{"id":189433,"date":"2023-12-02T13:56:09","date_gmt":"2023-12-02T13:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsneednews.com\/?p=189433"},"modified":"2023-12-02T13:56:09","modified_gmt":"2023-12-02T13:56:09","slug":"lady-susan-hussey-resigned-from-role-after-huge-race-row-a-year-ago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsneednews.com\/lifestyle\/lady-susan-hussey-resigned-from-role-after-huge-race-row-a-year-ago\/","title":{"rendered":"Lady Susan Hussey resigned from role after huge race row a year ago"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1> &#8216;But where are you REALLY from&#8230;&#8217; The race row that forced a friend of the Queen to resign as Lady in Waiting one year ago today<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Lady Susan Hussey was a companion to Queen Elizabeth for more than 60 years<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Last November, she stepped down from her role as a royal aide after a race row<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><span>Don&#8217;t miss our brilliant new podcast, The Crown: Fact or Fiction with Robert Hardman and Natasha Livingstone. Listen now on Spotify , Apple or wherever you get your podcasts<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>She was the ultimate insider, one of the late Queen\u2019s intimate friends and so close to King Charles that he made her godmother to Prince William.<\/p>\n<p>So when, one year ago today, Lady Susan Hussey was engulfed in a racism row that forced her to resign, it sent shockwaves through the royal family.<\/p>\n<p>Lady Susan, 84, announced her withdrawal from royal duties on December 1, 2022, after charity campaigner Ngozi Fulani accused her of racially insulting her at a Buckingham Palace reception.<\/p>\n<p>The furore occurred when the aristocrat, who is one of Queen Camilla\u2019s closest aides, repeatedly asked Ms Fulani, the British-born director of the east London\u00a0charity Sistah Space, where she was &#8216;really from&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/26\/12\/75845319-12561355-image-a-1_1695727094326.jpg\" height=\"1182\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Lady Susan, who had served the late Queen for six decades, stepped down from her honorary role &#8216;with immediate effect&#8217; amid a furious outcry this time last year<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/26\/12\/75845315-12561355-image-a-2_1695727107701.jpg\" height=\"333\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Ngozi Fulani, the British-born founder of the charity Sistah Space, expressed shock at her treatment by Lady Susan Hussey<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/26\/12\/75845347-12561355-image-a-6_1695727276233.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Ms Fulani said she had been &#8216;insulted&#8217; during the reception at Buckingham Palace to raise awareness of violence against women and girls<\/p>\n<p>The Royal Family, still reeling from accusations of racism by the Duke and Duchess of Sussex the previous year, were further rocked when Ms Fulani took to X (Twitter) to detail her treatment by Lady Susan, such a fixture at Buckingham Palace that she was dubbed, \u2018Number One Head Girl\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Mixed feelings about yesterday&#8217;s visit to Buckingham Palace,\u2019 posted Ms Fulani on X, following the November 30 reception.<\/p>\n<p>\u201810 mins after arriving, a member of staff, Lady SH, approached me, moved my hair to see my name badge. The conversation below took place. The rest of the event is a blur.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>In Ms Fulani&#8217;s version of events, it started\u00a0 with the royal aide asking her where she was from. She replied, \u2018Sistah Space.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Lady Susan followed up with, \u2018No, where do you come from?\u2019 to which Ms Fulani replied, \u2018we\u2019re based in Hackney\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>According to Ms Fulani, Lady Susan then asked, \u2018No, what part of Africa are you from?\u2019 Ms Fulani met this query with, \u2018I don\u2019t know, they didn\u2019t leave any records.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Lady Susan, widow of the famed BBC chairman Marmaduke Hussey, then replied, \u2018Well, you must know where you\u2019re from,\u201d,<\/p>\n<p>Ms Fulani, told her \u2018here, the UK&#8217;, but suggested that Lady Susan continued to press the point asking, &#8216;No, but where do you really come from, where do your people come from?&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Ms Fulani protested, \u2018&#8221;My people\u2019 lady, what is this?&#8221;, to which Lady Susan countered, &#8220;Oh I can see I am going to have a challenge getting you to say where you\u2019re from. Where did you first come here?&#8221;&#8216;<\/p>\n<p>Ms Fulani replied that she\u2019s a British national and that her parents came here in the 1950s.<\/p>\n<p>After sharing this interaction on X, another writer commented: \u2018I hope she was reported.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Fulani replied, \u2018There was nobody to report it to. I couldn&#8217;t report it to the Queen Consort, plus it was such a shock to me and the other 2 women, that we were stunned to temporary silence. I just stood at the edge of the room, smiled &amp; engaged briefly with who spoke to me until I could leave.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>We have never heard Lady Susan&#8217;s account of the exchange.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Her response, however,\u00a0was swift &#8211; after 60 years of service to Queen Elizabeth, she resigned from her position in Queen Camilla\u2019s household with \u2018immediate effect\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>The row occurred in the wake of a review into diversity at Buckingham palace, Clarence house and Kensington Palace.<\/p>\n<p>And the veteran lady-in-waiting\u2019s speedy departure was a clear sign of a new, more woke era, with Prince William quickly issuing a statement that it was \u2018really disappointing\u2019 to hear what had happened and that \u2018racism has no place in our society\u2019.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/26\/12\/66102463-12561355-Lady_Susan_met_with_Ms_Fulani_in_December_pictured_and_offered_h-a-14_1695727690728.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Lady Susan met with Ms Fulani in December (pictured) and offered her &#8216;sincere apologies&#8217; for her comments\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/27\/16\/75845057-12561355-Lady_Susan_served_the_late_Queen_without_incident_for_more_than_-a-1_1701101881920.jpg\" height=\"409\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Lady Susan served the late Queen without incident for more than 60 years. Pictured: With the Royal Family on the day of Prince William&#8217;s confirmation at Windsor Castle<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/26\/12\/75845311-12561355-image-a-8_1695727379010.jpg\" height=\"455\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The late Queen with her &#8216;Head Girl&#8217; Lady Susan in the Market Square in Aylesbury in 2002<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/26\/12\/75845313-12561355-image-a-7_1695727349246.jpg\" height=\"873\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Queen Elizabeth II accompanied by her Lady-in-Waiting Lady Susan Hussey after attending the Gold Service Scholarship awards ceremony at Claridge&#8217;s in 2016<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/26\/12\/75845357-12561355-image-a-11_1695727388944.jpg\" height=\"896\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The then Prince and Princess of Wales with their eldest son Prince William at his christening where Lady Susan was chosen to be his Godmother<\/p>\n<p>Ms Fulani defended speaking out about the event, telling The Independent that it was \u2018bigger than one individual. It&#8217;s institutional racism\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I was in shock after it happened and anybody who knows me knows I don&#8217;t take this kind of nonsense,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>However, Lady Susan was quick to make amends, sitting down with Ms Fulani just two weeks later to offer her \u2018sincere apologies\u2019 for her comments.<\/p>\n<p>After the December 16 meeting, Buckingham Palace and Fulani issued a joint statement saying the meeting was \u2018filled with warmth and understanding\u2018.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The statement continued: \u2018Lady 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.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Both Ms Fulani and Lady Susan ask now that they be left in peace to rebuild their lives in the wake of an immensely distressing period for them both.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018They hope that their example shows a path to resolution can be found with kindness, cooperation and the condemnation of discrimination wherever it takes root.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Few could have foreseen that Lady Susan\u2019s long and distinguished royal career ending in such an ignominious fashion, and her gaffe surprised many who know her well.<\/p>\n<p>One friend suggested that the aide\u2019s hearing was to blame. &#8216;Like many people of her age, Lady Susan is rather hard of hearing. It&#8217;s likely that her deafness contributed to the problems she had that day.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>At the time, it was believed that senior royals hoped Lady Susan would return to her post and it seems that she is now back in The Firm\u2019s good books.<\/p>\n<p>In February just three months after the racism scandal, Lady Susan stood in for Princess Anne at a memorial service for her mother\u2019s friend Dame Frances Campbell-Preston.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Lady Susan was formally asked to represent the Princess Royal at the service,&#8217; a family friend told The Daily Mail. &#8216;She was more than happy to do so. Her official position was recorded in the order of service. It&#8217;s great to see her back in the royal fold.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/26\/12\/75845355-12561355-image-a-12_1695727395107.jpg\" height=\"874\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Queen Camilla with\u00a0Lady Susan Hussey (left) at the\u00a0State Opening of Parliament in 2019<\/p>\n<h3>READ MORE:\u00a0 Lady Susan Hussey chats to King Charles at Royal Ascot 6 months on from Buckingham Palace race row &#8211; after also attending the Coronation last month<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/26\/12\/75845531-12561355-image-a-4_1695727202105.jpg\" height=\"424\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Lady Susan Hussey chatted to King Charles at Royal Ascot earlier this year in June<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/26\/12\/75845361-12561355-image-a-5_1695727207784.jpg\" height=\"951\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Lady Susan Hussey arrives to attend a church service with King Charles and the Princess Royal at St Mary Magdalene Church in Sandringham in January<\/p>\n<p>And at Royal Ascot in June, she enjoyed a friendly exchange with the King in the Royal Box on Ladies Day &#8211; following her attendance at the Coronation at Westminster Abbey in May.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s no surprise that Lady Susan and King Charles are old friends as she\u2019s been a fixture in the Royal Family since 1960, when she was employed to help answer letters addressed to the Royal household.<\/p>\n<p>As an expert on the inner workings of royal life and its conventions, she is thought to be one of the key figures who showed Princess Diana the ropes when she became engaged to Charles &#8211; and she has been portrayed by the late actress Haydn Gwynne in series five of The Crown.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/femail\/article-12561355\/Race-row-forced-friend-Queen-resign.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;But where are you REALLY from&#8230;&#8217; The race row that forced a friend of the Queen to resign as Lady<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":189432,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Lady Susan Hussey resigned from role after huge race row a year ago - News Need News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/newsneednews.com\/lifestyle\/lady-susan-hussey-resigned-from-role-after-huge-race-row-a-year-ago\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lady Susan Hussey resigned from role after huge race row a year ago - News Need News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&#8216;But where are you REALLY from&#8230;&#8217; 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