LONDON (Portal) – Meghan, wife of Britain’s Prince Harry, on Saturday criticized British media over reports that letters exchanged with King Charles played a role in her decision not to attend his coronation, her latest confrontation with the press.
The Daily Telegraph reported Meghan has written to the current king to express her concerns about unconscious prejudice in the royal family. It said the letter was sent after her comments in a 2021 interview with Oprah Winfrey that the family had raised concerns about how dark their son’s skin would be.
It has been reported that the Duchess of Sussex did not feel that she had received a satisfactory answer to her concerns.
“The Duchess of Sussex is going about her life in the present and is not thinking about correspondence from two years ago related to conversations from four years ago,” a spokesman for Meghan said.
“Any other suggestion is wrong and frankly ridiculous. We encourage tabloids and various royal correspondents to stop the grueling circus they are creating on their own.”
Prince Harry will attend the coronation next month without Meghan, who will remain in California with the couple’s two young children. Their eldest, Archie, turns four on the same day.
Harry and Meghan stepped down from royal duties in March 2020, saying they wanted to make a new life in the United States, away from media harassment.
reporting by Michael Holden; writing from Kylie MacLellan; Editing by Jonathan OatisEditing by Jonathan Oatis
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