Omid Scobie’s ‘racist royals’ claim branded ‘nonsense’ by Trevor Phillips who says it’s normal to discuss a baby’s skin
OMID Scobie's "racist royals" claim has been branded nonsense by Sir Trevor Phillips who says discussing a baby's skin is normal for families.
The presenter and anti-racism campaigner said loved ones often discuss whether the newborn would look like its mum or dad.
He said his family had the same discussion about his youngest grandson, and said the conversation should be seen the same as discussing the colour of a babies' eyes.
Sir Trevor was speaking after Scobie refused to apologise over the "racism" storm brewing after members of the Royal Family were named in his book.
The author of Endgame, 42, had repeatedly tried to defend himself in interviews, insisting he never named the royals in his writing.
But he's been blasted for peddling "bulls**t" excuses about how the names were included in the Dutch version.
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Early copies of Scobie's poison-filled Endgame published in the Netherlands suggested Princess Kate and King Charles were the two Royals who had made remarks about the skin colour of Harry and Meghan's first child, Archie.
Amid a growing backlash against Scobie's hatchet-job book, a senior Government minister praised the "dignity" and "grace" of Charles and Kate.
But Sir Trevor has now said such conversations around the colour of a babies' skin should not be labelled as anything more than normal.
As he previewed his Sunday show on Sky News last night, the campaigner was asked if he would be covering the Endgame scandal.
Sir Trevor said: "It's unlikely we're going to spend much time on that because I'll be absolutely frank and say I think it's a nonsense story.
"I think that there is no family of colour anywhere in the entire world where that conversation doesn't take place.
"I have a grandson who is absolutely gorgeous and delicious, I wish I could show you a photograph of him, and of course we as a family talk about is he going to look more like his mother, who looks like me, or his father, who is of Puerto Rican heritage.
"In the same way that I guess your family might talk about what hair colour, what eye colour. We all have the same hair colour.
"The thing that is different about us is skin colour."
In an interview with Oprah Winfrey in 2021, the Sussexes alleged an unnamed member of the Royal Family spoke about their son's skin colour - a story which appears to have changed a number of times.
No evidence has ever been produced and Harry subsequently said there was no allegation of "racism".
Instead, they have focused on "unconscious bias" in the Royal Family.
The row has now been drudged back up in Scobie's book - but he denies ever naming the royals.
But last night Endgame translators claimed the names were in the manuscript they were sent.
Translator Saskia Peeters claimed the version she received had the names of the royals in "black and white".
Endgame - which has been pilloried by Royal experts - claims that Meghan named the royals she accused of raising concerns over the colour of Archie’s skin in letters to the King.
In the English versions of Endgame, Scobie says UK laws prevent him from naming names.
But in two passages in a translated version in the Netherlands, the legal excuse is missing and King Charles and Princess Kate are named as the royals involved.
Piers Morgan named the royal pair on his TalkTV show on Wednesday night, saying the names were already circulating abroad.
Other media outlets, including the Guardian, New York Times and New York Post also followed suit.
