"Omid Scobie criticizes Buckingham Palace over Kenyan red carpets, while King Charles and Queen Camilla's trip hailed a success"

Omid Scobie, a biographer of Meghan Markle and a favored royal reporter, criticized Buckingham Palace for allowing King Charles and Queen Camilla to walk on a red carpet during their state visit to Kenya, claiming it made them look "out of touch." Scobie argued that palace aides could have intervened and requested the removal of the red carpet, as they have done in the past. The four-day trip to Kenya, focused on addressing the painful legacy of the British Empire, has been viewed as a success, with King Charles expressing regret for past atrocities but stopping short of a full apology.