Meghan is seen SMILING for the first time since the ‘royal racists’ scandal

A smiling Meghan Markle was out and about in California on Monday, seemingly carefree as the furor over England’s “racist royals” continues. The 42-year-old was spotted in Santa Barbara, a few miles from her Montecito mansion, seemingly unaware of the firestorm raging in her husband Prince Harry’s homeland.

The California-born mother of two was dressed in black leggings and a black long-sleeved T-shirt with a green baseball cap. Markle wore a pair of New Balance 327 sneakers worth $100, and her favorite Krewe sunglasses, which retail for around $400 (£316).

It wasn’t clear if she was heading to the gym: her husband has been spotted working out at a gym in Santa Barbara, and Markle is known for her love of yoga. As she strolled through the beachside Californian city 5,000 miles away, the royal feud sparked by her former ally’s book rumbled on.

Omid Scobie, who was seen as the couple’s unofficial spokesperson, is still dealing with the fallout from his new book, Endgame. An early draft of the book, given to Dutch translators, named the two senior members of the royal family – King Charles and Kate – who Markle said spoke of their “concerns” about the color of her son Archie’s skin while she was pregnant.

Markle first made her accusations about the conversation in her television interview with Oprah Winfrey, in March 2021. Winfrey reacted with horror to Markle’s version of events, and the accusations led to a hunt for “the royal racists” in the United Kingdom Kingdom.

Markle and her husband said in a statement that it was not the late queen or her husband Prince Philip, but have declined to name the members of the royal family who made the comments. Scobie’s book marks the first time they are named. The Sussexes have refused to publicly defend their relatives, and the publisher of Scobie’s book has not provided any explanation for how the names ended up in print.

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