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Meghan Markle reveals the palace were worried about the colour of Archie's skin

"They were saying they didn't want him to be a prince." - by Jess Pullar
  • 08 Mar 2021

Meghan Markle's bombshell interview with Oprah is well under way and the former duchess is not holding back when it comes to her royal revelations. The latest update from the explosive tell-all is that the Palace were worried about how dark Archie's skin would be. 

WATCH: More details from Harry and Meghan's interview emerge

She's already revealed her baby's gender and the fact that Kate Middleton once made her cry. Now, in a much more deeply saddening revelation, Meghan tells Oprah of the preparations in the lead up to giving birth to her baby son Archie.

"We had in tandem the conversations of how he won't be given security," she said in the interview.

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Meghan revealed the Palace were worried about how dark Archie's skin would be.

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According to Meghan, Palace officials informed her that her child would not have a title, and raised "concerns and conversations about how dark his skin might be when he's born."

Oprah asks her more about this, with Meghan telling her: "That was relayed to me from Harry from conversations that family had with him."

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Meghan is not holding back in her bombshell interview.

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She added that her security concerns only deepened throughout her last few months of pregnancy.

"They were saying they didn't want him to be a prince, which would be different to protocol, and that he wasn't going to receive security. This went on for the last few months of our pregnancy," the former actress explained.

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Harry is set to join Meghan later on.

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NOTE: When Meghan references "The Firm", this is presumably those who run the administrative side of the royal family. That includes private secretaries, equerries and senior staff who control logistics and protocol.

In the Oprah interview, she also refused to name the person who commented on Archie's skin colour citing it would be too damaging for them.

Stay updated with all the latest news from the bombshell interview here. 

This article originally appeared on our sister site, Now To Love. 

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