Charity founder at centre of Palace race row previously said 'Meghan is a survivor of domestic violence from her in-laws' and said she admired Duchess for 'speaking out'
The charity founder at the centre of the latest palace race row is a campaigner who has previously accused the Royal Family of 'domestic violence' against Meghan Markle.
Ngozi Fulani, director of the east London charity Sistah Space, was asked by Queen Consort Camilla's aide Lady Susan Hussey 'what part of Africa are you from?' - despite having been born and raised in Britain.
Buckingham Palace said the comments were 'unacceptable and deeply regrettable', while Lady Susan has apologised and stepped down from her honorary post.
Ms Fulani, whose charity works with women with African and Caribbean heritage who have suffered violence at home, has previously accused the Royal Family of 'domestic violence' against Meghan Markle.
She made the claim in March 2021, just after Piers Morgan resigned from Good Morning Britain after saying he did not believe Meghan's claims about her requests for mental health treatment being refused by palace officials.
Ms Fulani tweeted: 'Our charity supports black women DV survivors. I can't stay silent about this. I admire Meghan for speaking out. According to clear definition, it seems Meghan is a survivor of DV from her in-laws. Ps, I'm glad hypocrite Piers left ITV.'
The campaigner, who has a BA in African Studies at SOAS, University of London, has also worked as a specialist advocate for domestic violence victims.
In an interview with the Guardian in 2020, she suggested black women were not reporting their abusers because they were worried about them being killed by police.
'Women want the abuse to stop but we know what happens to black men in police custody,' she said. 'These women do not want to risk their abusers being hurt or murdered.'
In an online profile, Ms Fulani described how she grew up in Kilburn, north London, as one of seven children as the 'only black family on our road'.
Her mother worked for London Transport before training as a nurse, while her father was a railway worker before providing sound systems to parties in the evening.
Describing the racism they experienced, Ms Fulani said: 'Our lives were about him moving around, moving around playing music at house parties, because we were not allowed in main venues.
'Black people were not allowed. No dogs, No Blacks, No Irish. We had to cram people in rooms at house parties, and we were very aware from the get-go that even though we were born here, we were not welcome.'
She also described the discrimination black people faced in wider society, including being called 'w***' and facing violence at the hands of the police.
'Police beating black people was a national sport,' she wrote. 'Police will not talk about this. I don't know anyone over the age of fifty who has siblings or parents who hasn't experienced police brutality.
'Groups of police would go out and beat black people to hell. My brothers came home from school with their faces swollen. People here held contempt for us, and they still do.'
Ms Fulani said her 'life changed' when she joined an African dance group as a teenager.
'To hear Africans with strong accents, learn about the food and the drumming touched my heart and took me to a place I had never been,' she wrote.
'It was everything for me and I had never felt so free as when I was listening to those drums. It was all so beautiful, the clothes, the beads, the cowrie shells, and the stories.'
Concluding the piece, she added: 'Nothing has changed. It's just different. The racism is just as intense, the hate is still there. I keep my truth.'
Buckingham Palace 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.
'In the meantime, the individual concerned would like to express her profound apologies for the hurt caused and has stepped aside from her
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