Queen, Prince Philip weren’t those who spoke about Archie’s skin colour: Harry told Oprah after Meghan Markle interview

Meghan and Harry won’t reveal who spoke about their unborn son’s skin colour, but it wasn’t Harry’s grandparents.

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II. Picture: Ben Stansall/AFP

The Queen and Prince Philip were not part of the conversations about the skin tone of Prince Harry and Meghan’s child, it has been revealed.

Oprah Winfrey, who conducted the explosive two hour interview said Prince Harry had not told her who the person was, but he had told her it wasn’t his grandmother nor his grandfather.

The new information narrows down the possibilities of who may have spoken to Harry about his future children’s skin colour. But while the new information has eliminated the two most senior members of the Royal Family, in the process it has cast aspersions on his closest relatives, such as Prince Charles, Prince William, Kate or one of his cousins.

Earlier in the interview Meghan said one of the Royals had a conversation with Harry about the colour any children of the couple might be and the implications of what that might be.

She didn’t reveal the name of the person because “it would be very damaging’”.

She also appeared to allude that because her baby was mixed race that it was denied being called a Prince, and that he wouldn’t have access to security arrangements.

Later, Ms Winfrey questioned Harry about the claims where he confirmed the “awkward” conversation but declined to speak further about it.

Queen, Prince Philip ruled out

Later Ms Winfrey told her friend Gayle King – whose backyard in California was used for the filming of the interview – that while Harry didn’t want to share the identity of that person he conversed with, “he wanted to make sure that I knew and if I had the opportunity to share it, it wasn’t his grandmother or grandfather that were part of those conversations”.

She added while he ruled those two out, “he didn’t tell me who were part of those conversations”.

A selection of British newspaper publications in response to the Meghan and Harry tell-all. Picture: Chris Jackson/Getty Images

In another unseen clip Harry said the Queen had previously invited him to Sandringham but when they arrived in London an aide for the monarch told him, via his private secretary, that “the Queen is busy, busy all week, do not come up here’’.

He said: “I didn’t push because I knew what was going on. When you are head of the firm people give you advice, and what makes me sad is that some of that advice has been really bad.”

Racist attitudes ‘a large part’ of why they left

Harry also doubled down on blaming the UK media and British society for being racist, saying those attitudes were “a large part of it” in leaving the Royal Family for California.

Harry is seen discussing racism and saying that if the source of information is inherently corrupt or racist or biased then that filters out into society.

The remarks come after he and wife Meghan had discussed racist undertones in the Royal Family, such as one family member having an awkward discussion with Harry about the colour of his children with Meghan, and Meghan blaming their racism for Archie not being titled as a Prince.

Asked whether they left the UK because of racism, Prince Harry told Oprah Winfrey it was “a large part of it”.

Prince Harry said he had attended a fundraising dinner for his Sentebale charity where a friend warned him about racism in the UK.

“This person said to me ‘please don’t do this with the media, they will destroy your life’ … This person is friends with all the editors and other,” Harry said.

“I said ‘elaborate on that’, but I knew.

“He said: ‘You need to understand that the UK is bigoted’. I stopped and I said the UK is not bigoted’. I said ‘the UK press is bigoted, and specifically the tabloids, is that what you mean’?

“He said: ‘No, the UK is bigoted’. I said ‘I completely disagree but unfortunately if the source of information is inherently corrupt or racist or biased then that filters out into society’.”

‘Rude and racist are not the same’

Meghan also insisted “rude and racist are not the same”, saying the pressure she faced from the British tabloids, and social media was exacerbated because she was not British.

She said Kate being called “Waity Katy” while waiting for William to marry her would have been “very hard”.

But she said: “it is not the same and if a member family said they had to deal with things rude, then rude and racist is not the same”.

She said her press team then did not defend them.