Prince Harry issued a rare statement in November 2016 as he defended his then-girlfriend Meghan Markle from vile racist abuse in the press - but the Royal Family has now deleted it. A statement from Prince Harry in defence of Meghan Markle regarding horrendous racist remarks has now been removed by the Royal Family. The strongly-worded statement made against press outlets for their "racial undertones of comment pieces" was issued by the Duke of Sussex back in November 2016.
The release had been managed by Jason Knauf, then the communications secretary at Kensington Palace, only a few days after Harry's relationship with Meghan became public knowledge. This declaration has been available on the Royal.uk website for over seven years but the link has now stopped working with archive data indicating that the deletion occurred between December 3 and December 10.
King Charles and Prince William were reportedly "furious" at Harry's statement and in his debut memoir, Spare, the duke claimed how the pair worried it made them look bad for not defending their wives in the same way, the Mirror reports. This now deleted statement followed an inflammatory article in The Mail on Sunday reading: "Harry's girl is (almost) straight outta Compton: Gang-scarred home of her mother revealed-so will he be dropping by for tea?" The statement issued by Kensington Palace was released on behalf of the Communication Secretary to Prince Harry with the following verbatim: "The past week has seen a line cr.
