Prince Harry 's new award deepening the rift with the royal family, a royal expert has claimed.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are set to receive the Ripple of Hope Award from Robert F. Kennedy’s daughter, Kerry, for standing up to the alleged racism they experienced while they were a part of the Royal Family.
Meghan Markle told Oprah Winfrey in a bombshell interview about the reported racism she experienced while in the fold.
The interview sparked international controversy and at the time Buckingham Palace said: "While some recollections may vary, they are taken very seriously and will be addressed by the family privately."
Royal expert Jennie Bond says that accepting this award could make the rift within the family deeper.
Speaking on Breakfast with Martin Daubney and Isabel Webster on GB News, she said: “It's put the Sussexes in a rather difficult position, I think.
“Do they say no, we don't want to even acknowledge that you're offering this award? Do we go and accept it in person? Perhaps the middle way of just accepting it, but not turning up, is something.
“I think if they do go along and accept this award on a public stage, yeah, it's going to make things even worse, the rift could be even deeper.”
"I feel very, very cross about this award is even offered to the Sussexes because by offering it, it is a tacit accusation…that there is structural racism within the royal family. I do not think that's the case.
“The Commonwealth, which is largely made up of people of colour, is hugely important, and hugely important to our late Queen and King Charles, as he made clear yesterday.”
Earlier, Kerry Kennedy recently called Meghan and Harry's interview with Oprah a "heroic stand".
She told El Confidencial : "They went to the oldest institution in UK history and told them what they were doing wrong, that they couldn’t have structural racism within the institution; that they could not maintain a misunderstanding about mental health.
"They knew that if they did this there would be consequences, that they would be ostracised, they would lose their family, their position within this structure, and that people would blame them for it.
"They have done it anyway because they believed they couldn’t live with themselves if they didn’t question this authority. I think they have been heroic in taking this step.”
The Ripple of Hope Gala awards ceremony is set to take place in New York on December 6.
