Queen's London representative says royals back BLM movement

LONDON – Queen Elizabeth II and the royal household backmost the Black Lives Matter movement, 1 of her elder representatives said successful a tv interrogation to beryllium broadcast Friday.

Philanthropist Kenneth Olisa, the archetypal Black Lord Lieutenant of Greater London, told Channel 4 News that helium had discussed the contented with members of the royal household since George Floyd died successful constabulary custody successful the United States past year, sparking planetary protests implicit radical injustice.

Asked if they supported the movement, the philanthropist and businessman who is the monarch's idiosyncratic typical successful Greater London said: “The reply is easy yes.”

“I person discussed with the Royal Household this full contented of race, peculiarly successful the past 12 months since the George Floyd incident,’’ helium said successful excerpts from the interrogation released earlier the broadcast. “It’s a blistery speech topic. The question is what much tin we bash to hindrance nine to region these barriers. They (the royals) attraction passionately astir making this 1 federation bound by the aforesaid values.”

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The comments travel arsenic Buckingham Palace struggles to combat suggestions of racism raised by the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, besides known arsenic Prince Harry and Meghan, during a March interrogation with Oprah Winfrey.

Meghan, who is biracial, said an unidentified subordinate of the royal household had raised “concerns” astir the colour of her baby’s tegument earlier she gave commencement to her archetypal child. The mates besides alleged that Meghan was the unfortunate of callous attraction during her clip arsenic a moving royal.

Prince William, Harry’s older brother, was forced to respond aft reporters shouted questions astatine him during a sojourn to an East London school.

“We’re precise overmuch not a racist family,” William said arsenic his wife, Kate, walked by his side.

Harry and Meghan stepped distant from royal duties earlier this twelvemonth and moved to California.

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