During a visit to a school in Stratford, the Prince of Wales was asked by a reporter: “Is the Royal Family a racist family, sir?”

William replied: “We’re very much not a racist family.” Asked whether he had spoken to Prince Harry since the Oprah interview, the royal responded: “No, I haven’t spoken to him yet but I will do.”

Now Omid Scobie claims in his new book Endgame that there was not one but two royals who made such comments. He wrote Meghan and King Charles exchanged letters in which the names of the two royals are revealed.

But the Dutch version published the two names and had to be taken off the shelves. Last night, Piers Morgan named the royals live on TV, adding he does not believe “any racist comments were ever made by any member of the Royal Family”.