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“So where are you really from?” is Metro’s headline as it covers the resignation of Lady Susan Hussey as a senior member of the Royal household, following comments she made to a black charity boss. The Daily Mail says the incident, in which Lady Hussey, Prince William’s godmother and chief lady-in-waiting to the late Queen, repeatedly asked Ngozi Fulani what part of Africa she was from was a “royal disaster”.
After the Prince of Wales’ official spokesman said “racism has no place in our society”, The Times notes that, in mentioning “racism”, the prince’s spokesman went further than Buckingham Palace which referred to “unacceptable and deeply regrettable comments”.
Meanwhile, said The Telegraph, Britain faces disruption from industrial action every day until Christmas, with rail workers, nurses, teachers, security guards, and driving examiners taking part in strikes.
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