“She's 83,” say supporters of Lady Susan Hussey. As if there aren’t millions of people that age not making the kind of faux pas that thrust her into the spotlight.
Some even say, remarkably, that Lady Susan was stitched up.
Yes, really. Read the transcript.
Because here’s the thing. Nobody wanted a witch-hunt.
Ngozi Fulani refused to even name her aggressor when she spoke of the incident.
But the whole thing is about what Lady Susan represents – a monarchy living in the past.
The Royal Family claims vehemently to be against racially offensive conduct and language but the Palace doesn’t actually know or understand what constitutes it.
The Royal Family trots out anti-racism buzzwords yet some members of the Palace can’t avoid falling back into prehistoric rhetoric.
“All members of the Household are being reminded of the diversity and inclusivity policies...,” trumpeted a Palace spokesman.
Understanding race, however, is not a policy or a guideline.
The inability to grasp that fact is what will plunge the royals back into this very place sometime soon.
It is simply a question of which one in the Palace it will be.
