{"id":204077,"date":"2021-03-09T12:15:07","date_gmt":"2021-03-09T17:15:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=204077"},"modified":"2021-03-09T12:15:08","modified_gmt":"2021-03-09T17:15:08","slug":"meghan-markles-father-speaks-out-defends-royals-against-racism-accusations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/meghan-markles-father-speaks-out-defends-royals-against-racism-accusations\/","title":{"rendered":"Meghan Markle\u2019s Father\u00a0Speaks Out, Defends Royals Against Racism Accusations"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmeghan-markles-father-speaks-out-defends-royals-against-racism-accusations%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=204077&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Markle-1.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Duchess of Sussex Meghan Markle\u2019s father said Tuesday that he does not believe the royal family is racist, pushing back against his daughter\u2019s claims she made during an interview with Oprah Winfrey that aired Sunday on CBS.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas Markle, who is estranged from his daughter, told British network&nbsp;ITV on Tuesday that he has \u201cgreat respect for the royal family.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think Los Angeles is racist,\u201d he said, Reuters reported. \u201cCalifornia is racist, but I don\u2019t think the Brits are.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fox News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/markles-father-says-british-royals-are-not\">noted<\/a>&nbsp;that Thomas was possibly singling out California because Markle and her husband Duke of Sussex Prince Harry now live in Montecito.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe thing about what color will the baby be or how dark will the baby be,\u201d Thomas said. \u201cI\u2019m guessing and hoping it\u2019s just a dumb question from somebody, you know, it could just be that simple. It could be somebody asked a stupid question. Rather than being a total racist.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Most notably from the Sunday interview, Markle and Prince Harry lobbed unspecific allegations of racism against the royal family.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMarkle made the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/world\/meghan-accuses-royal-family-perpetuating-falsehoods-explosive-oprah-interview-n1259899\">explosive charge<\/a> that someone inside the royal family had told her husband Prince Harry while she was pregnant with their son Archie that they were concerned about how dark the skin of the child would be,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/markle-tells-oprah-royal-family-expressed-concerns-about-skin-color-of-her-son\">The Daily Wire<\/a> reported Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Markle said her husband \u201chad spoken to a close family member on the subject of their future child\u2019s skin color,\u201d according Oprah Magazine.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat conversation I\u2019m never going to share. But at the time, it was awkward, I was a bit shocked. I\u2019m not comfortable sharing it,\u201d the prince reportedly said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey were concerned that if he were too brown that that would be a problem?\u201d Winfrey asked. Markle responded, \u201cI wasn\u2019t able to follow up. If that\u2019s the assumption you\u2019re making\u2026that would be a safe one.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Markle\u2019s suggestion that the&nbsp;couple\u2019s son Archie was denied the title of \u201cprince\u201d because he was mixed-race, however, doesn\u2019t seem to add up.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/meghan-claims-racism-prevented-archie-from-being-a-prince-the-rule-barring-his-title-dates-to-1917\">Emily Zanotti<\/a> reported Monday that a rule barring Archie\u2019s title dates back to&nbsp;1917:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>But the rule barring great-grandchildren of the sovereign, in this case, Queen Elizabeth, from being titled dates back much further than Archie\u2019s birth. In fact, the rule goes back to King George V who, in 1917 \u2014 more than 100 years before Archie was born \u2014 who issued \u201cletters patent\u201d \u2014 a royal order \u2014 decreeing that just children and grandchildren would be able to use \u201cprince\u201d or \u201cprincess\u201d and the honorary \u201cHRH,\u201d or \u201chis or her royal highness.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThe grandchildren of the sons of any such Sovereign in the direct male line (save only the eldest living son of the eldest son of the Prince of Wales) shall have and enjoy in all occasions the style and title enjoyed by the children of dukes of this realm,\u201d the order reads<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Related:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/meghan-claims-racism-prevented-archie-from-being-a-prince-the-rule-barring-his-title-dates-to-1917\">Meghan Claims Racism Prevented Archie From Being A Prince. The Rule Barring His Title Dates To&nbsp;1917.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Duchess of Sussex Meghan Markle\u2019s father said Tuesday that he does not believe the royal family is racist, pushing back against his daughter\u2019s claims she made during an interview with &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2310354,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Markle-1.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Meghan Markle\u2019s Father\u00a0Speaks Out, Defends Royals Against Racism Accusations","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-204077","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Markle-1.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Meghan Markle\u2019s Father\u00a0Speaks Out, Defends Royals Against Racism Accusations","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204077","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=204077"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204077\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2310354"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=204077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=204077"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=204077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}