Ngozi Fulani, domestic abuse activist and founder of Sistah Space, has said that she still hasn’t received a personal apology from the palace after Lady Susan Hussey allegedly asked her racist questions back in November last year.
During an appearance on Good Morning Britain, Ngozi said that while the palace made a public apology at the time, she never received an apology that was directed solely at her.
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“Who are they apologising to? If you’re sorry, tell me you’re sorry. If you’re not, it speaks for itself,” Ngozi said.
“If you have to ask somebody for an apology, it is not an apology. I’m just making the point so that everybody understands, yeah? I don’t see what is so hard to say. I’m sorry; you sent me an invitation, so you know how to find me, you know how to say sorry. If you’re sorry, then say sorry. If you’re not, I get it. But when you make this apology to everybody, I don’t know who you’re apologising to,” she continued.
Ngozi also revealed that she’s had to step down from her CEO role at Sistah Space because she received so much backlash for coming forward with her experience.
“The Sistah Space charity has suffered as a direct result. When you think that this was supposed to be for violence against women and girls because of this incident the violence has been directed to me. The palace hasn’t intervened, I think they could have. So what I’ve had to do, I’ve now temporarily stepped down as CEO of Sistah Space.”
For more context, on November 30, 2022, Ngozi Fulani said she was repeatedly asked racist questions by a palace aide – who has since been identified as Lady Susan Hussey – when she attended a Buckingham Palace reception, held on November 29 to raise awareness of violence against women and hosted by Queen Consort Camilla.
Ms Fulani took to Twitter to document her experience and claimed that the palace aide asked her questions like, “Where do you really come from?” and “When did you first come here?” even after she told the palace aide she was born in the UK.
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Ms Fulani said the palace aide – who she referred to as ‘Lady SH’ – also said, “I can see I am going to have a challenge getting you to say where you’re from.”
Buckingham Palace swiftly released a statement after Ms Fulani Tweeted about her visit to the palace and said the palace aide in question had resigned from their “honorary role” and apologised for making the “unacceptable and deeply regrettable comments”.
A spokesperson for Prince William and Kate Middleton also released a statement about the racist comments that were allegedly made at the time, saying that they were “unacceptable”.
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“I was really disappointed to hear about the guest’s experience. Racism has no place in our society. These comments were unacceptable and it’s right that the individual has stepped aside with immediate effect,” the Prince and Princess of Wales’ spokesperson said.
They also added that Prince William, who was on a plane travelling to the US when the news of this incident first broke, was made aware of the situation immediately and he completely supported the action that was taken against the involved palace aide.
