Overview

• Taseer reiterated on the Tell Me About Your Father podcast his allegation that Princess Michael of Kent named two black sheep after tennis stars Venus and Serena Williams.
• The claim first appeared in his 2018 Vanity Fair essay Palace & Prejudice, which prompted Buckingham Palace to refuse comment at the time.
• Neither Buckingham Palace nor Princess Michael’s representatives have addressed the revived claim.
• Taseer said he had been very close to Princess Michael after his split from Lady Gabriella Windsor but that their bond shifted after he came out as gay.
• His upcoming novel In Their Country is inspired by his firsthand experiences around the royal family and explores private court life through fiction.