The palace says a report that non-white people used to be barred from clerical jobs with the royal household was based on a second-hand account of conversations from over 50 years ago.
Royal Family banned coloured immigrants from office jobs; Buckingham Palace responds
The Guardian published an investigative account of how Buckingham Palace until the late 1960s banned “coloured immigrants or foreigners” from serving in clerical roles in the royal household. Written By Royal Family banned coloured immigrants from office jobs; Buckingham Palace responds.
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The royal family and Queen Elizabeth s monarchy seem to be treading hot waters off late and a latest investigative report has taken it a step further. On Wednesday, The Guardian published an investigative account of how Buckingham Palace until the late 1960s banned “coloured immigrants or foreigners” from serving in clerical roles in the royal household. Citing a new set of documents, the article reignites the British royal family s history with race.