Ever since Meghan accused unnamed senior members of the Royal Family of racism in her interview with Oprah Winfrey in 2021 and Prince Harry traduced his brother and sister-in-law two years later in his tawdry memoir Spare, the Prince and Princess of Wales have bitten their tongues.
The only hint of a public reaction was when a reporter shouted a question to Prince William a few days later, referring to that Oprah sofa chat. ‘We’re very much not a racist family,’ the future king responded with clear anger in his voice.
William and Catherine have kept their counsel since then, while also having to cope with the trauma of the princess’s major abdominal surgery followed by her cancer diagnosis and treatment.