Buckingham Palace official resigns over racial comments

Buckingham Palace’s royal assistant, identified by the British media as Lady Susan Hussey, resigned after she asked a charity founder—Ngozi Fulani—about her heritage.

The awkward conversation took place at a reception held by Britain’s Queen Consort Camilla.

The CEO of Sista Space, an organization that provides specialist services to women of African and Caribbean heritage tweeted about the conversation between her and the Lady—referred to in her tweets as ‘SH’—on Wednesday. 

The Palace was quick to address the incident and said the member in question has apologized and “stepped aside from her honorary role with immediate effect.”

Ngozi Fulani attended the royal event on domestic violence organized by the Queen Consort of the UK Tuesday evening. One of the royal assistants at the function asked her a series of questions to find out where she was “really” from and would not accept that she was British.

Lady Susan Hussey was a senior assistant to the late Queen.