Britain's Prince William has said that the royal family was not racist after revelations by his brother's wife Meghan that a member of the family had asked how dark their son Archie's skin might be.
On a visit to a school in east London, William said he had not yet talked to Harry, 36, since the interview was broadcast just over three days ago.
"I haven't spoken to him yet but I will do," William said.
Asked by a reporter if the royal family was racist, William said: "We're very much not a racist family."
In the interview with Oprah Winfrey, Harry said his father, Prince Charles, had let him down and that he had felt trapped in his royal life.
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Duchess of Sussex says British royals worried about her son's skin tone
British royal family 'saddened' by Harry and Meghan's experiences
Meghan, the wife of Prince Harry, said in the interview that there were concerns about how dark their son Archie's skin would be before his birth and that such worries explained why he was not given the title of prince.
The Duchess of Sussex, whose mother is black and father is white, said she was naive before she married into the royal family in 2018, but that she ended up having suicidal thoughts and considering self-harm after asking for help but getting none.
In the interview shown in the US on Sunday, Meghan said: "They didn't want him to be a prince or princess, not knowing what the gender would be, which would be different from protocol, and that he wasn't going to receive security.
"In those months when I was pregnant, all around this same time, so we have in tandem the conversation of, 'you won't be given security, not gonna be given a title' and also concerns and conversations about how dark his skin might be when he's born."
Meghan declined to say who had aired such concerns, as did Harry. Ms Winfrey later told CBS that Harry had said it was not Queen Elizabeth or her husband, Prince Philip.
Asked if she was silent or had been silenced, she replied: "The latter".
"I ... just didn't want to be alive anymore.
"And that was a very clear and real and frightening constant thought," she said, describing the impact of a torrent of vitriol from hostile tabloids and social media.
Asked if she had had suicidal thoughts while pregnant, Meghan replied "Yes. This was very, very clear."
The highly anticipated interview came amid an acrimonious row between Meghan and Harry on one side and the British monarchy on the other.
The couple, who married in 2018, have stepped down from their royal duties and are starting a new life in the United States.
Prince Harry said he left because of a lack of understanding and because he was worried about history repeating itself - a reference to the death in 1997 of his mother, Diana.
