New accusations of racism come at the most inopportune moment for the British royal family

The controversy over racist comments by a lady-in-waiting comes at a worst time for the British royal family, who are looking to modernize their image following allegations of Prince Harry and the forthcoming publication of his potentially explosive memoir.

Prince Guillermo40 years old, older brother Harry and heir to the British throne, was forced to part ways with one of his three godmothers on Wednesday after Susan Hussey, 83, made offensive comments about black british at the reception the day before Buckingham Palace.

His father, Charles III hastened the resignation of Hussey, who for six decades was a lady-in-waiting to Queen Elizabeth II and one of her most trusted aides, as well as a friend of the new 74-year-old monarch, who appointed her to accompany his wife, Queen consort Camilla.

When Hussie began abusively interrogating activist Ngozi Fulani, who was born and raised in United KingdomShe claims that she tried to give him the benefit of the doubt.

“But I soon realized that it had nothing to do with his ability to understand,” he told BBC radio on Thursday.

Hussie repeatedly asked Fulani where she was “really” from, refusing to accept her explanation that she was British.

“He really tried to get me to give up my British citizenship,” Fulani denounced, while many other Britons of color shared similarly humiliating experiences on social media and mainstream media.

“Really shocking”

Labor Party MP Diane Abbott, first black woman who held a seat in the House of Commons in the 1980s, found it “really shocking” that the black british can be set in this way.

However, he told Times Radio that Buckingham has made “progress” in diversity over the past decade.

In the past, “they would say she (Fulani) is too sensitive and just dismiss” her complaint, he said. Abbott.

The palace seems to have learned its lesson, especially since last year when Harry38, and his mixed-race wife Megan, 41, was accused royal The unidentified are worried about the color of their unborn child’s skin.

William replied: “We are not a racist family at all”, but Isabella II he stated that the matter would be dealt with “in private”.

real home he also began to publish data on the ethnic representation of his staff, acknowledging that it needed to be improved.

Megan got revenge?

In tense relations for many years, Guillemot and Harry They’re both on the east coast this week USAthe former presented the “Earthshot” environmental award in Boston, and the latter at a gala in New York for the Robert Kennedy Human Rights Foundation.

daughter of this Kerry Kennedybelieves that Harry and Megan took a “heroic stance” against the “structural racism” of the British monarchy.

But according to their detractors, the couple is making a solid income after leaving the royal family in 2020. A documentary about them is coming to Netflix soon, and in January, the prince is releasing a potentially explosive autobiography.

British public opinion was against them…until the scandal erupted. Hussie.

When Megan entered the royal family, she was responsible for teaching her protocol, a role Hussey also played for William and Enrique’s mother, Princess Diana.

According to the biographer, the former American actress turned him down.

“The laughter coming from California is the laughter of the Duchess trying not to laugh: “I told you so,” commentator Trevor Phillips wrote in The Times.

The controversy also flared up in the week when new data from the UK 2021 census confirmed the country was more racially diverse and less Christian than ever.

“The mentality that colors the British identity is not only ugly and anachronistic, it is clearly racist,” Phillips added.

AFP