The revelation comes three months after explosive claims of racism against the monarchy from Queen Elizabeth II’s grandson Prince Harry and his mixed-race wife Meghan. The couple, who stepped down from frontline royal duties in March last year, claimed an unnamed senior royal asked what colour skin their son, Archie, would have.
The palace rejected the claim, saying “memories may be different”, while Harry’s older brother, Prince William, insisted: “We are not a very racist family.” According to the last census published in 2011, only 8.5% of the royal staff are from ethnic minorities, compared to 13% of the total British population. Imperial statistics – the source of much speculation – were previously kept only internally. A Buckingham Palace source told the UK’s Domestic Press Association news agency that the publication of the figures left the kingdom “no hiding place” and would improve accountability.
A target of 10% has been set for 2022. “We are not where we want to be. It’s not that we’re not making progress in diversification and inclusion initiatives, it’s that we don’t want results,” the source said. “We acknowledge that we need to do more. One important point about the publication of statistics is that there is no place to hide.
The royal family reformed its diversification strategy in early 2020 to promote the importance of inclusion. The Guardian reported earlier this month that the royal family had negotiated an exemption from 1970-era laws against racial and gender discrimination to ban “colored immigrants or foreigners” and only Considered subaltern characters. Buckingham Palace has denied the allegations, saying it is in line with modern equality law. Queen Elizabeth II heads the Multiracial Commonwealth, an association of 54 countries with historical ties to Britain that has been forged primarily through imperialism.
Former US television actress Meghan, also known as the Duchess of Sussex, was hailed as a breath of fresh air in a traditional setting when she married Harry in 2018. At their wedding in the historic St. George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle, the hopes of a modern evangelist and black evangelist were raised. But in early 2020, the couple announced plans to move to North America, and made racist claims in a high-profile television interview with Oprah Winfrey.
They also said they were “trapped” in a complex institution and claimed that the royal family did not offer any help with the mental health challenges that led Markel to the verge suicide. Harry complained in an interview that his father, Prince Charles, had financially cut off his heir after he moved to California in March last year. A senior spokesman for Charles Clarence House said the prince had “allocated enough money to the Duke and Duchess of Sussex” to help him move to North America.
In the summer months, funding continued for several months after “Megixt” in March 2020. Charles’ latest accounts show that Harry, William and their families received £ 4.5 million from their father. The bill has since been reduced by about £ 1.2 million. Harry and Meghan have since signed lucrative deals with publishers and other encouraging speeches, including strategic companies Netflix and Spotify.
“I betray no confidence when I say they’ve been very successful in becoming financially independent,” the spokesperson said.
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