Omid Scobie’s agent did send Dutch translators manuscript naming ‘royal racists,’ despite his denials: report

Royal author Omid Scobie’s UK agent did send a manuscript to Dutch translators naming King Charles III as one of the royals accused of making racially insensitive comments, according to an insider — despite the writer’s repeated denials of any blame.

Buckingham Palace is thought to be considering legal action after the Dutch version of Scobie’s book identified the king and Kate Middleton as the two accused by Prince Harry and Meghan Markle of questioning the likely skin color of the now-exiled royal’s mixed-race children.

Scobie has given numerous interviews refusing to apologize, maintaining that the names were never in his manuscript for “Endgame: Inside the Royal Family and the Monarchy’s Fight for Survival”

However, a source insisted to the Times of London that Charles and Kate were indeed named in a draft version sent to Dutch publisher Xander Uitgevers.

Although the names were scrubbed from the final version of the 400-page tome, it is understood the translators were working from that earlier draft, the Times’ sources said.

The translators have also insisted that the names were in the book, dismissing Scobie’s claims that there must have been a “translation error.”

“As a translator, I translate what is in front of me,” Saskia Peters told the Daily Mail. 

“The names of the royals were there in black and white, I did not add them,” she said. “I just did what I was paid to do, and that was translate the book from English to Dutch.”

Nellie Keukelaar-van Rijsbergen also said, “We are professionals and we’ve done this for years, both of us.

“It’s unfair,” she told The Sun.

The book had been temporarily pulled from shelves in the Netherlands so that the references can be removed, calling it an “error” that the names were included.

A new version of the book came out in the Netherlands on Friday. 

Meanwhile, Buckingham Palace is said to be considering whether to take legal action against Scobie, the 42-year-old former advisor to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.

Palace officials will meet with aides to Prince William this week for critical talks on how to deal with the fallout from accusations of racism.

They will discuss how to respond, with “time and care” to be taken before any decisions are finalized, a source told the Sunday Telegraph.

All options are believed to be “on the table” including legal action, the source said.

“Discussions [have been] had and we’ll continue those discussions this week, but not in a crisis talks manner…

“Decisions [will be] made with care and time and professionalism rather than rushed over the weekend.”

King Charles will also discuss the situation with senior advisers, with aides saying the palace will be “business as usual” with the royals to be seen as “rising above” the scandal, aides told The Mirror.

Still, the royal family is investigating who could have leaked the letters between the King and Meghan Markle in which the names were allegedly mentioned.

Officials are confident that the leak did not come from within, saying only a “tiny handful” of people have ever seen them, according to the Mail.

Harry and Meghan have not yet commented on the scandal.

But sources close to the Duchess of Sussex — who allegedly wrote down the names in her correspondence with the king — insisted she “never intended for them to be publicly identified.”