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Meghan was raising concerns about ‘unconscious bias’
Meghan Markle has confirmed that she took part in correspondence “two years ago” about “conversations from four years ago,” after a bombshell report in the Daily Telegraph reported that she and the then-Prince Charles had exchanged letters in the wake of her and Prince Harry’s interview with Oprah Winfrey.
The Telegraph said the letters discussed the so-called “royal racist” who allegedly made a comment questioning the likely color of their then-unborn children’s skin. The correspondence was “thought to be one of the factors behind the decision” of Meghan not to attend the coronation, the Telegraph reported. “A source claimed that the letters make clear the identity of the senior member of the family who made the comment. It is understood that both the King and the Duchess acknowledged that the individual’s remark was not made with malice.”
Meghan’s side of the correspondence made clear “she had never intended to specifically accuse the individual involved of being a racist, but was raising concerns about unconscious bias,” the report said.
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