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The Dutch translator who worked on Omid Scobie‘s Endgame book has insisted the names of two royals accused of racism were in the manuscript she was sent - but the author says he will not apologise.
The Dutch version of Endgame was pulled from the shelves, the publisher dismissing the edition containing the names as a “translation error”.
Saskia Peeters told MailOnline she did not add the names to the Dutch version of the book, after a translated version identified the two royals accused of raising questions about the skin colour of Prince Harry and Meghan’s son before he was born.
Mr Scobie told Newsnight it was not for him to apologise because he still wanted to know what had happened.
“The buck doesn’t stop with me because there are irresponsible people in this country who’ve broken the law and repeated names that should never have been repeated, should never have been named,” he said.
“The book I edited and signed off on did not have names in it.”
TV host Piers Morgan defended his decision to identify the two members of the royal family at the centre of the furore, saying it was “blindingly obvious” they were not guilty of racism.
It’s not for me to apologise, says Scobie
“It’s not for me to apologise because I still want to know what’s happened,” Mr Scobie told Newsnight.
“The buck doesn’t stop with me because there are irresponsible people in this country who’ve broken the law and repeated names that should never have been repeated, should never have been named,” he said.
“The book I edited and signed off on did not have names in it.”
Book was ‘legalled and vetted'
Mr Scobie said his book had been legalled and vetted, and the i-s dotted and t-s crossed.
He found out on social media that the names were in the Dutch edition.
He swore “on his life and his family’s lives” that it wasn’t a publicity stunt.
‘I’m used to death threats'
Mr Scobie said he had grown used to receiving death threats.
It had been exacerbated by “a lot of the nonsense” surrounding the book, he said.
I’ve never used racism word, says Scobie
Mr Scobie insisted he had never used the word “racism”.
He said Harry and Meghan were irrelevant to the story of the royal family and there wasn’t even a chapter on them in the book.
‘Not a publicity stunt'
Omid Scobie denied the book’s being pulled from shelves in the Netherlands and the row over the names was a publicity stunt.
Scobie says experience ‘frustrating'
Mr Scobie said the row over the names was “a frustrating experience for me for a book that I was extremely proud of” and that it had been “overshadowed by an event that has caused me a lot of frustration as well”.
“I’m looking forward to finding out more about it because the version I signed off on, that’s the book that is out there today and has no names in it,” he said.
Omid Scobie is appearing on Newsnight now. We’ll bring you the latest.
Diana’s ex-butler backs Morgan
Former butler to Princess Diana Paul Burrell supported Morgan’s decision to identify the two royals accused of racism.
“The British public have a right to know which members of our royal family are being trashed by the Sussexes,” he told Piers Morgan.
Piers Morgan agreed to apologise if evidence of racism was produced.
However, he said he was confident no such evidence existed.
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2023-11-30 23:21:15Z
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