And if finally the relationship between Prince Harry and his father King Charles III had never been easy… From birth, the eldest son of the late Queen Elizabeth II seems to have had unflattering remarks about his youngest son, Harry. This is revealed by Philip Kyle in his book Charles III (ed. Perrin). On September 15, 1984, when the one who is now the husband of Meghan Markle and the father of two children, Archie and Lilibet, has just been born, his father will have a funny remark about him. Leaving the hospital, Charles describes the baby as having pale blue eyes and hair “of an indeterminate color“. Uncomplimentary words about William’s little brother’s hair color.
Definitely, these remarks made on his physical criteria and this from birth, seemed premonitory for Prince Harry. Indeed, years later, it was the eldest son of the Duke of Sussex, Archie, who would have been the target of comments on his physique, and in particular on his skin color, as affirmed by Meghan Markle at Oprah Winfrey. And even before birth. During her interview with the presenter for CBS, in March 2021, she said that Harry would have been informed “worries and conversations (…) about how dark his skin (would be) when he (was born)“.
A redhead with an afro.
Still on this subject, the journalist Tom Bowers had designated Camilla Parker-Bowles, the mother-in-law of prince Harry, who would have allowed himself very inappropriate remarks on this subject. According to him, during a family discussion, the septuagenarian would have joked that the Sussex couple’s future baby would be “a redhead with an afro“. A joke in very bad taste, naturally very frowned upon by Meghan Markle. The palace did not comment on these allegations but close sources on the other hand said that it was all “anything“.
Today, relations between Charles III and his youngest son Harry are not settled. The official release date for the memoirs of the Duke of Sussex has been announced, for January 10, 2023, and seems to have reignited the war within the British royal family. King Charles III recently made an announcement that may well have touched his younger brother.