Queen Elizabeth II will begin private questioning by royal elders over guilty allegations of racism, while her 99-year-old husband, Prince Philip, spends her 23rd day in hospital after heart surgery, according to the reports.
The 94-year-old monarch has said the alarming claims of grandson Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan Markle, during his interview with Oprah Winfrey will be “addressed by the family in private”.
Sources told Sun that he would begin to face the main royals individually over the allegations, including Harry himself.
The main focus will be on Harry’s allegation that at least one family member raised concerns about the “darkness” their mixed-race children would have, which the queen called particularly “worrying.”
Harry struggled to tell Oprah that neither the queen nor her husband, Philip, had made the racial charge statement.
But the monarch will interview all other members of the royal family, the Sun said, including Harry’s father, heir to the throne to Prince Charles, who is reportedly “deeply” concerned about claiming skin color. .
“It goes against everything the Prince of Wales believes,” a source told the Evening Standard, using Charles ’formal title. “He believes that diversity is the strength of our society.”
Among others, Prince William, Harry’s brother, and his wife, Kate, are likely to be interviewed, Sun said.
However, some royal experts believe the queen’s claim that “memories may vary” suggests that she already knows who made the inflammatory comment.
“Clearly he has spoken to the person who allegedly made the statement about Archie and they have given him his version of the facts,” its real author Phil Dampier told Sun.
The drama comes as the family faces continued stress from Philip’s prolonged hospitalization for heart problems.
Philip, who should have turned 100 in June, was admitted to private King Edward VII Hospital in London on 16 February as a “precautionary measure” after feeling unwell.
He was later taken to St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, where he had “successful” heart surgery earlier this month.