No place for racism in our society, says UK minister Vicky Ford on Meghan Markle interview

Ford however told Sky News that she had not watched the interview Meghan Markle and Prince Harry gave to Oprah Winfrey which aired on CBS

Britain's Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, during a tell-all interview on the Royal family with Oprah Winfrey. Credit: Reuters Photo

Britain's children's minister said on Monday that there was no place for racism in society after Meghan, the wife of Prince Harry, accused someone in Britain's Royal family of raising concerns about how dark their son's skin might be.

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"There is absolutely no place for racism in our society," Vicky Ford told Sky News, though she said she had not seen the CBS interview which was aired overnight.

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