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A new book reportedly named King Charles and Kate Middleton as the royals said to have made racist remarks. It's causing chaos for the British monarchy — here's a timeline of the fallout.

  • Omid Scobie's new royal book was pulled from stores in the Netherlands after its release on Tuesday.
  • The Dutch version reportedly named two royals said to have made racially insensitive remarks: King Charles and Kate Middleton.

On Tuesday, royal author Omid Scobie's new book, "Endgame: Inside the Royal Family and the Monarchy's Fight for Survival," hit bookstores, promising readers an "explosive" deep dive into the current state of the British monarchy and the royal family.

The book has truly been explosive, but perhaps not in the way Scobie intended.

Upon its release, multiple outlets including The Guardian and the BBC, reported that translated copies of the book in the Netherlands stopped being sold after it was discovered to have named a royal-family member said to have taken part in racially insensitive conversations about Prince Archie's skin tone: King Charles III. Later, the Telegraph reported that another section of the book appeared to reference a second royal who was involved: Kate Middleton.

In the aftermath, Buckingham Palace has declined Business Insider's requests for comment. Representatives of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex and Kensington Palace also did not respond to BI's requests for comment.

As the fallout continues, look back at how the royal drama has unfolded.

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