The incident occurs while the royal family is waiting for the release, on December 8, of a documentary dedicated to Harry and Meghan, and that, in January, of the Memoirs of the Cadet Son of Charles III.
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The remarks made this week by the godmother of Prince William, who was lady of Elizabeth II for more than sixty years, during a conversation with a black anti -racist activist, plunged the British royal family into a New controversy, while she strives to modernize her image since the departure of Harry and Meghan.
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“Where are you from Africa?”, “Where do you really come from? Where do people like you come from?”, Asked Susan Hussey, addressing Ngozi Fulani , Director of a support association for black victims of domestic violence, during a reception organized Tuesday, November 29 in Buckingham by Queen Consort, Camilla. The tweet in which M Fulani reports the conversation had been “liked” more than 66,000 times on Friday. A few hours after its dissemination, the palace considered these “unacceptable comments” and announced the resignation of M me hussey, who is 83 years old.
“She really tried to make me question my British nationality,” said Thursday M Me fulani at the microphone of the BBC . The incident “exceeds a single person. It is institutional racism”, she adds, in an interview with The Independent.
The case, which made the “one” from the whole British press, even gave rise to a reaction from the Prime Minister, which is of Indian origin. “I have already spoken in the past, I have known racism in my life, but I am delighted to say that some of the things I have known when I was a child and young would not happen today , I think, because our country has made incredible progress in the fight against racism, but the work is never finished. This is why, each time we witness it, we must face it “, said Rishi Sunak, without commenting on the words of M me hussey.
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The incident occurred in the worst time for the royal family, which seeks to forge a younger, modern and inclusive image. Buckingham is expecting with apprehension on December 8 from a documentary series from Netflix devoted to Harry and Meghan, and the publication, in January, of the Memoirs of the youngest son of Charles III, who should include his share of embarrassing revelations. Harry and his wife, Meghan, an American Métis, who now live in California, revealed last year that a member of the royal family wondered about the skin color of their son, Archie, before his birth.
The royal family is “certainly not racist,” said Prince William, heir to the crown, who is cold with his brother. “The muffled laughter that can be heard from California is that of a duchess [Meghan] who tries not to laugh by saying:” I told you “”, Thursday quipped an editorial writer of Times .
Prince William and his wife Kate are visiting the United States, which will peak on Friday with the Earthshot awards ceremony for the defense of the environment in Boston. Prince William’s spokesperson, who did not plan to meet his brother, wanted to be categorical: “Racism has no room in our society,” he said.