Kate Middleton Vastly Preferred Over Meghan Markle In The US: Survey
Kate Middleton has remained a popular royal amid the resurfaced race row, according to a recent survey.
The Princess of Wales received an intense backlash after royal author Omid Scobie, who is allegedly the Sussexes' "mouthpiece," dropped his controversial book "Endgame." The Dutch version of the book alleged that the racist royals Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were referring to in their Oprah Winfrey interview were King Charles and Middleton. Despite the race row, Middleton recently surpassed Markle in terms of popularity in the United States.
"Kate is the people's princess. That's the verdict of the American public. The Princess of Wales is their top-rated royal, and they vastly prefer her to Meghan, Duchess of Sussex," U.S. pollster James Johnson, from JL Partners, told Sunday Express.
Middleton topped the survey with a 44% positivity score, followed by her husband, Prince William, who received 36%. Prince Harry scored 28%, while Markle trailed behind at 21%.
Meanwhile, the British public demanded to know the Sussexes' stand on Scobie's book based on the results from the Sunday Express poll. The controversial publication seemingly attacked Middleton, giving her various nicknames like "Stepford-like royal wife" and "Katie Keen." It also painted the Duchess of Cambridge as "cold" and a part-time working royal.
Former BBC journalist and investigative reporter Tom Bower said Scobie's attacks against Middleton were "gratuitous because that is very much Meghan speaking."
Scobie brought back the race row between the Sussexes and the royal family, which started during Prince Harry and Markle's interview with Oprah in 2021. Markle alleged that someone raised concerns over their then-unborn child's skin color. However, at the time, the royal couple refused to drop a name because it would reportedly damage their reputation.
However, Scobie claimed in his book that the royals involved were two and not just a single person. The Palace disputed the claim, saying, "It was only one person, never two."
The Dutch version was pulled from shelves shortly after the book's release after it was learned that it contained the names of the two alleged racist royals. Scobie seemingly blamed the issue on a translation error and insisted that he never mentioned names in his manuscript.
However, Saskia Peeters, the Dutch translator who spoke with MailOnline, fired back and said the names were in "black and white," emphasizing that she never added them.
"The names of the royals were there in black and white. I did not add them. I just did what I was paid to do and that was translate the book from English into Dutch," Peeters said.
