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 The revelation emerged during
an explosive tell-all interview Harry, 36, and
Meghan, 39, gave to Oprah Winfrey which was
aired on Sunday, plunging the British monarchy
into its biggest crisis since the 1997 death of
Princess Diana, William and Harry's mother.
On a visit to a school in east London, William
said he had not talked to Harry since the
interview was broadcast just over three days
ago.
"I haven't spoken to him yet but I will do,"
William, 38, said.
Asked by a reporter if the royal family was
racist, William said: "We're very much not a
racist family."
In the two-hour show, Meghan also said the
royals had ignored her pleas for help while she
felt suicidal, while Harry said his father,
heir-to-the-throne Prince Charles, had let him
down and that he had felt trapped.
On Tuesday, Buckingham Palace issued a statement
on behalf of Queen Elizabeth, the princes'
grandmother, in which she said the family were
saddened by how challenging the couple had found
the last few years.
The statement added the issues of race were
concerning and would be treated very seriously,
but pointedly stated "some recollections may
vary".
The Palace have said that it was a family matter
that should be dealt with privately.
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 During the interview, Harry
laid bare how distant he had come from the other
members of his family, saying his father had
stopped taking his calls at one point, and
saying there was "space" in his relationship
with William.
"Much will continue to be said about that ... as
I said before, you know, I love William to bits,
he's my brother, we've been through hell
together and we have a shared experience," he
said. "But we're on different paths."
The interview was watched by 12.4 million
viewers in Britain and 17.1 million in the
United States.
It has proved divisive among the British public:
some believe it showed how outdated and
intolerant the institution was, while others
decried it as a self-serving assault that
neither Elizabeth nor her family deserved.
(Reporting by Michael Holden; editing by Guy
Faulconbridge)
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