The Harry and Meghan fuss
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Thank goodness for the footy and, on Monday, I will take a bite to eat in the vibrant multi-cultural area in which I live. I mean no disrespect to anyone, and if you are upset by the passing of The Queen then you have a right to that, but I will not feign sorrow for someone I have never met. I and my family have lost, and known real pain, and losing someone you have never met is simply not the same.
As for Harry and Meghan, we need to realise that The Queen was still refusing to recruit ethnic minorities into the palace staff until the 1960s and then had exemptions to sex and race discrimination law written into palace procedures. Why, therefore, would we expect Meghan to be treated with equality and respect?
www.theguardian.com
As for Harry and Meghan, we need to realise that The Queen was still refusing to recruit ethnic minorities into the palace staff until the 1960s and then had exemptions to sex and race discrimination law written into palace procedures. Why, therefore, would we expect Meghan to be treated with equality and respect?
Buckingham Palace banned ethnic minorities from office roles, papers reveal
Exclusive: Documents also shed light on Queen’s ongoing exemption from race and sex discrimination laws
www.theguardian.com
west didsblue
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So she was recruiting ethnic minorities for about 60 years?Thank goodness for the footy and, on Monday, I will take a bite to eat in the vibrant multi-cultural area in which I live. I mean no disrespect to anyone, and if you are upset by the passing of The Queen then you have a right to that, but I will not feign sorrow for someone I have never met. I and my family have lost, and known real pain, and losing someone you have never met is simply not the same.
As for Harry and Meghan, we need to realise that The Queen was still refusing to recruit ethnic minorities into the palace staff until the 1960s and then had exemptions to sex and race discrimination law written into palace procedures. Why, therefore, would we expect Meghan to be treated with equality and respect?
Buckingham Palace banned ethnic minorities from office roles, papers reveal
Exclusive: Documents also shed light on Queen’s ongoing exemption from race and sex discrimination laws
Presumably, as a 25 year old in 1952, her first priority wasn’t updating palace procedures she probably knew nothing about in a country that was very different to today’s multicultural multiethnic society. The fact she recognised the inequity in the 1960s is actually creditworthy when much of the country was racist as fuck due to lack of education in this area.
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Did you read the article?
The palace engineered exemptions so that it did not have to comply with race and sex discrimination laws.
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Don't know in this case as haven't paid attention but in other similar situations like the 'dirty dozen' covid anti vaxxers, it seemed to be simply that there was good money to be made. There are
west didsblue
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No, just read your post that suggested something different to the article.
Having now read the article I agree it doesn’t paint the Queen in a particularly good light.
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I'd be surprised if their recruitment policy for clerical roles at that time or currently were open and not subject to snobbishness.
Just take a look at who got the roles of ladies in waiting, these roles reserved for the daughters of peers.
They don't pay well for the junior roles either, but they get away from milking the prestige it adds to your CV.
Just take a look at who got the roles of ladies in waiting, these roles reserved for the daughters of peers.
They don't pay well for the junior roles either, but they get away from milking the prestige it adds to your CV.
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Every picture tells a story he served 10 years in Afghanistan on an attack helicopter he wears his medals with pride. but the Palace won’t allow the uniform. They can’t take his honour away he feels it.
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They held hands yesterday!!! They deserve all the abuse , disgusting behaviour