Buckingham Palace says it's "exploring all options," including possible legal proceedings, following a publishing error that led to the naming of the two royals alleged to have discussed the skin color of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's son, Archie. Find out all the details in this video.
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00:00 Buckingham Palace says it's exploring all options, including possible legal proceedings,
00:04 following a publishing error that led to the naming of the two royals alleged to have discussed
00:08 the skin color of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's son, Archie.
00:13 A Palace spokesperson made the comments to the BBC on Friday in the wake of the revelations,
00:18 which named King Charles and Kate Middleton, the Princess of Wales, as the senior royals
00:22 who allegedly had conversations with Prince Harry about his and Markle's then-unborn baby.
00:27 The alleged discussions about the baby's skin color first came up in the high-profile interview
00:32 the royal couple did with Oprah Winfrey back in March of 2021.
00:35 The two royals were named in a Dutch version of journalist Omid Scobie's book Endgame
00:39 Inside the Royal Family and the Monarchy's Fight for Survival.
00:43 Scobie repeated the allegations in the original English version of his book, but did not name
00:47 names.
00:48 In an interview with the BBC on Thursday night, Scobie said he did not know how the Dutch
00:51 translation of the book came to include the names, and that a full investigation was being
00:56 carried out to find out the cause of the error.
00:58 Speaking to commercial network ITV, Scobie insisted he had never submitted a book that
01:03 had their names in it, and also claimed this.
01:05 "The reality is though, is that this is information that is not privy just to me.
01:11 Journalists across Fleet Street have known those names for a long time.
01:15 We've all followed a certain code of conduct when it comes to talking about it."
01:19 The UK has very strict libel laws, and the allegations could be deemed defamation, depending
01:24 on what a court found.
01:25 The Dutch version of Endgame that includes the names has been pulled from shelves.
01:29 A new version without the names will come out in the Netherlands on Friday.
01:32 For much more on this story, go to THR.com.
01:35 This is The Hollywood Reporter News.
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