'The fact that they see us and they don’t really think we’re one of them, it’s so… and you don’t ask white people!' Comedian London Hughes has weighed in on the Buckingham Palace race row.
, who was a close friend of the late Queen and is Prince William’s godmother, quit her role after making comments towards charity boss Ngozi Fulani at a reception.
She seemed to reference a specific broadcaster with her anecdote, claiming a similar thing happened to her when on a writing job. Proceeding to explain her family’s background, London said: ‘Let’s be clear, my dad is from Crawley, near Gatwick, and my mum came from Jamaica when she was five. But she is also a British person.’
The audience and panelists were left stunned and burst into fits of laughter, as Adam stated: ‘You don’t become less prejudiced by marrying someone with one leg!’‘Like, we’re all covered!’, London then joked. ‘It’s ok, I’m not racist, I have a one-legged friend! It doesn’t make any sense’.
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