{"id":518657,"date":"2022-11-30T18:51:39","date_gmt":"2022-11-30T15:51:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/royal-aide-lady-susan-hussey-quits-after-unacceptable-comments\/"},"modified":"2022-11-30T18:51:39","modified_gmt":"2022-11-30T15:51:39","slug":"royal-aide-lady-susan-hussey-quits-after-unacceptable-comments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/royal-aide-lady-susan-hussey-quits-after-unacceptable-comments\/","title":{"rendered":"#Royal aide Lady Susan Hussey quits after &#8216;unacceptable&#8217; comments"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a27100bb65e2\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a27100bb65e2\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/royal-aide-lady-susan-hussey-quits-after-unacceptable-comments\/#%E2%80%9CRoyal_aide_Lady_Susan_Hussey_quits_after_%E2%80%98unacceptable_comments%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Royal aide Lady Susan Hussey quits after &#8216;unacceptable&#8217; comments&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CRoyal_aide_Lady_Susan_Hussey_quits_after_%E2%80%98unacceptable_comments%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Royal aide Lady Susan Hussey quits after &#8216;unacceptable&#8217; comments&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>A senior royal aide resigned Wednesday after making \u201cunacceptable and deeply regrettable comments\u201d to a black domestic abuse campaigner during a Buckingham Palace event.<\/p>\n<p>Lady Susan Hussey, 83, made the eyebrow-raising remarks to Ngozi Fulani, 61, during an event Tuesday to raise raise awareness about violence for women, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RoyaNikkhah\/status\/1597932776673923072\">according to The Sunday Times\u2019 royal editor Roya Nikkah<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Fulani, who was attending the event on behalf of the charity Sistah Space, said Hussey \u2014 who was made lady of the household by King Charles III \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>roached her and questioned her about where she came from.<\/p>\n<p>When she replied she was from Hackney, the royal aide allegedly continued to pester her, asking, \u201cNo, but what nationality are you?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am born here and am British,\u201d Fulani said she insisted again, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sistah_Space\/status\/1597854380115767296\">recounting the conversation on Twitter<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>But Hussey continued to probe, Fulani said, asking, \u201cNo but where do you really come from, where do your people come from?\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cLady! I\u2019m a British national, my parents came here in the 50s when\u2026\u201d Fulani said she replied, before Hussey interjected, \u201cOh, I knew we\u2019d get there in the end, you\u2019re Caribbean.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo, lady, I am of African heritage, Caribbean descent and British nationality,\u201d Fulani said she shot back.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-wrapper twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Mixed feelings about yesterday&#8217;s visit to Buckingham Palace. 10 mins after arriving, a member of staff, Lady SH, approached me, moved my hair to see my name badge. The conversation below took place. The rest of the event is a blur.<br \/>Thanks <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ManduReid?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ManduReid<\/a> &amp; <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SuzanneEJacob?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SuzanneEJacob<\/a> for support\ud83d\ude4f\ud83c\udffe <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OUbQKlabyq\">pic.twitter.com\/OUbQKlabyq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sistah Space (@Sistah_Space) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sistah_Space\/status\/1597854380115767296?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 30, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Hussey\u2019s resignation came a few hours after Fulani, founder of Sistah Space, a London non-profit that provides domestic abuse services to women of African and Caribbean heritage, tweeted the alleged conversation and said she had \u201cmixed feelings\u201d about the event.<\/p>\n<p>The activist only identified the staffer as \u201cLady SH\u201d in the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social media<\/a> post.<\/p>\n<p>Sistah Space later reaffirmed that it did not wish to \u201cname and shame\u201d the staffer in question, however, The Times confirmed it was Hussey.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"671\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/activist-racist-comments-buckingham-palace-reception-15-copy.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Lady Susan Hussey, right, pictured alongside King Charles III, then the Prince of Wales, in June 2022.\" class=\"wp-image-24838165\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/activist-racist-comments-buckingham-palace-reception-15-copy.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/activist-racist-comments-buckingham-palace-reception-15-copy.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/activist-racist-comments-buckingham-palace-reception-15-copy.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Lady Susan Hussey, right, pictured alongside King Charles III, then the Prince of Wales, in June 2022.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/activist-racist-comments-buckingham-palace-reception-08.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Camilla, the Queen Consort, gives an impassioned speech against domestic violence on Tuesday.\" class=\"wp-image-24838106\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/activist-racist-comments-buckingham-palace-reception-08.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/activist-racist-comments-buckingham-palace-reception-08.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/activist-racist-comments-buckingham-palace-reception-08.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Camilla, the Queen Consort, gives an impassioned speech against domestic violence on Tuesday.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">ZUMAPRESS.com<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The tense exchange had already quickly gained attention on social media, with ITV <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NEWS<\/a> Royal Editor Chris Ship retweeting the account.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome very serious questions for Buckingham Palace today,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chrisshipitv\/status\/1597912392142241792\">he wrote<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Ship followed up his initial tweet to note that while Fulani said the event was \u201cgood\u201d and that she met \u201cawesome people,\u201d it was marred by the \u201cinsulting conversation.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"749\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/activist-racist-comments-buckingham-palace-reception-10-copy.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Lady Susan Hussey, standing center, with her godson Prince William and members of the extended Royal Family on the occasion of the latter's confirmation in 1997.\" class=\"wp-image-24838195\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/activist-racist-comments-buckingham-palace-reception-10-copy.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/activist-racist-comments-buckingham-palace-reception-10-copy.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/activist-racist-comments-buckingham-palace-reception-10-copy.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Lady Susan Hussey, standing center, with her godson Prince William and members of the extended Royal Family on the occasion of the latter\u2019s confirmation in 1997.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">pool via Reuters<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A Buckingham Palace spokesperson <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.co.uk\/article\/royal-aide-resigns-racism-row-buckingham-palace-camilla-event-dkpw3dd5q\">acknowledged to The Times<\/a> that \u201cunacceptable and deeply regrettable comments\u201d had been made. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have reached out to Ngozi Fulani on this matter, and are inviting her to discuss all elements of her experience in person if she wishes,\u201d the spokesperson told the outlet. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the meantime, the individual concerned would like to express her profound apologies for the hurt caused and has stepped aside from her honorary role with immediate effect. All members of the household are being reminded of the diversity and inclusivity policies which they are required to uphold at all times.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Buckingham Palace did not immediately respond to The Post\u2019s request for a comment.<\/p>\n<p>But the exchange could now overshadow Prince William\u2019s arrival in Boston today, where he is expected to present the Earthshot Prize alongside wife Kate Middleton on Friday.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"724\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/activist-racist-comments-buckingham-palace-reception-15-1.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Queen Consort Camilla with Queen Mathilde of Belgium, Crown Princess Mary of Denmark, Sophie, Countess of Wessex, and Queen Rania of Jordan.\" class=\"wp-image-24838201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/activist-racist-comments-buckingham-palace-reception-15-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/activist-racist-comments-buckingham-palace-reception-15-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/activist-racist-comments-buckingham-palace-reception-15-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Queen Consort Camilla with Queen Mathilde of Belgium, Crown Princess Mary of Denmark, Sophie, Countess of Wessex, and Queen Rania of Jordan.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Royal Hashemite Court \/ Avalon<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Also known as Baroness Hussey of North Bradley, Hussey, 83, is a longtime member of the royal household. <\/p>\n<p>As Woman of the Bedchamber to the late Queen Elizabeth II, she accompanied the elderly royal to the funeral of Prince Philip in 2021. <\/p>\n<p>She made headlines earlier this year, when journalist Tom Bower\u2019s book \u201cRevenge: Meghan, Harry and the War between the Windsors\u201d claimed she predicted Prince Harry and Meghan Markle\u2019s relationship would <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/3am\/us-celebrity-news\/queen-prince-harry-meghan-relationship-28415087.amp\">\u201call end in tears.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hussey is also a godmother of Prince William, now the Prince of Wales.<\/p>\n<p>Fulani\u2019s experience marks the latest racial blunder by the royal family \u2014 following Harry and Meghan\u2019s explosive Oprah sit-down in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>During the interview, Meghan, who is biracial, said she faced regular racist abuse from both the royal family and the press. <\/p>\n<p>Among the bombshell claims, was that an unnamed \u201csenior royal\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2021\/03\/07\/meghan-markle-says-royal-family-had-concerns-over-sons-skin-color\/?_ga=2.66935592.749403484.1637583883-1218008219.1584115902\">questioned the skin color<\/a> of their then-unborn first child, Archie.\u00a0\n                        <\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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