British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has denounced comments towards a black anti-racist activist made by a close friend of Elizabeth II. “We have to tackle racism as soon as we see it,” he told Sky News. Adding that the UK has made “incredible progress in the fight against racism”, the politician insisted, without explicitly citing Buckingham Palace and its inhabitants, that this “fight never ended”.
This statement comes as the British royals are plunged into a new racist controversy. “Where do you come from in Africa?”, “Where do you really come from? Where do people like you come from?”: these questions were asked insistently Tuesday night at Ngozi Fulani, at the head of an association that support black victims. of domestic violence, by Susan Hussey, 83, a close friend of the late Queen Elizabeth II.
“This is institutional racism”
Ngozi Fulani’s tweet recounting the conversation, which took place in Buckingham during a reception hosted by Queen Consort Camilla, was liked by almost 60,000 internet users on Thursday. Just hours later, the palace denounced “unacceptable comments” and announced the resignation of Susan Hussey, the Queen’s lady-in-waiting for more than 60 years and godmother to Prince William.
“She was trying to really make me question my British citizenship,” Ngozi Fulani told the BBC on Thursday. The incident “goes beyond a person. It is about institutional racism,” she also estimated in the newspaper. the independent. The case made headlines in all the British newspapers, which point out that this new racist incident in Buckingham comes at the worst time for a royal family trying to present a younger, more modern and inclusive image.
Source: BFM TV
