The Royal Palace

[Khandro]

Is William right in supporting the sacking of his godmother?
https://www.express.co.uk/news/royal/1703654/Prince-William-latest-Royal-Family-racism-row-Lady-Susan-Hussey-statement

[Ellipsis]

> That woman’s parents are immigrants - I checked - so I would say it’s very strange that she doesn’t know where they came from.

Where in Africa did they come from then?

[andy-hughes]

Ms Fulani is accused of 'stirring up trouble'.

Interesting, there was trouble, but it was neither caused nor stirred by Ms Fulani


I have to conclude that Lady Hussey's defenders are being wilfully obtuse and ignoring simple facts, and a grasp of basic courtesy, in order to defend an ignorant and offensive lady.

Bur ignorant and offensive as she was, Lady Hussey has had the dignity to acknowledge her wrongdoing, apologise, and resign.

If she can accept her behavior was wrong, why are her determined defenders on here having such trouble doing the same?

[andres]

One thing to come out of this article is that a lot of people are assuming that women over a certain age are going senile . I am older than the Lady in the article and I take umbrage at this .

[naomi24]

I only know they’re immigrants, ellipsis.

[sunny-dave]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fi0p9s3XkAEhDAx?format=jpg&name=large

[Ellipsis]

She was being asked where in Africa they came from. Actually, she wasn't, she was being asked where in Africa she came from. But she was born in the UK, grew up in the UK and has an English accent. And her parents were from the Caribbean. And presumably, several generations ago, her ancestors were taken out of some part of Africa as slaves and that's how they ended up in the Caribbean. But she doesn't know what part of Africa that was. Nice subject as a celebration of your charity work for victims of abuse ...

[naomi24]

Ellipsis, according to the record of the conversation that you posted, she was subsequently asked where her people came from.

[andy-hughes]

Keep going naomi!!

Bigots everywhere rejoice in your tenacity!!

[Ellipsis]

> Ellipsis, according to the record of the conversation that you posted, she was subsequently asked where her people came from.

Yes, that is how the relentless line of questioning developed ...

I mean, really ... you run a charity for victims of abuse. You get invited to the palace as a recognition of your work. Some old biddy spends ten minutes grilling you about "what part of Africa you are from". And people think it's somehow your fault that she has resigned from her post as a result!

[perseverer]

Aren't we fortunate in having a number of posters on AB, who, though not actually present when the conversation was taking place, are able say what happened and read the minds of the participants.

[naomi24]

Life happens and not always as we would wish. Big grown up ladies like her need to learn to deal with it as most of us do. Load of petulant nonsense - and that's my final word on the subject - probably.

[lady-janine]

Thank you Khandro for ba.

[andy-hughes]

Naomi - Many previous posts including this one, have drawn a response from you that people who are upset by appalling behavior need to jolly well shape up, have a run out with the dogs and a rundown with a damp copy of Country Life.

Not everyone lives in Enid Blyton's world, and if people are subjected to bigoted rudeness, they are entitled to be shocked and upset, and not made to feel that the reaction of others is their fault as well as the original situation.

Lady Hussey acted with inappropriate rudeness when not receiving the answer she felt was her entitlement, and has had the grace to acknowledge her bad behaviour and apologise.

Quite how long people on here are going to continue, not only to defend her dreadful behaviour, but make the innocent person the cause of the furore, remains to be seen.

Collect your blinkers on the way in please...

[Khandro]

'A media storm erupted after Fulani tweeted about what happened and that was it – Hussey was out. She ‘quit’, says the BBC, though it seems pretty clear she did so at the Palace’s behest. Her comments were ‘unacceptable and deeply regrettable’, a Palace spokesperson said. A spokesperson for Prince William said ‘it is right that the individual has stepped aside with immediate effect.’

So that’s what you get after 62 years of service? Unceremonious dismissal at the first whiff of a misstep? No benefit of the doubt. No forgiveness. Just pack your bags and get out. The royals come off as far nastier than Lady Hussey in this strange scandal.

Lady Hussey has been working for the royal household since 1960. She was Queen Elizabeth II’s Lady in Waiting for decades. She was such a key figure that she is godmother to Prince William and she accompanied the late Queen to the Duke of Edinburgh’s funeral last year.

And yet decades of service and friendship apparently count for nought when media outrage is brewing. The wolves were licking their lips and so Lady Hussey was thrown to them. Imagine being treated like that by the royals after waiting on them hand and foot for six decades.

William’s intervention felt the most disturbing. He seems to have accepted right away that Lady Hussey’s behaviour was racist. ‘Racism has no place in our society’, his spokesperson said. Mate, that’s no way to treat your godmother, the one-time confidant to your gran'.

The Spectator

[lady-janine]

Just have to agree with you Khandro. I think LIW was wrong to move CW's hair out of the way but at the same time CW is now saying she feels abused. If that is the most abused she is in her life what sort of racist charity is she running?

[zebo]

//Ms Fulani is accused of 'stirring up trouble'.

Interesting, there was trouble, but it was neither caused nor stirred by Ms Fulani//

But she's certainly milking it for what it's worth, it's now been upgraded to 'abuse' by her.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-63819482

One name off the Palace list for future events.

[naomi24]

Khandro, I doubt very much indeed that she’ll be banished and ostracised. The palace have made the right noises - as we’re all expected to do in this ridiculous world the woke and the virtue signallers have created. More fool those who capitulate to it.

[lady-janine]

Why is the CW running a charity only for people of African and Caribbean and then complaining about racism?

Does this need investigation by the Race Relations Board?

[Ellipsis]

This sort of thing is so common, they coined a term for it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victim_blaming

[THECORBYLOON]

"Does this need investigation by the Race Relations Board?"

That Board was abolished by the 1976 Race Relations Act.

As it's a registered charity, the Charity Commission would be aware of its aims and objectives and would have taken action if they were unlawful.

The relevant section of the Equality Act 2010 is
Section 193-

"Charities

(1)A person does not contravene this Act only by restricting the provision of benefits to persons who share a protected characteristic if—

(a)the person acts in pursuance of a charitable instrument, and

(b)the provision of the benefits is within subsection (2).

(2)The provision of benefits is within this subsection if it is—

(a)a proportionate means of achieving a legitimate aim, or

(b)for the purpose of preventing or compensating for a disadvantage linked to the protected characteristic."