It’s about time! Prince William’s godmother, Lady Susan Hussey, has finally met with Ngozi Fulani to officially apologize for her racist remarks.
30.11.2022 - 17:21 / dailyrecord.co.uk
A close friend of the late Queen has stepped down from her royal role after she made "unacceptable and deeply regrettable comments" to a black visitor by asking her where she "really came from".
Ngozi Fulani, founder of women's domestic abuse charity Sistah Space, claims she was questioned about her ethnicity by Lady Susan Hussey. The 83-year-old was one of Her Majesty's most senior ladies in waiting and is Prince William's godmother, according to the Mirror.
Buckingham Palace said it took the incident, which unfolded at the Queen Consort's reception on violence against women on Tuesday, "extremely seriously" and an investigation has been launched. A royal source confirmed Hussey has since resigned from her honorary role in the palace household.
Posting to Twitter about the conversation, Ngozi described it as a "violation" and said the experience will "never leave" her. She claims Hussey asked her: "Where do you come from?"
The member of the household then allegedly continued to ask "what nationality are you?", "where do your people come from?" and "what part of Africa are you from?"
Ngozi claims she then remarked: "I can see I am going to have a challenge getting you to say where you're from. When did you first come here?"
Eventually, Ngozi says she replied: "I am a British national, my parents came here in the 1950s," to which Hussey responded: "Oh, I knew we'd get there in the end, you're Caribbean."
Ngozi says she then corrected the aristocrat, saying: "No, I am of African heritage, Caribbean descent and British nationality."
Hussey was considered the “head girl” of the seven ladies in waiting who dedicated decades of their lives in service to the Queen. Following the monarch's death, she was one of only three kept on
It’s about time! Prince William’s godmother, Lady Susan Hussey, has finally met with Ngozi Fulani to officially apologize for her racist remarks.
to apologize in person for the racism, and the women later released a photo from the reportedly successful meeting. This content can also be viewed on the site it from.Fulani, you may remember, is the woman behind Sistah Space who went viral after she described, in a tweet, a racist interaction she had with “Lady SH” at Buckingham, soon discovered to be Lady Susan Hussey, a former lady-in-waiting to Queen Elizabeth and Prince William's godmother. Fulani said the palace aide repeatedly questioned her nation of origin, even after Fulani told her more than once that she was British. This content can also be viewed on the site it from.The palace responded quickly to this , and released a statement announcing an investigation into the matter and that .
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, adding that William, , is aware of the situation and supports the consequence.The day before, on Tuesday, November 29, Buckingham Palace hosted an event led by Queen Consort Camilla Parker Bowles on the issue of violence against women, and Ms. Fulani attended along with high-profile figures including Countess of Wessex, Queen Mathilde of Belgium, Queen Rania of Jordan, Danish Crown Princess Mary, Sierra Leone’s first lady Fatima Maada Bio, and Ukraine’s first lady Olena Zelenska.
.Ngozi Fulani, founder and chief executive of London-based domestic abuse charity Sistah Space, says she was left “stunned” after an aide—identified in as “Lady SH”—asked offensive questions including where she “really came from” at the event on Tuesday, November 29. The aide is understood to be Lady Susan, 83, the Prince of Wales’s godmother who was made lady of the household by King Charles III.Buckingham Palace said in a statement today that the aide, who it did not name, had stepped down from her “honorary role with immediate effect” and that she had expressed her “profound apologies for the hurt caused.” It added that the comments were “unacceptable and deeply regrettable” and that it took the incident “extremely seriously.”It comes as the n at the start of a three-day visit that will culminate in the glittering Earthshot Prize Awards ceremony on Friday. Lady Susan HusseyThe incident was this morning by Fulani, who wrote: “Mixed feelings about yesterday’s visit to Buckingham Palace.