A black reverend has given a lecture on equality as she opened William's Earthshot Prize awards hours after the Prince's godmother engulfed the Royal Family in a race scandal.
The Prince and Princess of Wales arrived in the US for a three-day trip which will culminate in him attending the awards he founded to promote solutions to environmental challenges.
But the event has been overshadowed after William's godmother and senior courtier Lady Susan Hussey was forced to resign over comments to a black woman that have rocked the monarchy.
