the british royal family has responded
to
the explosive interview given by prince
harry and his wife meghan
markle in a statement the queen said she
takes their allegations of racism
seriously
millions have watched the interview
which has divided public opinion in the
uk
and around the world
buckingham palace broke its silence on
the tell
all interview a statement issued on
behalf of the queen
reads the whole family is saddened to
learn the full extent of how challenging
the last few years have been for harry
and megan
the issues raised particularly that of
race are concerning
while some recollections may vary they
are taken very seriously and will be
addressed by the family privately
the accusations that meghan markle
experienced racism after she joined the
royal family
have set off a heated debate in
it's a britain to be quite honest like
no one should be treated differently
because of
the color of their skin i think
she had saturated a bit i think
i don't think she was telling the whole
truth i don't think anyone would have
said about the baby's color
but apart from that i think maybe she
did get bullied
because it was someone different in the
royal family
being of mixed race heritage myself
i've been watching megan all along as
have most of our community
black white and indifferent so i'm not
actually surprised about the interview
i'm happy the truth was told
and i think it was a long time coming
allegations of racism towards megan are
not new
prince harry said in the interview that
racist coverage from the tabloid press
was a large part of why he and megan
left the uk
and moved to the u.s
the interview has ensured the couple are
back on
all the front pages but they say they
wanted to share their side
of the story
earlier we spoke to dw's charlotte
chelsea pill in london we asked her
whether
all this is going to do serious damage
to support for the monarchy among the
british public
yeah well you have to bear in mind that
public opinion in the uk is
is split about the royal family and that
is very clear from the polling that
you've seen
that's come out since that interview
aired in fact the majority of the
general public
feel more sympathetic with the royal
family uh than they do
uh for for the royal family than they do
for megan and harry which is
extremely interesting given the nature
of that
interview i think there are some people
who really found that it left a bad
taste in their mouths not only the way
that the
megan and harry the sussexes left the
royal family but the nature of this
interview the way it was conducted the
fact that it was done
while harry's grandfather was in
hospital for example is something that
a lot of people have talked about what
is interesting though is that
young people seem to have more sympathy
in the uk
for megan and harry than older people
this is their first taste
of a drama family drama of this
nature i mean a lot of the older
generation myself i would include in
this
remember what happened with princess
diana with with harry's mother and
and the scandal that then unfolded and
the way that the royal family had to
really
look at the way that it managed
conducted
itself uh it remains to be seen now
whether
reverberations like that will be felt
for for years to come after this
interview
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