{"id":520486,"date":"2022-12-03T16:37:36","date_gmt":"2022-12-03T13:37:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/how-royals-keep-failing-on-racism\/"},"modified":"2022-12-03T16:37:36","modified_gmt":"2022-12-03T13:37:36","slug":"how-royals-keep-failing-on-racism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-royals-keep-failing-on-racism\/","title":{"rendered":"#How royals keep failing on racism"},"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-6a22fe1562e39\" 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\" 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href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-royals-keep-failing-on-racism\/#%E2%80%9CHow_royals_keep_failing_on_racism%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;How royals keep failing on racism&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CHow_royals_keep_failing_on_racism%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;How royals keep failing on racism&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>The speed with which\u00a0Buckingham Palace dealt with Lady Susan Hussey\u00a0speaks to a ruthless efficiency that has helped the monarchy to endure for more than a thousand years.<\/p>\n<p>One of Britain\u2019s leading noblewomen,\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2022\/11\/30\/susan-hussey-ex-royal-aide-who-made-racist-fumble-is-a-relic-insider\/\">Lady Hussey had served the Crown since Prince Andrew\u2019s birth in 1960<\/a>\u00a0and received the Elizabeth II version of the Royal Household Long and Faithful Service Medal with 30, 40, 50 and 60-year bars.<\/p>\n<p>Yet having attended literally thousands of royal engagements over the past six decades, it was a solitary\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2022\/11\/30\/prince-williams-office-disappointed-by-palace-staffers-racist-comments\/?_gl=1*9prikb*_ga*MTEyNjExMjE2MC4xNjU3MTk4NTk3*_ga_0DZ7LHF5PZ*MTY2OTkxNzA4OC42MC4xLjE2Njk5MTc0OTIuMC4wLjA.&amp;_ga=2.117249217.679314602.1669902363-1126112160.1657198597\">encounter with black British charity director Ngozi Fulani on Tuesday night<\/a>\u00a0that proved to be the formidable 83-year-old\u2019s undoing.<\/p>\n<p>When, the next morning, the UK-born head of east London charity Sistah Space complained on <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> that she had been \u201cviolated\u201d by repeated questions about where she \u201creally\u201d came from, Lady Hussey expressed \u201cher profound apologies for the hurt caused\u201d and stepped aside from her honorary role with immediate effect.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"647\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/ngozi-fulani.jpg?w=647\" alt=\"British-born charity leader Ngozi Fulani was taken aback when Lady Hussey repeatedly asked her where she was from at a recent Buckingham Palace event.\" class=\"wp-image-24859973\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/ngozi-fulani.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1294 1294w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/ngozi-fulani.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=970 970w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/ngozi-fulani.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=647 647w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/ngozi-fulani.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=323 323w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/ngozi-fulani.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 647px) 100vw, 647px\"\/><figcaption>British-born charity leader Ngozi Fulani was taken aback when Lady Hussey repeatedly asked her where she was from at a recent Buckingham Palace event.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/@sistahspace_<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The similarly \u201cimmediate\u201d nature of the palace\u2019s investigation, along with its statement confirming that \u201cin this instance, unacceptable and deeply regrettable comments have been made\u201d suggest lessons have indeed been learned from the mistakes of the past \u2013 regardless of what royal detractors might say.<\/p>\n<p>The palace spokesman even <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>eared to channel Harry and Meghan in insisting \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<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/invitation-buckingham-palace.jpg?w=820\" alt=\"Hosted by the Queen Consort, the event honored leaders, like Fulani, working to eradicate violence against women.\" class=\"wp-image-24859984\" width=\"618\" height=\"771\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/invitation-buckingham-palace.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1236 1236w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/invitation-buckingham-palace.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=926 927w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/invitation-buckingham-palace.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=618 618w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/invitation-buckingham-palace.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=309 309w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/invitation-buckingham-palace.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 618px) 100vw, 618px\"\/><figcaption>Hosted by the Queen Consort, the event honored leaders, like Fulani, working to eradicate violence against women.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/@sistahspace_<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Ever since the Duke and Duchess of Sussex\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2021\/08\/25\/harry-and-meghan-opted-not-to-reveal-royal-who-made-racist-remarks\/\">accused a member of the Royal family of making a racist remark<\/a>\u00a0about their son Archie, there is no room for dither or delay when addressing complaints of such seriousness \u2014 especially when they are going viral on social media.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s why the Prince of Wales, having previously insisted\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/royal-family\/2021\/03\/11\/prince-william-speaks-harry-meghan-much-not-racist-family\/\">\u201cwe are not a racist family\u201d<\/a>\u00a0in response to his brother and sister-in-law\u2019s claims, was quick to convey his own disappointment in his godmother via a spokesman who said Prince William thinks \u201cthe course of action taken is correct.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"742\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/camilla-hussey.jpg?w=742\" alt=\"Lady Hussey (left), seen here with the Queen Consort in 2019, had been a member of the royal household since 1960.\" class=\"wp-image-24859991\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/camilla-hussey.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1484 1484w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/camilla-hussey.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1113 1113w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/camilla-hussey.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=742 742w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/camilla-hussey.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=371 371w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/camilla-hussey.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 742px) 100vw, 742px\"\/><figcaption>Lady Hussey (left), seen here with the Queen Consort in 2019, had been a member of the royal household since 1960.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">POOL\/AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Having made efforts to be more diverse and inclusive since Harry and Meghan dropped their Oprah bombshell, including ensuring that the royals interact with a wide range of people from different backgrounds on engagements, this is the last thing The Firm needed.<\/p>\n<p>The timing could not have been worse, either, having overshadowed both the Queen Consort\u2019s worthy initiative to honor those campaigning against domestic abuse and violence against women and William and Kate\u2019s three day <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a> to Boston.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"633\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/william-kate-celtics.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"The royal racial gaffe came just as the Prince and Princess of Wales began their Boston tour, which included a Celtics game on November 30th.\" class=\"wp-image-24859997\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/william-kate-celtics.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/william-kate-celtics.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/william-kate-celtics.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/william-kate-celtics.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The royal racial gaffe came just as the Prince and Princess of Wales began their Boston tour, which included a Celtics <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a> on November 30th.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">REUTERS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>With last year\u2019s tour of the Caribbean\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2022\/11\/30\/reverend-condemns-racism-in-front-of-william-kate-after-royal-scandal\/\">having been marred by another race row<\/a>, the couple and their aides had been hoping this week\u2019s US charm offensive would reset the dial on Anglo-American royal relations, not least with the Duke and Duchess of Sussex unleashing a new Netflix documentary, and Harry\u2019s autobiography, \u201cSpare.\u201d It is also more than mildly inconvenient that Lady Hussey has stepped down just days after her daughter Lady Katherine Brooke assumed the role of\u00a0\u201c<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/royal-family\/2022\/11\/27\/mother-harry-meghans-matchmaker-among-queen-consorts-new-companions\/\">one of Camilla\u2019s six Queen\u2019s Companions<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The awkwardness of the situation perhaps explains why it was left to private secretaries Sir Clive Alderton and Sir Edward Young to speak to Lady Hussey \u2014 although the King and Queen Consort \u201cwere made fully aware of the circumstances and were fully aware of the outcome.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/harry-meghan.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have made their own allegations about racism in the royal family.\" class=\"wp-image-24860002\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/harry-meghan.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/harry-meghan.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/harry-meghan.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/harry-meghan.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have made their own allegations about racism in the royal family.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>According to a royal source, this would have been standard practice: \u201cThe principals wouldn\u2019t have been directly involved, and you wouldn\u2019t have ladies-in-waiting dealt with by the HR department so it would have come down to the private secretaries.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Denying the incident was \u201csymptomatic of a wider malaise,\u201d another palace insider stressed that \u201cdiversity and inclusivity lie at the heart of everything we do,\u201d adding: \u201cYou\u2019ll have seen some of the work His Majesty has done in this area which has been of enormous benefit \u2014 he cares passionately and deeply about diversity and inclusion, not only within his own household and wider world. It\u2019s also deeply regrettable that all the brilliant work the Queen Consort has done in a very important area, culminating in Tuesday night\u2019s reception at Buckingham Palace, has been overshadowed.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1009\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/royal-family.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Lady Hussey (peeking left of Prince Charles) at Prince William's christening in 1982.\" class=\"wp-image-24860006\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/royal-family.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/royal-family.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/royal-family.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Lady Hussey (peeking left of Prince Charles) at Prince William\u2019s christening in 1982.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">PA Images via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Yet that will not be enough to persuade the Royals\u2019 fiercest critics. As activist and Sussex cheerleader Dr Shola Mos-Shogbamimu tweeted: \u201cMeghan Markle and Prince Harry told you of racism in Royal family &amp; household. But she was vilified, abused &amp; violated for speaking the truth.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNgozi Fulani\u2019s experience with Lady Susan Hussey wasn\u2019t isolated, one off or a \u2018bad apple\u2019 at Buckingham Palace. You can\u2019t reform this.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"674\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/prince-harry-spare.jpg?w=674\" alt=\"Prince Harry\u2019s forthcoming memoir \u201cSpare\u201d is expected to reveal even more insensitivity and impropriety by the Royal Family. \" class=\"wp-image-24860011\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/prince-harry-spare.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1348 1348w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/prince-harry-spare.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1010 1011w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/prince-harry-spare.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=674 674w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/prince-harry-spare.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=337 337w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/prince-harry-spare.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 674px) 100vw, 674px\"\/><figcaption>Prince Harry\u2019s forthcoming memoir \u201cSpare\u201d is expected to reveal even more insensitivity and impropriety by the Royal Family. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>She also criticized the fact that Lady Hussey \u201cgot to resign instead of being fired\u201d and called on the Queen Consort to personally apologize.<\/p>\n<p>Some may argue that as a long-standing lady in waiting, and respected woman of her generation, not to mention one of Elizabeth II\u2019s closest confidantes, Lady Hussey had earned the right to be treated with a degree of dignity. As one former aide pointed out, she had no contract of employment and wouldn\u2019t have been paid for more than half a century of royal service.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/kate-william-jamaica.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"The Palace's current scandal comes mere months after the Wales\u2019 controversial Caribbean tour where issues of race and colonization were uncomfortably front and center. \" class=\"wp-image-24860025\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/kate-william-jamaica.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/kate-william-jamaica.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/kate-william-jamaica.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/kate-william-jamaica.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The Palace\u2019s current scandal comes mere months after the Wales\u2019 controversial Caribbean tour where issues of race and colonization were uncomfortably front and center. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIf the narrative is correct it just sounds completely out of character,\u201d they added. \u201cI\u2019ve genuinely never ever heard her express anything remotely offensive but what she is alleged to have said clearly is offensive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Yet she did not just become a casualty of her own ill-judged comments, or even a cancel culture that has permeated society since before the Black Lives Matter protests of 2020.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"595\" height=\"646\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/fulani-tweet.jpg?w=595\" alt=\"Fulani, who runs the non-profit Sistah Space, took to Twitter to share her experience at Buckingham Palace.\" class=\"wp-image-24860029\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/fulani-tweet.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 595w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/fulani-tweet.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=298 297w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 595px) 100vw, 595px\"\/><figcaption>Fulani, who runs the non-profit Sistah Space, took to Twitter to share her experience at Buckingham Palace.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">@Sistah_Space\/Twitter<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>She also fell victim to an institution that has always historically insulated itself from its own \u2014 be they outspoken \u201cwomen of the bedchamber\u201d or actual members of the Royal family.<\/p>\n<p>Lady Hussey didn\u2019t become Queen Elizabeth\u2019s \u201cNumber One Head Girl\u201d without developing an acute understanding of how the monarchy works.<\/p>\n<p>Once you become a hindrance rather than a help \u2014 you have no choice but to jump before you\u2019re pushed.<\/p>\n<p><em>Reprinted with permission from <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/royal-family\/2022\/11\/30\/lady-susan-hussey-loyal-servant-queen-60-years-when-become-hindrance\/?WT.mc_id=e_DM72272&amp;WT.tsrc=email&amp;etype=Edi_Edi_New_Sub&amp;utmsource=email&amp;utm_medium=Edi_Edi_New_Sub20221201&amp;utm_campaign=DM72272\">the Daily Telegraph<\/a>.<\/em>\n                        <\/div>\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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