Overview
- Harry’s spokesperson told People that he “has never said anything remotely resembling what is being claimed,” rejecting Tina Brown’s anecdote outright.
- Tina Brown had said on Katie Couric’s YouTube show that Goodall told her Harry introduced his newborn as “my little African child.”
- Independent verification is not possible because Goodall died in October, leaving Brown’s recounting as the only source for the alleged exchange.
- In their tribute after Goodall’s death, Harry and Meghan said she met their family and held Archie when he was first born.
- Brown presented the story within a broader view that the royal family expected Harry to pursue conservation work in Africa rather than a celebrity life in Montecito.