These are turbulent times that King Charles and Catherine, Princess of Wales, are currently having to endure. In Omid Scobie’s new book they are exposed as the so-called “racist royals”. How this could happen remained a mystery… until now.
This is not how King Charles, 75, Prince William and Catherine, Princess of Wales, both 41, imagined the end of this year would be. “Endgame”, the explosive tell-all book by Omid Scobie, 42, not only shocks the British royal family with new serious allegations, but also reveals names that should actually remain secret forever.
Catherine, Princess of Wales and King Charles in the firing line
We are talking about those people who, according to the Duchess of Sussex, were concerned about the skin color of the unborn baby before the birth of Prince Archie, 4. Meghan and Harry never revealed the names, but emphasized in their Oprah interview that they were not Queen Elizabeth, †96, or Prince Philip, †99. Since then, there has been speculation about the so-called “racist royals.” But that has now come to an end. The Dutch version of “Endgame” contains passages that cannot be found in the English version. On various sites, King Charles and Catherine, Princess of Wales are named as the senior royals who are said to have spoken about the Sussexes’ unborn son. This is confirmed by, among others, the Dutch journalist and royal expert Rick Evers, who has the relevant review copy.
Scandal author Omid Scobie speaks plainly about revelations
Now the author of the much-discussed tell-all book is finally shedding light on the darkness. In a column for the online portal “I News” that he published on December 8th, he explains how the names were accidentally revealed. “Unbeknownst to me at the time, an early, unresolved text was provided to the Dutch publisher so that they could begin the translation, with the understanding that the translation would be adapted to the final version of the book, which I officially published had submitted,” he describes the events that apparently led to the faux pas with devastating consequences.
He also asserts that he can say with certainty that he “carefully edited the text and sought independent legal advice,” and that the finished book he submitted was not the version published in the Netherlands.
Dutch publisher takes a stand
The Dutch publisher led by Xander Uitgevers However, Scobie suggests that his recent statements are incorrect. “Omid Scobie’s statement in his column about the Dutch editorial process of ‘Eindstrijd’ [der niederländische Titel von “Endgame”, Anmerkung der Redaktion] is factually incorrect and we do not recognize ourselves in his story,” explains the publisher, according to a tweet from journalist Rick Evers.
He also added that he was “not allowed to say anything about the content.”
Omid Scobie insists on his innocence – and swears on his life
The explosive allegations, which plunged the Royal Family into a deep crisis, were immediately stopped. Xander, the publisher of the Dutch “Endgame” translation, immediately stopped selling the book in the Netherlands, claiming it was a “mistake”. An official statement from the publisher said: “We are temporarily withdrawing Omid Scobie’s book from sale. An error has occurred in the Dutch translation, which is currently being corrected.”
Omid Scobie himself quickly denied responsibility for the events and emphasized on the talk show “RTL Boulevard” shortly after the error became known: “The book is in several languages, and unfortunately I don’t speak Dutch. But if there are translation errors, I am sure “I’m sure the publishers will have it under control. I wrote and edited the English version. There’s never been a version I’ve produced that has names in it.” His new column now makes it clear that this statement was not true. In the English version of the book, Scobie writes that he knows the characters’ identities, but that “laws in the UK prevent him from saying who they are.” This addition is missing in the version available to Rick Evers, among others.
Omid Scobie
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In various interviews, Omid Scobie initially continued to insist on his innocence. He is “hurt” by the allegations and dismisses them as conspiracy theories from people who want to believe that he is “in cahoots” with Meghan. “It couldn’t be further from the truth,” the author explained, reiterating that he is not friends with Meghan and Harry. He further refused to apologize for the racism scandal he caused, claiming: “I’m just as frustrated as everyone else. In the book that I wrote, that I edited, that I signed, There were no names in it.” He swore “on my life, on the life of my family” that he had nothing to do with it.
On BBC Two’s Newsnight’s Victoria Derbyshire’s comment that in “some version […] “The names must have been registered” and “the wrong version may have gone to the people responsible for rights around the world,” Omid Scobie did not initially respond.
The translator of the version emphasizes: “I didn’t add it”
However, Saskia Peeters, who translated the book from English into Dutch, emphasized to the Daily Mail: “As a translator, I translate what I have in front of me. The names of the royals were there in black and white. I didn’t add them . I only did what I was paid to do, and that was translating the book from English to Dutch.” She couldn’t understand why the author of the book denied having written the names in the manuscript. “I don’t know why he said that. I’ve been translating for many years. This is the first time something like this has happened. I didn’t want to be involved in something like that. It shocked me. I don’t want to talk about it anymore. “
Confidants of Duchess Meghan speak out
Just like Buckingham Palace, which has not yet commented on the revelations, but is examining all options, according to British royal experts. Insiders close to Duchess Meghan claimed that the former actress had nothing to do with the leak and never wanted the names to become public.
Sources used: dailymail.co.uk, telegraph.co.uk, twitter.com, inews.co.uk