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According to an investigation by the Guardian, the royal family banned people of color and foreigners from holding a high position at Buckingham Palace until at least the late 1960s.
Buckingham Palace refused to hire immigrants of color or foreigners to at least senior positions or positions until the end of the 1960s and obtained exemptions from anti-discrimination laws. guardian .
The British newspaper was investigating the use of the Royal Assent procedure – whereby the monarch must give the go-ahead for any law affecting his powers or interests before it is debated by MPs – when it discovered Buckingham Palace had negotiated clauses exempting the Queen. and her home from a 1968 law against discrimination.
In a note from the National Archives, a Home Office official recounts how one of the Queen’s top advisers, Lord Tryon, told her that the palace did not employ members of minority ethnic groups to government positions.
Lord Tryon has indicated that minors will give their consent to the RDA bill if they are granted exemptions similar to those of the diplomatic corps, which can reject an application if the person has resided in the UK for less than five years.
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The memo said appointing people of color to regular household jobs is permitted. Until today, the Queen and her family have been officially exempted from this anti-discrimination law.
A Buckingham Palace spokesperson said Thursday that they are complying in principle and in fact. He emphasized that this is reflected in the diversity, inclusion and dignity of the royal family’s practices.
He added that claims 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.
Harry and Meghan’s shocking interview
The revelations come just months after Prince Harry, sixth in line to the throne, and his wife, Meghan Markle, accused the royal family of racism, in Shocking interview on American TV.
In response to a question from Oprah Winfrey, the Sussexes reported that an unnamed member of the royal family was concerned about the skin color their son Archie would have before he was born.
He once invited his brother, Prince William, to be king, then defended the establishment, arguing that the royal family was not a racist family at all.
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