Saragli
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It also goes back to my point that having professional staff to “ help with events “ at the Palace may be better than relying on old aristocratic women.
I agree, when they originally announced they were getting rid of "ladies-in-waiting" I was hoping they would be replaced with hired professionals.
This interaction says a lot about the "old guard" of the UK. Lady SH probably thought absolutely nothing of her interaction and questioning. She probably would never think of it as racist but would say she was just curious and attempting a conversation. That's part of the problem.
While I don't care for Ngozi Fulani's use of the word "traumatic" to describe the interaction, especially at an event that deals with violence, rape, and murder towards women, she is correct to have mixed feeling and to speak out. I also admire her for saying that she wished Lady SH wasn't "dismissed" but simply educated. "Cancelling" people doesn't change things, experience and education does.
I hope this event continues to expediate the changes and modernization of the monarchy under the King.