Meghan was "insulted" after Queen offered him a royal black assistant, said a new book
The Royal Omid Scobia expert writes at the end of the game that the actor refused the gesture.
As Meghan Markle transitioned to be a member of British royal family , his mother-in-law would have made an offer received as insulting by the former actor. Expert royal Omid Scobia asks in his new book, Endgame: within the royal family and the combat of the monarchy for survival , that Queen Elizabeth II offered Markle the services of its black team, lieutenant-colonel Nana Kofi Twumasi-Aannée , to make it more comfortable in its new role. The author says that the gesture has rather had the opposite effect.
In relation: Meghan Markle has just shared a rare photo of son Archie .
"When Palace Aid said to journalists, of which I" lean "so that Meghan feels comfortable at the Buckingham Palace, this included a monitoring suggestion according to which the lieutenant-college of the cavalry of 'Ghanaian origin of the Queen should perhaps be the only one to help Meghan, "writes Scobia ( via The sun ). "Although a charming and intelligent man, he stands out like a sore thumb for Meghan and his friends." The sun also noted that Scobia indicates that Markle has been insulted.
Twumasi-Ankrah has become the First black man to name an equiry of the Queen in 2017. Before that, he was the first black man to be part of the domestic cavalry - the body of the monarch. According to NBC News, "an Equiry is an officer of the royal house who would generally help a member of the royal family".
By Page six , Scobia writes that The suggestion that Twumasi-Ankrah helps Markle was probably due to the "lack of black personnel or other non-black" in "relevant superior roles". The writer reports that a friend told Markle: "I doubt Kate Middleton] He was offered an Equiry [to get advice]. ""
Markle had already been proposed The help of Lady Susan Hussey , but refused suggestion. According to Daily mail , in the book Palace papers , author Tina Brown wrote: "The blatant but tacit problem was that none of these experienced palaces hands were women of color. As for the lady waiting for the queen use for an American 38 -year -old biracial actress trying to sail in the Perfid palace system? "" AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB
Hussey ended up resigning of his position in the royal house in 2022 after asking racist questions to NGOZI FULANI , the black founder of a charitable organization, during an event. The palace described comments as "unacceptable and deeply regrettable", as indicated by the BBC.
Expert royal Ingrid Seward said The sun , "If the scobia's account is correct, we offered her the lady Susan Hussey and refused it. Then, she was offered the team of Ghanaian origin to the queen. I don't know who she thought should 'Help but probably not a pending team or lady. "
The news of the palace trying to appoint Twumasi-Ankrah to work with Markle comes in the middle Another assertion involving the race of the Duchess of Sussex In Scobia's book. In an interview in 2021 with Oprah Winfrey , Markle and Prince Harry said that members of the royal family asked what would be the color of their children's skin, since Harry is white and Markle is half white and half black. Scobia said that he knew what people had made this comment but that he would not reveal their identity.
However, a Dutch version of the book would have been printed this name King Charles III And Middleton as Royals in question. Scobia initially denied having ever written a project that included their names but later written For Inews, an "early and not" version of the manuscript was sent to the Dutch publisher without his knowledge.
As reported by the BBC, the publisher Xander Uitgevers responded to OP-ED , "Explanation of Omid Scobia in his column in Inews on the Dutch editorial process of the Dutch edition of End of Game is factually incorrect and we do not recognize ourselves in its representation of events. ""
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