Buckingham Palace accused of excluding minorities from senior positions

Orange with media services, Posted on Thu Jun 03, 2021 at 12:03

Buckingham Palace negotiated clauses exempting the Queen and her home from the 1968 Anti-Discrimination Act. This exemption is still in effect.

Buckingham Palace – the residence of the Queen of England – was targeted by accusations of discrimination Thursday, June 3, after it was revealed that guardian on the exclusion of “immigrants of color or foreigners” from the highest office in the Queen’s household at least until the late 1960s.

The newspaper was investigating the use of the Royal Assent procedure – under which the British monarch must give the green light to any law affecting his powers or interests before it is debated by MPs – when it discovered that Buckingham Palace had negotiated clauses exempting the Queen and her home from a 1968 anti-discrimination law . In a note from the National Archives, a Home Office official recounts how one of the Queen’s top advisers, Lord Tryon, told her so The palace did not employ members of ethnic minorities in administrative positions. Lord Tryon indicated that minors would give their consent to the RDA bill if they were granted exemptions similar to those for the diplomatic corps, which could reject an application if the person had resided in the UK for less than five years.

On the other hand, the employment of “people of color in normal household jobs” was permitted., defines the note. Until today, the Queen and her family have been officially exempted from this anti-discrimination law. A Buckingham Palace spokesperson told AFP on Thursday, however, that they adhere “in principle and in fact”. “This is reflected in the diversity, inclusion and dignity” of the royal family’s practices, he said. “Claims that are based on an indirect account of conversations from more than 50 years ago should not be used to draw conclusions about how things are going today,” he added.

The revelation came just months after Prince Harry, sixth in line to the throne, and his wife, Meghan Markle, accused the royal family of racism, in a shocking interview on US television.

In response to a question from Oprah Winfrey, the Sussexes reported that an unnamed member of the royal family was concerned about the color of their son Archie’s skin before he was born. He invited his brother, Prince William, one day to be king, and then defended the establishment, arguing that The royal family “wasn’t a racist family at all.”