Race, royalty, reckoning: Britain’s Prince William defends family against bigotry claims
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Race, royalty, reckoning: Britain’s Prince William defends family against bigotry claims

LA Times  

Prince William says the British royals are ‘very much not a racist family’ following accusations of racism in Meghan and Harry’s bombshell TV interview. On Thursday, Harry’s elder brother, Prince William, second in line to the throne, addressed the most explosive of their depictions of royal life, telling reporters: “We’re very much not a racist family.” The couple’s account of a suffocating existence, punctuated by racial cruelties large and small, drew an enormous audience on both sides of the Atlantic. Why not the palace?” After the interview aired Sunday in the United States and Monday in Britain, the palace issued a 61-word statement Tuesday saying, in part, that “issues raised, particularly that of race, are concerning.” Critics said that did not go far enough in acknowledging deeply rooted prejudice. In the interview, Harry said racism directed against his wife, primarily in tabloid reports that went unanswered by the palace, was a “large part” of why the two chose to leave Britain.

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