“ If any of them were aware of those names then the original source could only be someone who was actually involved in the conversations.”
Not necessarily. It could come from anyone with first, or second hand, access to the conversations or to the letters - on both sides, or could come from any aide overhearing it and leaking it. (I believe Byline Times are currently investigating another leak - that they alleged occurred between an aide of William’s - via a middle man - and Dan Wootton etc..)
“Whichever it is I have a feeling it's not going to do H&M any favours. Surely if they are confident in their accusations they should just come out and confirm what was said and to whom instead of all the insinuations.”
It’s not doing anyone any favours. Although, i don’t agree with them people that are demanding Meghan &Harry speak out about this now. Meghan has shown us her hurt - caused by conversation re ‘concerns’ about her future offsprings’ looks. Meghan has also since indicated that she’s moved on, she’s put it behind her, I believe. I think there was a statement of hers back in April? Plus, she’s left and is unlikely to return. She doesn’t have to keep answering to her experiences while in Britain. When she spoke out in the Oprah interview, I think it was wise of her to not name names. It gave the other side the chance to sort it. They didn’t. People keep bringing it up because it’s not sorted, and because the attitudes of those within the RF in regard to race matter very much.
The original conversation occurred during the late Queen’s reign, but I think the Queen had reached a point in her life when she was too old to even begin to sort this. Charles wrote letters apparently but that seems about it. The bigger questions surrounding racism and the British Monarchy’s historical participation in the forms it took in the past remain, and the discussions about the benefits they derived from that past, and still benefit from in the present, keep reoccurring and don’t look like stopping. Indications are that it is going to get louder.
Yesterday, Piers Morgan announced which royals were named in the ‘Dutch version’ of the book, but then said the names were not correct, that it wasn’t them who said it. he So given this, we know no more than we did before the publishing and pulping of the Dutch version of Endgame re these conversations/concerns. Even if Omid Scobie did write what it’s claimed by some that he wrote - and which he’s denying - according to Morgan, Scobie got it wrong. This indicates in an other way that neither Harry nor Meghan are Scobie’s source.
So the question still remains ‘who said it, and what did they say?’ We are no closer to knowing who.
Imo, it’s time for Charles as Monarch, and head of the royal family, to speak to this now. Debate of the conversations re ‘concerns’ about Meghan’s future offsprings physical features is wrong, but it’s also a part of a larger conversation. This could be a link to that larger conversation. It will continue to crop up if Charles doesn’t speak to it and to the larger questions. Charles is Head of State to a number of countries formerly colonised by the British government in the name of a series of British Monarchs. And Britain is increasingly multicultural. He really should make some sort of statement in my opinion.
(when I say ‘larger questions’, I’m not minimising Meghan’s experiences. They are an example of the everyday things that form the bigger things).