FILE PHOTO: Britain鈥檚 Prince Charles, Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, visit a pop-up COVID-19 vaccination center at the Finsbury Park Mosque, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in London, Britain, on March 16, 2021. Geoff Pugh/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
BRIDGETOWN 鈥� Prince Charles鈥檚 spokesman on Monday rejected a claim made in a book that the heir to the British throne had questioned what the skin tone of Prince Harry and Meghan鈥檚 child would be.
In the book, 鈥淏rothers And Wives: Inside The Private Lives of William, Kate, Harry and Meghan,鈥� author Christopher Andersen says Charles asked what the 鈥渃omplexion鈥� of the child would be.
鈥淭his is fiction and not worth further comment,鈥� Charles鈥檚 spokesman told reporters in Barbados, where Charles will take part in celebrations marking the island鈥檚 move to a republic.
According to the Page Six celebrity news website, the book relates an alleged conversation between Charles and his wife Camilla. On the morning of Harry and Meghan鈥檚 2017 engagement, Charles said: 鈥淚 wonder what the children will look like?鈥�
Camilla was apparently 鈥渟omewhat taken aback鈥� and replied: 鈥淲ell, absolutely gorgeous, I鈥檓 certain,鈥� Page Six said.
The book said Charles, lowering his voice, asked: 鈥淚 mean, what do you think their children鈥檚 complexion might be?鈥�
The book, due for release on Tuesday, stops short of claiming that Charles is the unidentified 鈥渟enior royal鈥� who Meghan in a March interview with Oprah Winfrey accused of raising concerns about how dark their son鈥檚 skin might be.
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Meghan, whose mother is Black and father is white, said her son Archie had been denied the title of prince because there were concerns within the royal family 鈥渁bout how dark his skin might be.鈥�
After the Oprah interview, the Buckingham Palace said the issues raised, particularly of race, were concerning, taken very seriously, and would be addressed by the family privately.
Andersen could not immediately be reached for comment.
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