Per Oprah on CBS Morning just now, Harry told her

[avebury]

that it was not the Queen or his grandfather who raised the skin tone issue.

Both Harry and Meghan refused to identify who it was and that it would be very damaging if the person was identified.

While it would be damaging if it were Charles, he has had so many scandals I don't think that it would reach extremely damaging for him.

Now if it were William or Kate it absolutely would be very damaging because they are viewed as the future of the monarchy and Kate is not viewed very favorable. I would hope that with Kate's love for children it would not be her. But William has become such a stick in the mud I could see him saying it.

The fact that this has now become a big guessing game will not cause this issue to go away.

[Iliyah]

1. Hopefully this issue and others will . . .

sincerely open doors for better understanding that all human beings are as one. Apparently our species came from the same beginner and nature branched out in different ethnicities as humans traveled around the world.

[Rorey]

2. I suppose the royals aren't allowed to talk about it

But if I was one of them, I'd have a hard time keeping quiet that it WASN'T me. I would want to be a good example, instead of being silently complicit.

[JenniferJuniper]

3. If Philip said it,

would anyone really be surprised or care? He's like 100 years old. Oh, Grandpa!

He clearly still adores the queen. But it's just as clear things aren't good between him and his father and brother.

[twin_ghost]

4. Who cares? The poor rich people are so abused. n/t

[Coventina]

12. IKR? To pretend that Meghan isn't a person of incredible privilege is just silly.

Just go away already.....

[Fla Dem]

5. The first person I thought of was Camilla. Don't know why, but there you are.

[LastDemocratInSC]

6. They have a huge extended family.

The comments could have been made by any number of their cousins.

[yellowdogintexas]

7. It may have been Princess Michael of Kent

who is married to Queen Elizabeth's cousin.

Here is why:

https://www.harpersbazaar.com/celebrity/latest/a14481097/princess-michael-of-kent-racist-brooch/

[IcyPeas]

8. was this one comment the biggest takeaway from this interview?

(haven't watched it)

[MicaelS]

10. It was a bombshell

Oprah goes "WHAT?"

[Skittles]

11. but they won't say who it was

alrighty then

[Sanity Claws]

9. My guess is that it's Prince Phillip

He is known for saying very rude direct things.

[MicaelS]

13. They have said it was not him or the Queen.

My guess it was Charles or Camilla.

[Beringia]

14. Prince Charles comes across in the Oprah interview

as really being a shrinking violet. He never takes a stand. I think Harry is impressive in his objectivity with all that has gone on. He isn't even talking to his likely best friend, his brother.

[TexasBushwhacker]

15. Charles was such a prick when Harry was born

He said, " Oh my God, he has red hair." He wasn't pleased.

[wnylib]

16. So what's wrong with red hair?

Harry's the best looking one in the whole clan. And all of them are better looking than Charles.

[ailsagirl]

17. It's true

Poor Charles looks like a horse

[TexasBushwhacker]

19. The direct quote was

"Charles always wanted a girl," she said. "Harry was a boy. His first comment was, 'Oh God, it's a boy.' His second: 'And he's even got red hair.'"

"Harry's red hair led many to believe that his biological father was actually James Hewitt, an English Army captain who was hired to teach Diana, William, and Harry horseback riding. While Diana and James did carry on an affair in the late '80s, they didn't meet until two years after Harry's birth."

[ailsagirl]

18. It could one of the Queen's advisors...

whose name we would be unfamiliar with.

[HipChick]

20. It was Anne

or Kate...sounds like something a woman would say..

[Beringia]

21. Yikes, I think I agree