in front of me,” Saskia Peters told the Daily Mail.
“The royal name is in black and white, I didn’t add it,” he said. “I only did what I was paid to do, and that was to translate the book from English to Dutch.”
Nellie Keukelaar-van Rijsbergen also said, “We are professionals and we have been doing this for years, both of us.
“It’s not fair,” he told The Sun.
The book was temporarily pulled from shelves in the Netherlands so the reference could be removed, calling it an “error” that the names were included.
A new version of the book was released in the Netherlands on Friday.
Meanwhile, Buckingham Palace is said to be considering whether to take legal action against Scobie, the 42-year-old former adviser to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.
The Dutch version of the book was temporarily pulled from the shelves so that references could be removed. Reuters
Palace officials will meet with Prince William’s aides this week for critical talks on how to deal with the fallout from accusations of racism.
They will discuss how to respond, with “time and care” to be taken before any decision is finalised, sources told the Sunday Telegraph.
All options are believed to be “on the table” including legal action, the source said.
“Discussion [have been] has been and we will continue those discussions this week, but not in a crisis discussion way…
“Decision [will be] made with care and time and professionalism rather than a weekend rush.”
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have not commented publicly on the scandal.
King Charles will also discuss the situation with senior advisers, with aides saying the palace will “deal as usual” with royals to be seen as “escalating” the scandal, aides told The Mirror.
However, the royal family is investigating who may have leaked letters between the King and Meghan Markle in which the names were allegedly mentioned.
Officials are confident that the leak did not come from within, saying only a “small handful” of people ever saw it, according to the Mail.
Harry and Meghan have yet to comment on the scandal.
But a source close to the Duchess of Sussex – who allegedly wrote the names in her correspondence with the monarch – insisted she “never intended them to be publicly identified.”
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