Meghan Markle responds to report about alleged letter to King Charles III

Meghan Markle is looking to set the record straight.

On April 21, The Telegraph reported that the Duchess of Sussex sent a letter to father-in-law King Charles III about concerns over unconscious bias in the royal family around the time of her and Harry's 2021 interview with Oprah Winfrey. During their sit down with Oprah, Meghan alleged that "several conversations" were had with husband Prince Harry and an unidentified royal about "how dark" Meghan and Harry's firstborn child's skin would be.

The Telegraph added that this alleged correspondence between Charles and Meghan is "thought to be one of the factors" behind her decision to not attend the upcoming coronation.

Now, the duchess is addressing the speculation surrounding her absence at the upcoming event.

"The Duchess of Sussex is going about her life in the present, not thinking about correspondence from two years ago related to conversations from four years ago," her spokesperson told news outlets in an April 22 statement. "Any suggestion otherwise is false and frankly ridiculous."

The spokesperson added, "We encourage tabloid media and various royal correspondents to stop the exhausting circus that they alone are creating."