On the Lady Susan Hussey affair – is anyone else more horrified by the Palace’s behaviour than Lady Hussey’s?
Yes, it seems Lady Hussey was a tad blunt in her interaction with charity boss Ngozi Fulani. At a reception at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday, she reportedly asked Ms Fulani where she is ‘really from’, repeatedly, even after Ms Fulani explained that she’s a Brit, like her. Oh dear.
The royals come off as far nastier than Lady Hussey in this strange scandal
But for the Palace to banish Lady Hussey almost instantly, despite the fact that she devoted her entire adult life to the institution, is far more callous. It’s cruel, in fact. Lady Hussey might have been clumsy in her chat with Ms Fulani, but give me clumsiness over cruelty any day.
It all springs from a charity event to raise awareness about violence against women and girls. Queen Camilla invited charity workers and survivors to the Palace as part of the UN’s 16 days of activism on gender-based violence.
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