In a stunning tirade, a Jeremy Vine show visitor was chastised for ‘racist’ after referring to Meghan Markle as a “Afro anything.”
Tina Knight, a former Conservative district councillor, debated Prince Harry’s court case on Channel 5’s afternoon programme today.
The Duke of Sussex is now embroiled in a litigation in the High Court against Mirror Group Newspapers.
His complaint says that around 140 articles published by MGN titles between 1996 and 2010 contained material obtained illegally.
When discussing the matter, Knight switched her gaze to Suits star Meghan.
‘What went wrong was when they sat down, and up to this moment I was all thinking, I said this is going to be a breath of new air, and the four, the magnificent four sat together,’ she claimed of how things ‘went awry’ for the royal pair.
‘It was one comment [Meghan] made about what she was going to do to change the monarchy, and I went, oh god have we got trouble coming.
‘My secretary and I, we put a little fiver in an envelope and I said, this is going to this way, you watch, she’s going to work him.
‘And I won the bet.’
Sitting beside her, author A. J. West retaliated: ‘Harry was born directly into a box and the British public expect him to stay in that box until he is dead, and maybe he doesn’t want to.’
Ignoring Knight’s interruptions, he continued: ‘Maybe that isn’t his destiny, and maybe he has married a powerful, glamorous, intelligent woman, is that a crime?’
‘No, because she’s got her career planned,’ Knight replied.
She then said: ‘She’s working her way towards being the first female… Afro whatever.’
As Vine corrected ‘African American,’ Knight went on: ‘American president, that’s what she’s working for.
‘She got what she needed, she’s got the fame, she’s set her target, I have every admiration for her.’
‘Before we even get to all the nonsense Tina Knight spewed about Meghan, Duchess of Sussex on Jeremy Vine, there’s the thinly-veiled xenophobia,’ one user said on Twitter.
Another said: ‘Afro whatever?!?!!? Who is this person spewing such a word salad of bigoted nonsense?’
‘That racism just lept out of her didn’t it …….’ someone else penned.
Journalist Omid Scobie said: ‘Nahhhhh because this is WILD. Wow.’
‘Speechless,’ someone else added, while another viewer penned: ‘Vile. Get this lady off tv.’
This follows allegations that the Duchess of Sussex wrote to King Charles, expressing worry over unconscious bias in the royal family.
According to rumours, Meghan addressed the letter after appearing alongside Harry in the controversial Oprah Winfrey interview in March 2021.
The shocking interview rocked the monarchy when she said that a member of the royal family had speculated on how black their baby son’s skin might be.
Later, Harry disputed that the couple had accused members of the royal family of racism.
In a January ITV interview with Tom Bradby to promote his biography Spare, the presenter observed, “In the Oprah interview, you accused members of your family of racism.”
Harry responded by saying ‘no I didn’t’, adding: ‘The British press said that.’
After Bradby said the duchess claimed troubling comments were made about Archie’s skin colour, Harry said: ‘There was – there was concern about his skin colour.’
Asked if he would describe that as racist, the duke said: ‘I wouldn’t, not having lived within that family.’
He continued: ‘The difference between racism and unconscious bias, the two things are different.
‘But once it’s been acknowledged, or pointed out to you as an individual, or as an institution, that you have unconscious bias, you therefore have an opportunity to learn and grow from that in order so that you are part of the solution rather than part of the problem.’
Jeremy Vine airs weekdays from 9.15am on Channel 5.
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