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Who is Omid Scobie? Author of Endgame which ‘named royal racists’

Source: This Morning/ITV

Controversy has once again befallen the royal family following the release of Omid Scobie’s book Endgame.

Copies of the royal author's second book were pulled from the shelves in the Netherlands after they were found to have named two members of the royal family alleged to have raised “concerns” about the skin colour of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s son Archie.

The claims were initially made against one senior royal in Harry and Meghan’s explosive interview with would be “too damaging for them”.

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