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Daily Mirror
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Melissa Sigodo

Woman 'interrogated' by Queen's friend, 83, about her ethnicity says age is no excuse

A black woman who was asked where 'in Africa she comes from' by a close friend of the Queen says that age isn’t an excuse for 'racism.'

Ngozi Fulani was visiting Buckingham Palace when she was quizzed about her ethnicity by 83-year-old Lady Susan Hussey who has since stepped down from her role.

During an interview on Radio 4's Today programme, Ngozi said that she had heard people highlighting Lady Hussey’s age as an excuse for her behaviour and felt that it was ‘ageist.’

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