The Royals and Race

 I was surprised and pleased about the extent to which race was explicitly discussed as what was behind much of Meghan and Harry's problems in the UK. That "tone of the baby's skin" speculative concern, expressed to Harry, first brought up by Meghan when talking alone with Oprah, really laid it out bare. Oprah's expression of shock was a little over the top, imho. I thought Meghan's alternate take--how great a symbolic meaning a darker-skinned royal could have for a Commonwealth that is 70% or more of color--allowing them to see themselves represented in the monarchy--was thought-provoking.

I wonder if Harry was glad Meghan had brought up that conversation/confrontation, whether they had decided beforehand to bring it out. I speculate he made have been uncomfortable, but maybe glad in the end it had seen the light of day. He CERTAINLY was not comfortable or willing to reveal just who initiated that discussion with him. Not the Queen--he still spoke glowingly of his grandmother. Not her husband--no way Meghan would have been moved to call on hearing of his illness. That leaves his dad and his brother--I'm thinking more likely Charles is the kind of calculating cad that would be so nervous and preserving a certain "pure" image and what others might think and say. Harry certainly acted like there is a LOT of strain in that relationship, even more so than between the brothers. What say you?