British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak called on Thursday to “confront” racism “every time you see it”, after a racist incident at Buckingham Palace that he declined to comment on directly. “It wouldn’t be right of me to make comments as it relates to the royal palace, but as we have seen they have acknowledged what happened and have issued an apology,” the head of the court said. Conservative government on British television.
A former aide to the late Queen Elizabeth II resigned from the Royal Household on Wednesday after she posed insistent questions about her origins to a black feminist activist the day before at a reception at Buckingham Palace. The palace denounced “unacceptable and truly regrettable comments” and affirmed that “the person concerned would like to express his deepest apologies for the harm caused and has left his honorary role with immediate effect”.
“The work is never done”
“I’ve talked about it before, I’ve experienced racism in my life,” said Rishi Sunak, the first British head of government of Indian origin. “But what I’m thrilled to say is that some of the things that I experienced as a child and young, wouldn’t happen today I don’t think, because our country has made incredible progress in the fight against racism,” he said.
“But the work is never finished. That’s why, every time we see it, we have to face it, “he continued, believing that” it is a good thing that we are continuously learning lessons and moving towards a better future “.
The scandal erupted in the middle of the trip of Prince William and his wife Kate to the United States, the first for eight years. From Boston, the spokesman for the heir to the British crown had immediately declared that “racism has no place in our society”.