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Back in 2021, the Windsors were completely panicked about the Duke and Duchess of Sussex\u2019s Oprah interview, and they authorized one of the most ridiculous and clownish campaigns of character assassination I\u2019ve ever seen. One of the pieces was this one in the Times of London, in which palace sources insisted that Meghan had all of the help she needed, except that half of the staff threatened to quit as soon as Harry became engaged to a Black woman, and Meghan wanted \u201ca Beyonce way\u201d of royal stardom. Inside that piece was also this telling detail: palace staffers assigned QEII\u2019s black equerry, Lieutenant Colonel Nana Kofi Twumasi-Ankrah, to \u201cmentor\u201d Meghan. Literally, they got the one Black guy to \u201cmentor\u201d Meghan, all while they sabotaged her. Well, Omid Scobie\u2019s Endgame<\/em> repeated the story with a new wrinkle – that Meghan and her friends were like \u201cWTF\u201d when Lt. Col. Twumasi-Ankrah was assigned to mentor her. Now the Sun is repeating the story and putting a royalist spin on it.<\/p>\n Writer Omid Scobie has placed Queen Elizabeth II in the racism row. He suggests Meghan was insulted at Palace aides assigning Her Maj\u2019s black equerry to make her \u201cfeel comfortable\u201d. In his book Endgame, Scobie claims the suggested appointment of the Ghana-born Lieutenant Colonel \u201cstood out like a sore thumb\u201d.<\/p>\n An early Dutch version of the book sparked outrage after it named King Charles and Kate as the two royals accused of having \u201cconcerns\u201d about the skin colour of Harry and Meghan\u2019s son Archie.<\/p>\n In the UK edition, Scobie discusses the late Queen\u2019s equerry. He writes: \u201cWhen Palace aides told reporters, including myself, they \u2018bent over backwards\u2019 to make Meghan feel comfortable at Buckingham Palace, this included a follow-up suggestion that perhaps the Queen\u2019s 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\u2009.\u2009.\u2009.\u2009\u201d<\/p>\n But royal expert Ingrid Seward told The Sun on Sunday: \u201cIf Scobie\u2019s 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\u2019t know who she thought should be helping her but presumably not an equerry or a lady-in-waiting.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n [From The Sun]<\/p>\n Scobie did claim that Meghan and Harry turned down Lady Susan Hussey\u2019s mentorship too, which I\u2019m not actually sure I believe – think about how Meghan was likely so eager to please in the first months. If QEII offered Baroness Hussey (then QEII\u2019s most favored lady-in-waiting) as a mentor, I would assume that Meghan probably did meet with Hussey. Now, it still feels like the Hussey thing was a set-up – Hussey later bad-mouthed Meghan and Harry, and said (on the record) that the marriage would \u201cend in tears.\u201d As for Lieutenant Colonel Nana Kofi Twumasi-Ankrah, it\u2019s still insulting, and it\u2019s still crazy that these people don\u2019t realize that it\u2019s insulting. <\/p>\n Photos courtesy of Avalon Red.<\/small><\/p>\n\n
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