King and Queen invite race-row charity chief to Palace for talks

... ALTHOUGH SHE HAS MET CHARLES BEFORE!

BUCKINGHAM Palace has invited the black charity boss who was repeatedly asked where she was ‘really’ from by a lady-in-waiting to meet the King and Queen.

Ngozi Fulani, 61, has revealed how she was quizzed by Lady Susan Hussey, 83, at the palace last week.

The British-born boss of Sistah Space – a charity for Afro-Caribbean victims of domestic abuse – said the lady-in-waiting kept asking her: ‘Where are you really from?’

Lady Susan, who had served the late Queen for six decades, stepped down from her honorary role ‘with immediate effect’ amid a furious outcry after Ms Fulani revealed the exchange on Twitter.

According to a transcript Ms Fulani posted online, Lady Hussey asked where she came from, to which she replied that her charity was based in Hackney, North-East London. But Lady Hussey went on to ask her: ‘Where do you really come from, where do your people come from?’

A stunned Ms Fulani replied: ‘“My people” lady, what is this?’ She eventually said she was of Caribbean descent and African origin, to which Lady Hussey apparently replied: ‘I knew we’d get there in the end, you’re Caribbean!’

Now plans are under way for Charles and Camilla to meet Ms Fulani so that they can address what happened at the event and the issues involved.

Palace sources said the King and Camilla will meet the Sistah Space chief executive at the palace.

Her encounter with Lady Susan came at a UN-led event held at Buckingham Palace to raise awareness of domestic violence. It was also attended by Queen Rania of Jordan and the First Lady of Ukraine, Olena Zelenska. Ms Ngozi criticised the Royal Family after the Duke and Duchess of Sussex were interviewed by Oprah Winfrey, tweeting: ‘I admire Meghan for speaking out. According to clear definition, it seems Meghan is a survivor of DV [domestic violence] from her in-laws.’

Earlier this year, a message on the Sistah Space Twitter account commented on Harry and Meghan not being ‘allowed on the balcony’ at Buckingham Palace, saying: ‘An all exclusively white balcony. The only black people, banned. RACISM!’

In 1997, Ms Ngozi met the then Prince of Wales when Charles visited the Limelight, a nightclub in London’s West End.

She was a drummer in Emashi, a group specialising in African music, which had received money from The Prince’s Trust.

A photograph of Ms Ngozi – who was born Marlene Headley but has since adopted an African name – shows her sitting next to the Prince, both of them laughing.

Ms Ngozi went on a cultural visit to Ghana in 2002 with 27 young people on a trip that was funded by The Prince’s Trust and organised by the charity Education Africa Teaching.

It was reported last year that Sistah Space has received £10,000 from the controversial group called Black Lives Matter, which now calls itself the Black Liberation Movement UK.

The BLM, which accuses mainstream society of ‘systemic racism’ against black people, also campaigns to defund the police.

Last night, no one from Sistah Space was available to comment. On its Twitter page, the charity said: ‘Yes the person [Lady Hussey] was offensive, but it serves no purpose to name and shame her, it would make us just as bad. We prefer that this be handled kindly.’