Buckingham Palace Racism Allegations; Royal Family Has Denied Claims

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle may have ruffled many feathers with their suggestions of racism within the British Royal Family. Turns out, something similar yet bigger was in the offing for the Monarchy— Buckingham Palace faces fresh new murky racism allegations, pertaining to decades of systemic discrimination against people of color, with documentation to back it up.

As reported in USA Today, The Guardian released an explosive report that highlighted how the Monarchy refrained from hiring “colored immigrants or foreigners” from serving clerical roles up until 1960s.

“(The documents reveal) how in 1968, the Queen’s chief financial manager informed civil servants that 'it was not, in fact, the practice to appoint colored immigrants or foreigners' to clerical roles in the royal household, although they were permitted to work as domestic servants,” The Guardian reported, as cited in the media outlet. The report further shed light on how top advisory roles were largely restricted to white, upper-class, or aristocratic males from Oxford University or high-ranking military officials.

The most explosive aspect of the Guardian report came in the form of another reveal—In the 1970s, the queen and her aides struck a deal with government officials to exempt the royal household from laws prohibiting discriminatory hiring practices, which to this day keep royal employees from suing for alleged discrimination at work.

While the palace declined to respond to The Guardian’s allegations, they later issued a statement to E! News, suggesting how the report was conjured up on the basis of a “second-hand account of conversations from over 50 years ago”, further citing how the allegations may not really be relevant to contemporary operations.

The statement read: "The Royal Household and the Sovereign comply with the provisions of the Equality Act, in principle and in practice. This is reflected in the diversity, inclusion, and dignity-at-work policies, procedures, and practices within the Royal Household. Any complaints that might be raised under the Act follow a formal process that provides a means of hearing and remedying any complaint."

The following controversy also turbocharges the Guardian’s campaign against a parliamentary mechanism knows as “Queen’s Consent” which reportedly allows the Crown to secretly lobby the government to amend laws as it does not favor or exempt the Crown. The practice has however been met with firm resistance from Republicans as they consider this practice non-transparent and unconstitutional, urging for Britain to abolish the monarchy and elect its head of state.

“The discovery (of the documents) is likely to be embarrassing for the Firm as it grapples with charges of systemic racism” made by Harry and Meghan,” cited the Daily Mail on Wednesday.