Controversial Omid Scobie book about royal family pulled from shelves in the Netherlands
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA new royal book has been pulled from shelves in the Netherlands amid reports it named a member of the monarchy said to have raised questions about the skin colour of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s son Archie before he was born.
Xander Uitgevers, which has published the Dutch version of Endgame, by US-based British journalist Omid Scobie, said on Tuesday it was “temporarily withdrawing” it from bookshops in the country.
It added in a statement on its website: “An error occurred in the Dutch translation and is currently being rectified.” In the book, Mr Scobie makes several claims about how and why the Duke and Duchess of Sussex stepped back from being working royals.
Among those is the claim two people, named in private letters between Charles and Meghan, raised questions about Archie’s skin colour. READ MORE: Met Office says when and where snow will fall in UK as freezing temperatures hit READ MORE: Huge emergency response and boat units called to canal as two men rescued and taken to hospital In the English language version of the book, Mr Scobie writes: “But in the pages of these private letters, two identities were revealed.
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