British Royal Family News says that Queen Elizabeth and the rest of the monarchy is being slammed for remaining quiet about the Black Lives Matter movement and George Floyd protests that have taken place in several major cities all across the U.S. and even in London. Here’s what you need to know.
Elaine Lui, who is best known for her blog Lainey Gossip, and also someone who has the same circle of friends as Meghan Markle, told Newsweek in an interview that Queen Elizabeth and the rest of the monarchy should at least say something about systematic racism and the injustices many people have seen in both the U.K. and the U.S. So far the only person who has made any comments about the Black Lives Matter movement is Meghan Markle in a passionate commencement speech to her high school alma mater.
British Royal Family News: Queen Elizabeth Criticized For Staying Quiet Over Systematic Racism And Injustice
Lui told the site, “I would have liked to see a comment because, as we are all processing at this time, Black Lives Matter is a human rights issue. It’s an issue of inequality. I understand that there are some people who believe it’s a political issue or that it can be politicized but as a citizen of the world myself I don’t agree with that. I don’t think it’s a political issue. I think it’s a human issue. So, I would have liked to see the royal family say something.”
She added, “I guess there are whatever royal procedures and policies in place that apparently are preventing them from saying something. If that’s the case my next thought is whether or not those policies and protocols are archaic.”
In her speech, Meghan spoke about her own childhood experiences during the Los Angeles race riots in the 90s and how she doesn’t think that the world is in a better place now than it was several decades ago. She also said that she was worried about making a speech with the fear that everything she would say would be picked apart by her critics.
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