Omid Scobie drags the Queen into racism row & suggests Meghan Markle was insulted at aides assigning

WRITER Omid Scobie has placed Queen Elizabeth II in the racism row.

He suggests Meghan was insulted at Palace aides assigning Her Maj’s black equerry to make her “feel comfortable”.

In his book Endgame, Scobie claims the suggested appointment of the Ghana-born Lieutenant Colonel “stood out like a sore thumb”.

An early Dutch version of the book sparked outrage after it named King Charles and Kate as the two royals accused of having “concerns” about the skin colour of Harry and Meghan’s son Archie.

In the UK edition, Scobie discusses the late Queen’s equerry.

He writes: “When Palace aides told reporters, including myself, they ‘bent over backwards’ to make Meghan feel comfortable at Buckingham Palace, this included a follow-up suggestion that perhaps the Queen’s Ghanaian-born household cavalry officer Lieutenant Colonel Nana Kofi Twumasi-Ankrah should be the one to help Meghan.

Though a charming and intelligent man, it stood out like a sore thumb to Meghan and her friends...”

But royal expert Ingrid Seward told The Sun on Sunday: “If Scobie’s account is correct, she was offered Lady Susan Hussey and turned her down. Then she was offered the Ghanaian-born equerry to the Queen.

“I don’t know who she thought should be helping her but presumably not an equerry or a lady-in-waiting.”

Scobie says Meghan was not his direct source.

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