Omid Scobie says names of two 'royal racists' in Endgame's Dutch translation have been 'known for a long time' and insists he 'never submitted book with them in it'

FOR MORE ON THE ROYAL FAMILY: Don't miss our brilliant new podcast, The Crown: Fact or Fiction with Robert Hardman and Natasha Livingstone. Omid Scobie has been on ITV's This Morning to defend his book - but insisted the two names were not put in by him, before claiming they were 'widely known' It came as it was revealed that Buckingham Palace is today ‘considering all options’ - including legal action - over the royal race row stoked by Mr Scobie’s ‘poisonous’ new book on the monarchy. Royal commentator Richard Fitzwilliams said: 'It was surreal to watch Omid Scobie on This Morning answer questions about Endgame, as though he were only responsible for the English version of the book. Mr Scobie had doubled down to defend Endgame on UK TV today and refused to take the blame for the racism scandal over the naming of two royals in the Dutch translation, declaring: 'I never submitted a book that had those names in it'.' The journalist denied he was a 'mouthpiece' for the Sussexes nor their friend The prince and Meghan Markle told Oprah that a a member of Harry's family speculated about what colour Archie's skin would be when he was born In an interview with ITV's This Morning, which started with a denial that he is 'Meghan's mouthpiece', Omid offered no mea culpa or apology for the error and when asked if he was upset he said: 'I am obviously frustrated.