An honorary member of the Buckingham Palace household resigned after repeatedly asking a Black woman what country she “came from,″ despite her insistence she is British.
Fulani then went into detail about the conversation that took place. Fulani claimed that, after sharing she was from east London, she was then interrogated and asked,"What nationality are you?""Where do you really come from?""Where do your people come from?" and"No, what part of Africa are YOU from?".
Mandu Reid, an eyewitness to the conversation, told BBC News that Hussey’s questions were"offensive, racist and unwelcoming."CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER Yes the person was offensive, but it serves no purpose to name & shame her, it would make us just as bad. We prefer that this be handled kindly 🙏🏾"Thanks everyone for their support," said a tweet from Sistah Space."It is not our wish to reveal the person involved, it is the system that needs to be revised. Yes the person was offensive, but it serves no purpose to name & shame her, it would make us just as bad. We prefer that this be handled kindly.
"The comments were unacceptable, and it is right that the individual has stepped aside with immediate effect," addedIn a statement, quoted by the BBC, Buckingham Palace said:"We take this incident extremely seriously and have investigated immediately to establish the full details. In this instance, unacceptable and deeply regrettable comments have been made.
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