Lady Susan Hussey: Prince William’s godmother resigns from Buckingham Palace over racist comment

Lady Susan Hussey, one of Queen Consort Camilla’s closest aides, has quit after she allegedly refused to believe a black domestic abuse campaigner was British and asked her: ‘What part of Africa are you from?’

Ngozi Fulani, director of the east London charity Sistah Space, said she was so shocked by the incident at Buckingham Palace yesterday that she ‘couldn’t report it to the Queen Consort’ who had thrown the reception.

The resignation is humiliating for Camilla and a disaster for Lady Hussey’s godson Prince William, who lands in the US today with the Princess of Wales for a three-day tour now at risk of being overshadowed by the race row.

Referring to the aide as Lady SH, Ngozi Fulani said being asked by a member of the royal household where she ‘really came from’ at Camilla’s major engagement on violence against women on Tuesday will ‘never leave me’.

Lady Hussey was outed in a series of tweets that will be acutely embarrassing for the Royal Family, who were accused of racism by Prince Harry and Meghan Markle after Megxit.

A royal source confirmed to the Mirror that Lady Susan Hussey had departed from her honorary role in the Queen Consort’s household. She was the Queen’s most senior Lady in Waiting and nicknamed Her Majesty’s ‘Number One Head Girl’ by royal staff.

As a new race row engulfed the royals, Buckingham Palace said it took the incident, at the Queen Consort’s reception on violence against women on Tuesday, ‘extremely seriously’ and had investigated immediately.

A spokesman said: ‘We take this incident extremely seriously and have investigated immediately to establish the full details. In this instance, unacceptable and deeply regrettable comments have been made. We have reached out to Ngozi Fulani on this matter, and are inviting her to discuss all elements of her experience in person if she wishes.

Camera Icon Ngozi Fulani, CEO of Sistah Space, centre, pictured with Suzanne Jacob (left) and Caroline Bernard (right) at Buckingham Palace Caroline Bernard Credit: Caroline Bernard/Twitter

‘In the meantime, the individual concerned would like to express her profound apologies for the hurt caused and has stepped aside from her honorary role with immediate effect. All members of the Household are being reminded of the diversity and inclusivity policies which they are required to uphold at all times.’

The row emerged hours before the Prince and Princess of Wales took off for Boston this morning for a three-day trip to the US culminating with a possible meeting with President Joe Biden and the Earthshot Prize awards ceremony on Friday.