END SHAME
Omid Scobie refuses to apologise over naming of royals in ‘racism’ storm and moans Endgame has been ‘overshadowed’
Scobie repeatedly insisted he had not named the royals in the book - but he's been dubbed a liar
OMID Scobie has 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.
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In one interview he was close to tears as he denied he was just a mouthpiece for Meghan Markle and Prince Harry and claimed he was a victim of unfair treatment.
But he's been blasted for peddling "bulls**t" excuses about how the names were included in the Dutch version.
And last night its 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".
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.
As the Princess and Prince William put on a united front last night as they attended the Royal Variety Performance, Scobie was sitting down for another interview.
Speaking to Victoria Derbyshire on BBC's Newsnight, the author said he didn't feel the need to say sorry to the Royal Family, or Kate and the King.
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Scobie said: “It’s not for me to apologise because I still want to know what’s happened."
The author also repeatedly insisted he did not write the names in the book.
He said: “We have a full investigation going on into the series of events that happened.
“I’m looking foward to finding out more about it because the English version of the book, the only one I know, the version that I signed off on, that’s the book that’s out there today - that’s the book that has no names in it."
The author went on to say he thought "the names aren’t needed to have this discussion".
Scobie also complained his book had been "overshadowed" by the row.
He insisted: "A book that was so heavily vetted, legalled, Is dotted, Ts crossed and a book that I was extremely proud of, now completely overshadowed by an event that’s caused me a lot of frustration as well."
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.
PUBLICATION 'PROBE'
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.
On ITV's This Morning yesterday, Scobie doubled down and insisted he never named the royals.
He claimed he had "never submitted a book that had their names in it".
He also denied that the Dutch farce was part of a publicity stunt and said "an investigation" had begun into what happened.
He said: "I had never submitted a book that had their names in it, so I can only talk about my version.
“I wrote and edited the English version of the book with one publisher.
"That then gets licensed to other publishers. I can’t speak Italian, German, French, Dutch or any of the other languages that it’s come out in.”
'BULLS***'
He also denied he was ";Meghan’s mouthpiece" or "cheerleader" and was close to tears as he complained that he had been treated unfairly.
But a furious Piers immediately blasted the claims as "bulls***", and slammed Scobie a "lickspittle liar".
He's also invited the author to come on his show, adding: "How else did the Dutch version get printed with those explosive details?
"He wouldn’t know the truth if it slapped him."
Piers then wrote: "Must be very frustrating when some random person in the Netherlands decides to insert passages naming and racist-shaming King Charles and the Princess of Wales in your own book, and you have no idea how that happened."
The TalkTV pundit first revealed Kate and the King as the named royals in his show on Wednesday, but said he didn't believe "any racist comments were ever made".
BRITS 'ENTITLED TO KNOW'
He said: "I'm going to tell you names of the two senior Royals who are named in that Dutch version of this book.
"Because frankly if Dutch people wandering into a book shop can pick it up and see these names, then you British people here who actually pay for the British Royal Family.
"You're entitled to know too.
"And then we can have a more open debate about this whole farrago.
"Because I don't believe any racist comments were ever made by any of the Royal Family.
"And until there is actual evidence of those comments being made I will never believe it.
"But now we can start the process of finding out if they ever got uttered, what the context was, and whether there was any racial intent at all.
"Like I say I don't believe there was. The royals who were named in this book are King Charles and Catherine Princess of Wales."
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.
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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.
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