Age isn’t an excuse for racism, so that shouldn’t even come into it.
There’s a difference between being asked where you come from and being continuously asked where you really come from time and time again after being told Britain, assuming the account was true. Black Brits are as British as everyone else on this board. It may be that the intent was good, but I am not going to jump to assumptions because it ‘must be’ because old people are inherently like that. That comes across as benevolently ageist to me.
Also, blaming black people for inviting racism on themselves is very low. No matter of whatever the full story is here, it does not excuse racism and anyone using this to seize upon this would do so anyway. This is just an excuse to use to hide their intent.
Time will tell about the context and situation, hopefully, but being 83 doesn’t give any excuse if it is a poor context. That said, I am all for forgiveness and in this social media dominated world it’s just going to be another polarised issue between the apologists and those baying for blood. An apology would suffice, in my opinion, and then we can move on. However, that won’t be the case. It will be one side using it to tear into the Royals as a whole and the apologists who will want to make out that she couldn’t have possibly been racist, even if the actual wrong is relatively small.
