Singing away her problems! Duchess of Edinburgh sings along to Christmas carols and pulls crackers during charity visit – amid reports she was left ‘furious’ by Omid Scobie’s claims in Endgame

The Duchess of Edinburgh sang away her troubles this afternoon as she made a Christmas visit to a charity of which she is a patron – amid reports she was ‘furious’ at the way she was portrayed in Omid Scobie’s Endgame.

Royal mother-of-two Sophie, 58, wrapped warmly in a fluffy turtleneck and black flared trousers as she visited the Disability Initiative in Surrey.

During her visit, she sang Christmas carols while enjoying a performance by the Carer’s Choir, pulled Christmas crackers and received a special gift – a decoration that branded her ‘Best Patron in the World’.

Sophie’s upbeat attitude comes amid reports she was left reeling following claims in Omid Scobie’s book Endgame that sources say she did little to support the Duchess of Sussex when she was struggling in The Firm.

Elsewhere in the book, Scobie labels both Sophie and Prince Edward “casually bigoted,” referring to an interview they conducted after Meghan claimed members of the royal family had raised “concerns” about the color of Prince Archie’s skin before he was born.

After the fallout from the book rocked the British royal family, friends close to the Duchess have disputed many of Scobie’s claims in the book and have gone on the defensive.

They said The sun the opposite of Scobie’s claims is true, and that Sophie in fact went out of her way to make Meghan feel included and welcome in The Firm.

Friends close to the Duchess of Edinburgh insisted that Sophie invited Meghan and Harry for a cup of tea early in their relationship to try to bond with her.

An insider described as a ‘senior royal source’ told the newspaper: ‘It was just the two of them and they talked for hours. Meghan had so many questions and Sophie, who knows what it’s like to navigate the early days of transitioning from a commoner to a royal, freely offered her advice.”

During her visit to the Disability Initiative, of which Sophie is patron, she and the staff collected Christmas crackers

And one from above! Sophie got into the Christmas spirit as she sang and danced – and was even treated to a performance by the Carers Choir

When she joined the choir, Sophie took a number of steps along with other staff from the charity

The Duchess of Edinburgh joined staff and volunteers for afternoon tea – complete with wine

Sophie was also gifted a special Christmas decoration, which said she was the ‘best patron ever’

The source added that Sophie found Meghan “captivating” and told her she could call at any time.

“She was quite surprised when that was the last she heard from Meghan. As she noted, it would have been nice to receive an invitation to return to Frogmore Cottage,” the source claimed.

Omid Scobie’s Endgame focused on several members of The Firm, including the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh.

The royal author accused Prince Edward and his wife Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh, of “a royal faux pas” over their response to Harry and Meghan’s interview on Oprah.

Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh, is said to be ‘furious’ over claims in Omid Scobie’s Endgame that she did not support Meghan Markle within the royal family

Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh, went out of her way to make the Duchess of Sussex feel welcome at The Firm, a source told The Sun

The couple, then the Earl and Countess of Wessex, spoke to The Telegraph in their first major interview together in more than two decades and jokingly asked: “Oprah who?” and ‘which interview?’ when asked if they had noticed Harry and Meghan’s bombshell.

“You know, if you don’t like chat shows, there’s no reason why you should know who she is. At least not in this country,” Sophie said about the American chat show host.

But Omid has claimed that “the comments about the world’s most successful black woman and one of the biggest faces in entertainment” have left the royal duo “stuffy or stumpy at best, and casually bigoted at worst.”

“Sophie’s blunder at Oprah is another page to add to the history of recent failures,” Scobie said.

For Scobie, Sophie and Edward’s apparent ignorance could be used as evidence that the monarchy is an “intolerant organization, steeped in bigotry and privilege.”

Elaborating further on the couple, the author said even their trip to the Cayman Islands in February this year couldn’t land them on the headlines.

According to Scobie, their excursion did not reach the Western press and was only featured in the Cayman Compass and Cayman News Service.

Scobie recalled a conversation with a “top Fleet Street editor” about Sophie and Edward, who apparently claimed: “I’d have better luck if my mother was on the front page.”

The author recapped Sophie and Edward’s trip to Antigua in March 2022, painting a picture of them supposedly ‘smiling’ and ‘waving’ at the public ‘demanding an apology and reparative justice’ for the British colonization of the Caribbean.