Meghan Markle talks about concerns regarding Archie’s skin color in the tell-all interview with Oprah
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle did not leave any stone unturned or any conversation uninitiated in their two-hour-long sit down with Oprah Winfrey.
However, the most shocking revelation, that appalled even Winfrey was Markle’s statement regarding the “concerns and conversations about how dark” her son Archie’s skin would be.
Harry had been party to “several conversations” with “family” on the topic, said Meghan.
“About how dark your baby is going to be?” asked Oprah.
“Potentially,” said Meghan, “and what that would mean or look like.”
Markle declined to name anyone on the other side of the conversation. “I think that would be very damaging to them,” she said.
“They were concerned that if he were too brown, that that would be a problem?” Oprah asked. “I wasn’t able to follow up with why,” said Meghan “but that — if that’s the assumption you’re making, I think that feels like a pretty safe one.”
Shortly after Harry’s entry into the televised conversation, Oprah asked him about what had been said.
“That conversation I’m never going to share,” Harry said. “At the time, it was awkward. I was a bit shocked.”
“Can you tell us what the question was?” Oprah asked.
“No,” said Harry. “I’m not comfortable with sharing that.”
He went on to say that the subject of future children’s appearance was raised even before their wedding. “There were some really obvious signs before we even got married that this was going to be really hard.”
Why Oprah had asked Meghan, did the royal family express reluctance to eventually grant Archie, the grandson of the future sovereign, the title of “prince”? “Do you think it’s because of his race?” Oprah asked. Meghan’s answer left little doubt of her assessment.
These revelations might come as shocking to some but ever since their wedding, these conversations were very much in place and it is not the first time that they have had to face racism.
