'Consider the legacy of colonialism and racism': Black reverend opens William and Kate's Earthshot match with awkward lecture on historical prejudice - just HOURS after Palace race scandal brought on by way of Prince's own godmother.
A black reverend commenced the Prince and Princess of Wales' Earthshot launch event nowadays via giving a lecture about the 'legacy of colonialism and racism' - just hours after Buckingham Palace became embroiled in a livid race row when William's godmother used to be accused of making racist remarks at an tournament hosted by using Queen Consort Camilla.



Just minutes before William and Kate took to the podium at the Boston launch event of the Prince's Earthshot Prize, Reverend Mariama White-Hammond - the city's Chief of Environment, Energy, and Open Space - gave a sturdy speech in which she informed the crowd to 'consider the legacy of colonialism and racism', mainly when it comes to their influence on local weather change.
As the Prince and Princess Wales watched on from the wings, Reverend Hammond, who based a formative years agency targeted on 'teaching the history of the Civil Rights Movement', said: 'On this day, I invite us all to consider the legacy of colonialism and racism.'



She continued: 'The approaches it has impacted people throughout the world and its connection, its deep connection to the degradation of land and our planet that we are all in search of to reverse. The testimonies lost, the species made extinct, however also the persistence of humans in the face of oppression and the necessary dignity of all of our relations.'
Although no point out was once made about Lady Susan Hussey - former lady-in-waiting to the Queen and William's own godmother - who used to be accused of making racist feedback to black home abuse campaigner Ngozi Fulani at a Buckingham Palace event on Tuesday night, few could fail to join the controversy with Reverend White-Hammond's remarks.







Having commenced her speech via 'acknowledging the ancestral lands we stand on today', the Reverend went on to specific gratitude to William and Kate for deciding on to host this year's Earthshot Prize in Boston.
'Now you all know, we are a city of many firsts. We are honored to be the first American city and the first metropolis outside of the United Kingdom to host the Earthshot Prize,' she continued.
Her feedback about colonialism come months after any other of William and Kate's international engagements - a March tour to the Caribbean to mark the Queen's Platinum Jubilee - used to be shrouded in controversy over accusations that elements of it smacked of 'colonialism'.
Critical royal observers led by way of via Meghan’s cheerleader-in-chief Omid Scobie and BBC royal correspondent Jonny Dymond slammed a series of ‘tone deaf’ PR monments - leading to greater social media criticism no matter the couple's heat welcome on the ground.







However, even as the Reverend's remarks about racism and colonialism lingered in the air, William stepped out onto the stage with a smile on his face - following appearances by means of Maura Healey, the Governor-elect of Massachusetts and Boston Mayor Michelle Wu - to categorical his 'delight' at hosting his first engagement in Boston.





'Catherine and I are surely delighted to be with you today, for our first engagement in the splendid metropolis of Boston, as we start the depend down to the Earthshot Prize Awards this Friday,' he said.
'Thank you to Mayor Wu and Reverend White-Hammond for all your guide for the Earthshot Prize.'
He went on to reference assassinated President John F. Kennedy's Moonshot speech - the concept for his Earthshot Prize - describing it as 'challenge to American innovation and ingenuity'.

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