The Prince of Wales has made his first public appearance since the shocking and trending Oprah interview where Meghan Markle claimed a member of the royal family made a racist comment.
Charles visited Jesus House, a church near Brent Cross, to see a NHS pop-up vaccine clinic in action as the pressure mounted on Buckingham Palace to respond to a string of allegations made by Meghan and Harry in their Oprah Winfrey interview.
The most damning was the claim an unnamed member of the royal family was worried about how dark the skin tone of the Sussexes’ son might be before he was born.
Charles wore a face mask as he toured the church, meeting NHS and church staff working on the vaccination pop-up clinic as well as community members due to receive their jab.
During the visit, Prince Charles was told of the work Jesus House were doing to combat vaccine hesitancy and support the community during the pandemic.
A patient at a pop-up vaccine clinic said “private matters didn’t come up at all” during the visit by the Prince of Wales.
Maziya Marzook, 42, from Harrow, said: “He didn’t bring up anything, he was more interested in how the vaccine was and how we feel.”
She said Charles was “doing his job” and that he seemed “quite a nice person” and appeared “humble”.
Ms Marzook, a housewife, added: “It’s good that he comes like this, the encouragement he’s giving.”
When Prince Charles was asked by a reporter if he had watched the interview, he walked away and chuckled.
In the trending Oprah interview, the heir to the throne was singled out for criticism by his son Harry who said Charles had stopped returning his calls when he was trying to discuss stepping down as a working royal.
The duke also said about his father: “I feel really let down because he’s been through something similar.
“He knows what pain feels like.”
He added: “I will always love him, but there’s a lot of hurt that’s happened.
“And I will continue to make it one of my priorities to try and heal that relationship.”
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