The Royal Family has now deleted a statement from Prince Harry defending Meghan Markle from vile racist comments. The Duke of Sussex issued a statement against the press in November 2016 as he slammed certain news outlets for the "racial undertones of comment pieces". The statement was released by former Kensington Palace communications secretary Jason Knauf just days after Harry's relationship with Meghan was made public.
It remained live on the royal.uk website for more than seven years. However, the link has now stopped working, with archive data showing the statement was deleted sometime between December 3 and December 10.
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The now-deleted statement came following an article in The Mail on Sunday which read: "Harry's girl is (almost) straight outta Compton: Gang-scarred home of her mother revealed—so will he be dropping by for tea?" Kensington Palace released the statement on behalf of "the Communications Secretary to Prince Harry". It read: .