After claims of racism were made by Prince Harry and his wife Meghan in an interview with Oprah Winfrey in March 2021, the incident is the most recent to involve the royal family.
A representative for the British royal family said on Wednesday that a member of the household had resigned after making “unacceptable and extremely unfortunate” remarks to a woman at a formal reception at Buckingham Palace about her race and nationality.
When Ngozi Fulani, a British-born employee of a domestic abuse support organization, attended an event on Tuesday that was hosted by King Charles’s wife Camilla, the queen consort, a royal
“Because we take this problem very seriously, we are immediately initiating an inquiry to gather all of the evidence.” According to a statement from a representative for Buckingham Palace, in this scenario, abhorrent and highly terrible comments have been made.
Following accusations made by Prince Harry and his wife Meghan in an interview with Oprah Winfrey in March 2021, the incident is the most recent to involve the royal family in racial accusations.
In the interview, Meghan claimed that an unnamed family member had enquired about the potential skin colour of their son Archie before his birth.
The alleged incident clearly hurt the monarchy, which pledged to treat any such matters seriously, and led Harry’s older brother Prince William, the heir to the throne, to make a comment days later.
“Our family is not at all racist.”
According to Buckingham Palace, the person involved in the most recent incident, identified by Fulani as Lady SH, would like to apologize for the hurt caused and has resigned from her honorary position with immediate effect.
The conversation took place at a reception at the palace for violence against women and girls. Olena Zelenska, the first lady of Ukraine, Queen Mathilde of Belgium, and Queen Rania of Jordan were among the attendees.
In a statement shared on Twitter, Fulani, who works for Sistah Space, a nonprofit that supports women of African and Caribbean descent who have experienced abuse, claimed that about 10 minutes after arriving, an aide approached her and moved her hair so she could see her name badge.
She allegedly said, “I am born here and am British,” when asked repeatedly from what region of Africa she was originally from, according to Fulani.
No, but where are you actually from, and where are your people from, the assistant said.
Despite efforts to increase the number of employees from ethnic minorities, a top royal source claimed that Buckingham Palace had not done enough to promote diversity last year.
Ngozi Fulani has been contacted about this and is being invited to talk in person about all aspects of her experience, according to a palace official.
