Lady Susan Hussey, a longtime aide to Queen Elizabeth, refused to believe a Black British woman wasn’t from Africa. She also slighted Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s romance.
PA Images via Getty Images“William and Harry are used to Lady Susan being around,” said another well-placed royal insider. “She was so close to the family that King Charles appointed her as one of William’s godmothers and Harry and Meghan were fond of her.”
On Tuesday, Hussey was at a Buckingham Palace event to raise awareness about domestic violence when she reportedly asked Fulani, 61, who runs the charity Sistah Space, “What part of Africa are you from?” During 2021 COVID restrictions, Hussey was the only person to accompany the queen to Prince Philip’s funeral service.A Kensington Palace spokesman addressed the matter as the Prince and Princess of Wales were en route to Boston Wednesday for theirAt a briefing in Boston about the Waleses’ Earthshot Prize, the spokesman said: “I want to address the story relating to a guest attending a reception at Buckingham Palace last night.
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