Writer Scobie accused of ‘stunt to sell books’ over naming of race row royals

Copies of Mr Scobie’s book were pulled from the shelves in the Netherlands on publication day on Tuesday after two members of the royal family alleged to have raised “concerns” about the skin colour of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s son were named in it

Harry and Meghan say an unidentified member of the monarchy asked about how dark Archie’s skin would be (Jordan Pettitt/PA)

Author Omid Scobie has been accused of being behind a “stunt to sell books” during a television interview where he claimed never to have named the two race row royals in his expose.

This Morning co-host Craig Doyle quizzed the journalist about his royal family book Endgame, saying it seemed “bizarre” to the public two members of the monarchy, accused of racism by commentators, had been identified in the Dutch version of his book.