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Princess Michael of Kent apologises for 'racist jewellery' worn at lunch with Meghan Markle
The Guardian ^ | December 23, 2017 | Patrick Greenfield

Posted on 12/23/2017 10:59:39 AM PST by GuavaCheesePuff

Princess Michael of Kent has apologised after wearing a blackamoor brooch to the Queen’s Christmas lunch at Buckingham Palace, attended by Prince Harry’s fiancee Meghan Markle, who is of mixed race by virtue of her white father and African American mother.

The royal, who is married to the Queen’s cousin, was photographed wearing the brooch depicting a black figure on her coat as she arrived for the annual gathering on Wednesday. She was later criticised online for wearing “racist jewellery”.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: apology; blackamoor; brooch; jewelry; markle; meghanmarkle; princeharry; princess; princessmichael; royals
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1 posted on 12/23/2017 10:59:39 AM PST by GuavaCheesePuff
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

There is only one proper reply to the charge of “racist”:

Shove it up your .........


2 posted on 12/23/2017 11:01:08 AM PST by Da Coyote
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

This is as bad as “racist trees” talked about on Tucker.


3 posted on 12/23/2017 11:02:30 AM PST by NEWwoman (God Bless America)
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

Had she worn a brooch with white figure, she would be racist because it was white rather than person of color.
An aside: Once Her Majesty said that Princess Michael seems “too grand for us”.


4 posted on 12/23/2017 11:04:41 AM PST by all the best
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

Older
Divorced
Jewish
Black

Why didn’t Harry go whole hog and also go for someone handicapped, say, in a wheelchair..?

This is just the beginning, you know.


5 posted on 12/23/2017 11:05:00 AM PST by gaijin
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

Like I said on the other thread. It is a gorgeous brooch.


6 posted on 12/23/2017 11:05:43 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: all the best

Had she worn a brooch with white figure, she would be racist because it was white rather than person of color.
An aside: Once Her Majesty said that Princess Michael seems “too grand for us”.
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Princess Michael is descended from more royalty than any of the Windsors.


7 posted on 12/23/2017 11:09:16 AM PST by LydiaLong
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To: all the best

The media has gone bat-sh— crazy. Wearing a cross/crucifix or star of David is racist to them.


8 posted on 12/23/2017 11:11:39 AM PST by Lumper20 ( "No NFL punk has a leg wound from combat-get off your knee or leave America,")
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To: LydiaLong

It’s less about what she wore than why she wore it. Given we’re talking about Princess Michael...


9 posted on 12/23/2017 11:11:42 AM PST by mewzilla (Was Obama surveilling John Roberts? Might explain a lot.)
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

Tactical retreat. She’ll be back titillating with more outrageous behavior.

Royals don’t become Royals because they’re shrinking violets.

Grab some popcorn and watch the show. This is going to be nonstop tabloid fun for the next 20 years, or however long Princess Michael lasts.


10 posted on 12/23/2017 11:12:01 AM PST by Regulator
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To: gaijin

Yes, those people in wheelchairs are the rock-bottom worst, right?


11 posted on 12/23/2017 11:13:55 AM PST by Fightin Whitey
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

I have a bunch of jade pieces I brought home from Korea for the girls in my family. Many depict Asian figures. Are they racist?


12 posted on 12/23/2017 11:16:43 AM PST by MSF BU (Support the troops: Join Them.)
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

I wonder if she was also wearing black shoes - black shoes representing blacks being trod upon.


13 posted on 12/23/2017 11:17:00 AM PST by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~)
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

I would never marry a member of the royal family for the same reason I would never buy a puppy at a pet store, they are both genetically rotten.


14 posted on 12/23/2017 11:18:13 AM PST by forgotten man
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To: GuavaCheesePuff
We have a ceramic cookie jar of a black guy playing the saxophone - it's not real old and is part of a set with a black female singer and maybe a drummer, IIRC.
A couple of lib relatives here for a picnic gasped upon seeing it, so I asked them why they considered it racist. After some sputtering and stammering, they filled their plates and shut up.
15 posted on 12/23/2017 11:18:55 AM PST by dainbramaged (Get out of my country now)
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

They’re not saying what this is really about:

this particular princess has a relative who was in the SS and so they’re constantly trying to trip her up on this kind of thing.

They just don’t quite feel right writing a story about her that doesn’t fabricate some kind of racial faux pas.


16 posted on 12/23/2017 11:19:18 AM PST by gaijin
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To: Fightin Whitey

So you’re saying the other “groups” are “bad”?

The point was to hit all the PC preferred groups. Being handicapped definitely fits in with being PC “inclusive”.


17 posted on 12/23/2017 11:20:14 AM PST by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
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To: dainbramaged

Right; if it looks “white”, they complain that you’re preferring the white race.

If it looks black (or some other non-white), they complain you are demeaning the other races.


18 posted on 12/23/2017 11:21:46 AM PST by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

Run Harry! Run like the wind!

Wait....what do I care?


19 posted on 12/23/2017 11:21:51 AM PST by right way right (May we remain sober over mere men, for God really is our one and only true hope.)
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

Honest and reasonable people just roll their eyes when the SJW screams racism. People are getting sick of the far left and self righteousness..


20 posted on 12/23/2017 11:23:29 AM PST by cardinal4 ("Sat stonefaced while the building burned..")
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