Meghan Markle has denied reports about not attending the King's coronation because of a letter she sent expressing concern over unconscious bias in the royal family.
The Duchess of Sussex rejected claims made in the broadsheet newspaper Daily Telegraph over the weekend.
According to the Telegraph, the letter was sent to Charles, who was then Prince of Wales, following Harry and Meghan's appearance on the Oprah Winfrey Show in March 2021.
In the interview, Meghan, 41, made a number of incendiary allegations, including claims that a member of the royal family had speculated about how dark their unborn son's skin would be.
The newspaper's source claimed the exchange is part of the reason why the former Deal or No Deal briefcase model is not attending the coronation on May 6, saying she feels she did not receive a satisfactory response to her concerns.
A spokesperson for Meghan said: "The Duchess of Sussex is going about her life in the present, not thinking about correspondence from two years ago related to conversations from four years ago.
"Any suggestion otherwise is false and frankly ridiculous."
The paper had reported that Meghan's letter was sent in response to a letter from Charles, in which he expressed his sadness over the split within the family.
The letters are also said to make clear the identity of the senior royal who made the comment, with both Meghan and Charles acknowledging the remark was not made maliciously, according to the paper.
In her interview Winfrey, the former actress claimed there had been several conversations within the royal family about how her son would look.
She explained how conversations were being had about how Archie, now three, would not be a prince or afforded royal protection.
"In the months when I was pregnant, all around the same time, so we have in tandem the conversation of he won’t be given security, he’s not going to be given a title, and also concerns and conversations about how dark his skin might be when he’s born,” Meghan told Winfrey.
The host asked: "They were concerned that if he were too brown, that would be a problem. Are you saying that?”
The Duchess responded: "If that’s the assumption you’re making, I think that feels like a pretty safe one, which was really hard to understand, right?”
It led to widespread accusations that she was calling out racism within the royal family leaving the Windsors open to attack.
Within 48 hours of the interview being aired, it led William to be asked, “Are you a racist family?” while the Queen was forced to make a rare statement saying, "Recollections may vary”.
Since the Winfrey interview, Harry has denied the couple accused members of the royal family of being racist.
Speculation has been rife over why Meghan has chosen not to attend the coronation with Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet.
However, May 6 will also see the couple's son turn four.
It is claimed although Harry will attend his father's ceremony, he will fly back to the couple's Californian home to be with Archie immediately after the service.
