The Queen’s pal Lady Susan Hussey has met with Ngozi Fulani for the primary time since her feedback sparked a racism row.
Lady Susan, 83, had quizzed the black Palace visitor over her nationality at a royal reception, asking: “Where are you really from?”
It precipitated an uproar and the pal of the late Queen resigned as a royal aide, with each Buckingham Palace and Prince William issuing statements.
But, the Palace has mentioned the pair as we speak met for the primary time because the row, The Sun studies.
It mentioned in an announcement: “At this meeting, filled with warmth and understanding, Lady Susan offered her sincere apologies for the comments that were made and the distress they caused to Ms Fulani.
“Lady Susan has pledged to deepen her awareness of the sensitivities involved and is grateful for the opportunity to learn more about the issues in this area.”
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Ngozi, who was born in Britain, attended the occasion late final month on behalf of home abuse charity Sistah Space to mark the UN’s 16 days of activism towards gender-based violence.
She mentioned she was horrified when Lady Susan approached her, moved her hair to see her identify badge and requested: “Where do your people come from?”
The worker, and Prince William’s godmother, repeatedly questioned what a part of Africa she was from and when she first got here to the UK, Ngozi claims.
She mentioned the expertise, simply 10 minutes after arriving, left her “insulted” with “mixed feelings” in regards to the royal go to.
Ngozi mentioned the ordeal made her really feel “very unwelcome”.
“[What she did] was racism. Through and through. It was prolonged racism,” she informed the Mirror.
“The fact that it was just done in the open in front of people, on a day when we should be working towards violence against women.”
Ngozi took to Twitter the next morning and inside hours the Palace had issued an announcement saying it took the “incident extremely seriously”.
It confirmed the particular person concerned was profoundly sorry, and had “stepped aside”.
Not lengthy after that it confirmed Lady Susan was the royal being referred to.
Then William’s Kensington Palace got here out with an announcement and mentioned the ordeal was “really disappointing” and that’s was “right” Lady Susan had stepped down.
This article initially appeared in The Sun and was reproduced with permission
