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Royal Family goes on subtle PR defense against racist accusations

- Monarchy refuses to acknowledge racism as detailed by Harry & Meghan
Prince William and his wife have increased their social media appearances in the weeks since the interview with Seyi Obakin, the black CEO of homeless charity Centrepoint taking to the pages of the UK’s Telegraph to defend claims of royal racism. Photo: Internet Source
Following accusations of racism against the British Royal Family by Duke Harry and wife Duchess Meghan in a Sunday, March 7, 2021, interview with Oprah G. Winfrey, the palace instead of directly addressing those concerns have gone into defence mode with a bid to downplay the ruthless tell-all by the Sussexes. Photo: CBS
Following accusations of racism against the British Royal Family by Duke Harry and wife Duchess Meghan in a Sunday, March 7, 2021, interview with Oprah G. Winfrey, the palace instead of directly addressing those concerns have gone into defence mode with a bid to downplay the ruthless tell-all by the Sussexes. Photo: CBS
The Cambridges have increased their social media appearances in the weeks since the interview. Picture: Instagram
The Cambridges have increased their social media appearances in the weeks since the interview. Picture: Instagram
LONDON, UK – Following accusations of racism against the British Royal Family by Duke Harry and wife Duchess Meghan in a Sunday, March 7, 2021, interview with Oprah G. Winfrey, the palace instead of directly addressing those concerns have gone into defence mode with a bid to downplay the ruthless tell-all by the Sussexes.

A key element in the CBS interview now seen by almost 50 million people, according to the Associated Press, was a claim that someone within the royal household had “concerns” over how dark-skinned the couple’s son Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor might be and that Meghan was facing mental health issues while in the palace.

Meghan was also brutally chastised by sections of the British Press and newspapers that are believed to have close ties with the Royal Family.

House of Winsor ‘Savvy & cunning’ – AU Publication

Australian newspaper, ‘The Cairns Post’ in a March 23, 2021 analysis of royal response to date, indicated that while the Royal Family was slow to address the concerns, they said the House of Windsor is now playing ‘a far savvier and more cunning” game of plotting and planning the sort of fightback rooted in public relations.

“The first, big clue came over the weekend when the Sunday Times published an extensive profile of Prince William called, tellingly, The Other Brother,” the publication’s expert on royal affairs Daniela Elser noted.

In the Sunday times piece filled with quotes from current and former public officials, it revealed personal and revelatory insights about William than had been placed in the public sphere before.

Possible royal approval for new PR drive

“None, absolutely none of these people would have opened their mouths within yelling distance of a journalist and her trusty tape recorder without royal approval,” the Australian publication noted.

The analysis also pointed out that William and his wife have increased their social media appearances in recent weeks,  taking to the pages of the UK’s Telegraph to defend claims of royal racism, even as the palace has taken a backseat approach to handling the damning accusations.

The Conversation, an independent news outlet in the UK had week before said the Royal family can’t keep ignoring its colonialist past and racist present and now, a spotlight has be shone on the behaviour where the palace has downplayed the concerns of Meghan, instead of dealing with it directly in the public sphere.

“Without uttering Harry and Meghan’s names, the palace seems to be working to neutralise their most damaging claims about mental health and racism, while simultaneously providing a stinging counterpoint to the Duke of Sussex’s version of 21st century, prime time emoting princedom,” the Cairns article noted.

Winsor refusing to confront racist past & alleged racist present

In the Virgin Islands, when confronted about a racist past, Queen’s representative and former Governor Augustus J.U. Jaspert had called for the preservation of racist relics of the past while indicating that the Monarchy has no intentions to pay reparations for slavery.

The Ex-Governor has also refused to apologise for the statements which were seen as offensive to Virgin Islanders.

Rather than admitting its racist past and present, the Royal Family, the UK Government and its institutions have resorted to burying their heads in PR, media collusion and propaganda with the hopes of making people forget that it is an institution that was built on racism and the backs of African slavery and for which they have acquired immense wealth.

16 Responses to “Royal Family goes on subtle PR defense against racist accusations”

  • so obviously (25/03/2021, 16:16) Like (1) Dislike (0) Reply
    So as sald
  • one eye (25/03/2021, 16:48) Like (27) Dislike (55) Reply
    We are not buying it a set of racist like Gus
  • Same ilk (25/03/2021, 17:58) Like (17) Dislike (14) Reply
    Same ilk as ‘Emperor’ Gus! German too!

    Thank god almighty that racist disgrace has been shunned from our island paradise.

    Shame on the UK for sending him here in the first place!

    Racist bully!
  • too much (25/03/2021, 18:57) Like (13) Dislike (1) Reply
    Hypocrisy....why be ashamed of who there are if u racist u racist stand by it ...I dont like racist white and I stand by that......that should let them acknowledge them self in the present of them own consciousness...
  • Say What? (25/03/2021, 19:01) Like (11) Dislike (1) Reply
    My Dada was a Coldstream Guard and was posted at Buckingham palace. If they even try and say there is no prejudice then i call BS!.... Even as a child i could tell...
  • But yet still (25/03/2021, 19:01) Like (9) Dislike (1) Reply
    U cant embrace ur own sister in law .....shame on u ...wat u think u proving and fooling...u really think we so stupid..that how out of timing these people think we are...lolmao
  • NezRez (25/03/2021, 19:09) Like (32) Dislike (2) Reply
    The UK cannot erase hundreds of years of racism by William hugging one African token African woman. This is an insult on so many levels. Are they mad? The only one we have ever seen mingling with other races off people around the world was Harry. Harry was in the military getting to know other ethnic groups. He allowed love to guide his heart and marry a mixed wife, and now they will disown him for it. Besides, they have had African people in their family for years, so what is all of the surprise about? They are NOT BETTER than any other ethnic group on earth, no matter what they think. Bunch of old crows living off of the taxpayers money, and all they do is wave at the people. Get the hell out of here, disband these lazy people and make them work like everyone else. They've gotten away with murder long enough.
  • o (25/03/2021, 19:48) Like (10) Dislike (3) Reply
    Look the house slave !
  • @O (25/03/2021, 20:08) Like (5) Dislike (1) Reply
    Nothing more that the value of their pet...dog
  • asking for a friend (25/03/2021, 20:10) Like (34) Dislike (1) Reply
    so he has one black friend now, so we must believe they are not a set of racist?
  • Sam (26/03/2021, 03:15) Like (33) Dislike (6) Reply
    Who really cares about the Royal a family. I don’t. Matter of fact Royalty is in Heaven not on earth They are a bunch of ordinary folks. Nothing special about them as far as I am concerned.
  • freedom (26/03/2021, 04:36) Like (15) Dislike (2) Reply
    They all must go including rankin
  • wow (26/03/2021, 08:00) Like (13) Dislike (0) Reply
    That photo of William hugging that black person like everything is all rosy is just pathetic!
  • ausar (26/03/2021, 10:39) Like (2) Dislike (3) Reply
    When William and his racist wife Kate, begin to embrace Princess Meghan similarly as the depicted picture, then ,and maybe then, they could make a believer out of me.

    As for now, NO!

    And the treatments of the OT's by the Kingdom, as even more presented by the previous Governor Gus, suggests to me, that its all about the "protestant white anglo-saxon", their defendants, and their ancestors, dating back to the eight century!

    Those of biracial heritage, and "others", can never, and will never be a part of that "ancestral" social construct!
  • Shaft (26/03/2021, 16:07) Like (5) Dislike (6) Reply
    SO IS JASPERT AND THE UK CONTROLLING THE DRUGS THATS SLOWLY TAKING OVER THE BVI AND OTHER CARIBBEAN COUNTRIES AND ALL YOU CRACK HEADS DOING IS USING RACISM AS A DISTRACTION WHILE ENJOYING THAT DRUG (blood ) MONEY WHICH IS LIKE HANGING OUT WITH THE DEVIL
    • omg (27/03/2021, 07:49) Like (4) Dislike (0) Reply
      @Shaft Black people don't need to use racism as a distraction. That's a white man thing. Black people are too busy fighting it day after day. Check this out. It's in their jobs, schools, while walking, driving, eating, hanging out with friends, sleeping in their homes, jogging, waiting for friends, marriages, the list goes on. So until you walk in a black man's shoes STFU.


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