Richard Madeley slams Prince Harry for denying racism accusations

Richard Madeley has slammed Prince Harry after he denied accusing the Royal Family of racism.

Speaking on Good Morning Britain on Monday, the TV presenter, 66, blasted the Duke for not correcting the shocking claim – adding he ‘doesn’t buy the rewrite’.

This comes after Prince Harry denied calling the Royal Family racist on Sunday night in his bombshell interview with Tom Bradby, despite Meghan’s claim that an unnamed royal had expressed ‘concern’ about son Archie’s skin colour. 

Unimpressed: Richard Madeley has slammed Prince Harry after he denied accusing the Royal Family of racism (pictured with co-host Susanna Reid on Monday’s show) 

Richard said: ‘If we misunderstood it and it was the front page story in the world, why didn’t they correct it?

‘Why didn’t Harry or Meghan say at some point on one of their podcasts or one of the opportunities that they’ve had and say “By the way, we didn’t mean it the way you guys took it, we weren’t accusing the family of racism”.

‘Why didn’t they correct it, the day after it went out?’

Co-host Susanna Reid then interjected: ‘He blames the press for saying it was racism. He says they never said it was racism.

Controversial: This comes after Prince Harry denied calling the Royal Family racist on Sunday night in an interview with ITV’s Tom Bradby (pictured)

‘There was a clarification that was issued in the wake of that Oprah interview because the day after it went out Oprah herself told CBS that the accusation wasn’t against the Queen or the Duke of Edinburgh.’

Reflecting on the Duke’s recent claims, Richard added: ‘Sorry, I don’t buy that rewrite in the interview, there was a clear implication at the very least that there was a racist element about the skin colour of the forthcoming baby.

‘It was never corrected, it was corrected last night, but two and a half three years too late. You can’t have it both ways Harry, I’m sorry.’ 

In 2021 Harry and Meghan’s tell-all Oprah Winfrey interview was one that shocked the world. 

Angry: Richard said, ‘If we misunderstood it and it was the front page story in the world, why didn’t they correct it?’

One moment that remained in people’s minds over the years was when Oprah asked Meghan in 2021: ‘They were concerned that if he were too brown, that would be a problem? Are you saying that?’. 

Meghan responded at the time: ‘If that’s the assumption you’re making, I think that feels like a pretty safe one, which was really hard to understand, right?’

It prompted a worldwide guessing game about the senior royal who said it and hours later Harry’s estranged brother, Prince William, was forced to publicly remark that they were ‘very much not a racist family’. 

The Queen also gave a rare statement and said ‘the issues raised, particularly that of race, are concerning’ but stressed that ‘recollections may vary’.

But on Sunday night, in an interview to plug his new memoir, he told ITV’s Tom Bradby that the Royal Family is not racist. 

Confusion: Bradby a friend of Harry’s, raised the 2021 Oprah interview and said: ‘You accused members of your family of racism’ 

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Mr Bradby was visibly stunned – as were millions of viewers – by his screeching U-turn from previous incendiary claims. 

The British broadcaster, a friend of Harry’s, raised the 2021 Oprah interview and said: ‘You accused members of your family of racism.’

But Harry snapped back: ‘No I didn’t. The British press said that. Did Meghan ever mention that they’re racist?’. 

Harry then insisted the comments made about his son Archie’s skin colour were ‘unconscious bias’. Mr Bradby appeared taken aback by the answer – while experts said that Harry clearly didn’t understand the term he was now using.

Harry, promoting his autobiography Spare, asserted: ‘There was – there was concern about his skin colour.’

He was then asked: ‘Wouldn’t you describe that as essentially racist?’

Unforgettable: In 2021 Harry and Meghan’s tell-all Oprah Winfrey interview (pictured) was one that shocked the world

But the 38-year-old replied: ‘I wouldn’t, not having lived within that family.’

Harry and Meghan’s ‘tell-all’ conversation with Oprah in 2021 marked their first major interview since they stepped down as senior members of the Royal Family in 2020.

In the couple’s Netflix series Harry & Meghan, the Duke claimed:’In this family, sometimes you are part of the problem rather than part of the solution. There is a huge level of unconscious bias.

‘The thing with unconscious bias, it is actually no one’s fault. But once it has been pointed out, or identified within yourself you then need to make it right. It is education. It is awareness. It is a constant work in progress for everybody, including me.’ 

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Harry told Netflix: ‘In [the Royal Family], sometimes you are part of the problem rather than part of the solution. There is a huge level of unconscious bias’