The Prince and Princess of Wales were booed and jeered as they attended a Boston Celtics basketball game in the US last night.
Prince William hadHis spokesperson added: ‘Racism has no place in our society, these comments were unacceptable’ and ‘it’s right that the individual concerned has stepped down.’
Both stood for the national anthem The Star Spangled Banner but were later subject to small pockets of boos around the arena when they were introduced by a stadium announcer and shown on the big screen.Lady Susan Hussey has resigned from her role over the race row Other fans in the crowd could be heard loudly cheering ‘USA, USA’ when the Prince and Princess appeared on the screens in the centre above the court.
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