When the incendiary story about Lady Susan Hussey’s ill-judged remarks broke this week, a detail that many were quick to spot was that Lady Hussey had been the person responsible for giving the Duchess of Sussex ‘protocol lessons’ when she first became part of the Royal Family. Defenders of Meghan Markle (who do exist, if not in any great quantity in Britain) seized upon this information. They have been trumpeting, ‘Of course, this is what that poor woman had to put up with! If people are as ignorant and rude as Lady Hussey, no wonder she accused the Royal Family and its members of racism! She called them out!’
It is with this in mind that she and Prince Harry will be collecting an award at the Ripple of Hope Gala in New York on 6 December from Robert F Kennedy’s daughter Kerry, for their ‘heroic and principled stand against racism in the Royal Family’.
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