Piers Morgan is living up to his show’s name.
On Wednesday’s episode of “Piers Morgan Uncensored,” the British broadcaster revealed the names of the two royals who allegedly had “concerns” about the skin color of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s son, Archie, which were accidentally mentioned in Dutch copies of Omid Scobie’s new biography, “Endgame: Inside the Royal Family and the Monarchy’s Fight for Survival.”
According to Morgan, the names are King Charles III and Princess Kate Middleton, wife of Prince William, Harry’s older brother.
In the book, Scobie claims Markle, 42, wrote private letters to Charles, her husband’s father, naming two royals who took part in alleged “troubling” conversations surrounding her and Harry’s then-unborn son’s complexion.
In the final edition of the book — which covers the state of the British monarchy following Queen Elizabeth II’s death in September 2022 — Scobie does not name the family members who were said to have questioned the tone of Archie’s skin due to libel laws.
The published passage of the English version reads, “Even after Meghan and Charles by letter discussed about probable unconscious bias within the family after it was revealed that [redacted] took part in such conversations about Archie, [redacted] has avoided discussing the subject with [redacted].”
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However, several copies of the book that were translated into Dutch and released in Holland had the names printed.
Morgan, 58, explained to his viewers that although he doesn’t “believe any racist comments were ever made by any of the royal family,” he felt that his fellow citizens had a right to know information to which only a handful of readers from another country were inadvertently privy.
“Frankly, if Dutch people wandering into a bookshop can pick it up and see these names, then you — the British people here, who actually pay for the British royal family — you’re entitled to know, too.”
Pvnew cannot independently confirm the names that were accidentally exposed.
Meanwhile, Scobie’s publisher, Xander Uitgevers, scrambled to pull copies of the Dutch language edition of the book from shelves.
“An error occurred in the Dutch translation and is currently being rectified,” the publisher’s managing director, Anke Roelen, said in a statement, per the BBC.
Scobie also appeared on television in the Netherlands to deny he included the names of the alleged “royal racists” in any edition of his biography.
“There’s never been a version that I’ve produced that has names in it,” he insisted on the “RTL Boulevard” show.
“The book’s available in a number of languages, and unfortunately, I can’t speak Dutch, so I haven’t seen the copy for myself,” he said. “So if there have been any translation errors, I’m sure the publisher’s got it under control.”
Markle first made the allegation during her sit-down with Oprah Winfrey in March 2021.
The former actress would not say whom the alleged conversations were with, but she claimed there were “several” about the potential color of Archie’s skin.
“about how dark your baby is going to be?” a stunned Winfrey asked, prompting Markle — who is biracial — to reply, “Potentially, and what that would mean or look like.”
Asked about the alleged comments later in the interview, Harry, 39, refused to elaborate much more.
“That conversation I am never going to share, but at the time, it was awkward,” he said. “I was a bit shocked.”
Kensington Palace, Xander Uitgevers and reps for Charles, Middleton, Scobie, Markle and Harry did not immediately respond to our requests for comment.
