UK ROYAL FAMILY STAFF MEMBER QUITS AFTER RACIST COMMENTS

Wed 30 November 2022: 

Buckingham Palace says the staff member who made ‘unacceptable’ comments to the chief executive of Sistah Space, Ngozi Fulani, stepped aside.

A member of the United Kingdom’s royal family staff has resigned after making racist comments to a British charity boss at a reception held by King Charles III’s wife, Queen Consort Camilla.

Buckingham Palace said in a statement on Wednesday that “unacceptable and deeply regrettable comments have been made” by the staff member, who later apologised and stepped aside.

Ngozi Fulani, chief executive of Sistah Space, said she was asked by the Buckingham Palace household member where she “really came from” during the event on Tuesday.

Fulani, who is Black, works as an advocate for survivors of domestic abuse and described the exchange with “Lady SH” as a “violation”.

She wrote on Twitter that the woman “approached me, moved my hair to see my name badge” and then insisted on asking her what part of Africa she was from.

Despite Fulani saying she is British, the staff member said: “I can see I am going to have a challenge getting you to say where you’re from.”