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Omid Scobie\u2019s Endgame <\/em>includes many stories about the left-behind Windsors\u2019 awkwardness in general, and their specific awkwardness at showing racial sensitivity, empathy or humanity. One minor point is Scobie quoting a \u201croyal source,\u201d who said that Prince Edward is \u201ca massive germaphobe\u201d and that\u2019s why he rarely shakes people\u2019s hands while he\u2019s doing walkabouts or events. This was not something made up out of nowhere by Scobie – there have been conversations for a while about Edward\u2019s refusal to shake hands, including right after his mother\u2019s death, when he refused to shake mourners\u2019 hands on a grief walkabout.<\/p>\n Well, the Windsors are still bizarrely showing that they\u2019re obsessed with Scobie and Endgame<\/em>, because Edward was out this week and he put on a big show of shaking peasants\u2019 hands. The way the Telegraph\u2019s Victoria Ward framed this specifically with Scobie\u2019s words is so\u2026<\/p>\n — Victoria Ward (@victoria_ward) December 11, 2023<\/p>\n<\/p>\n It\u2019s the fact that he only shook a few hands and then mostly avoided touching the people of color\u2026? This is also smoothly edited so we don\u2019t see him obsessively using industrial-grade hand sanitizer after he shook a few hands. I mean, I\u2019m not going to shame him for being a germaphobe, but if that\u2019s the case, just own it and have your people say \u201cno handshakes.\u201d <\/p>\n Even if Omid Scobie\u2019s book isn\u2019t selling like hotcakes, it\u2019s clear that Buckingham Palace picked up twenty copies and they\u2019re going to keep doing these kinds of stunts to \u201cpush back\u201d on Endgame. Such weird people.<\/p>\n Photos courtesy of Avalon Red, Cover Images.<\/small><\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/www.celebitchy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/avalon-0805236517.jpg\")
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