Prince Charles rejects claim he queried skin tone of Harry, Meghan's child

The book said Charles, lowering his voice, asked: 'I mean, what do you think their children's complexion might be?'

Prince Charles's spokesman on Monday rejected a claim made in a book that the heir to the British throne had questioned what the skin tone of Prince Harry and Meghan's child would be. 

In the book, "Brothers And Wives: Inside The Private Lives of William, Kate, Harry and Meghan", author Christopher Andersen says Charles asked what the "complexion" of the child would be. 

"This is fiction and not worth further comment," Charles's spokesman told reporters in Barbados, where Charles will take part in celebrations marking the island's move to a republic. 

According to the Page Six celebrity news website, the