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The United Kingdom has a history of slavery and colonization that deeply embedded systemetic racism into the fabric of its society and government.
New documents reveal the racist policies upheld by the Queen of England until the 1960s, despite existing laws.
“Coloured immigrants or foreigners” were banned from serving in clerical roles at Buckingham Palace for many years, reported The Guardian.
Until the 1960s, Buckingham Palace did not allow “coloured immigrants or foreigners” to serve in clerical roles, according to resurfaced documents at the U.K. s National Archives, negotiating exemptions from anti-discrimination laws for the Queen and her household.
Yep, that’s right: there’s no shortage of accounts of government agencies taking a deep (and sometimes secret) involvement in the likes of the Loch Ness Monster, Bigfoot and more – and for a variety of reasons. Let’s have a look at some examples. Situated in Idaho, Lake Pend Oreille is a huge expanse of water that extends in excess of forty miles in length and 1,000 feet in depth. And, it might accurately be said that the lake is the home to a creature not unlike Loch Ness, Scotland’s legendary Nessie. On the other hand, however, Lake Pen Oreille’s lake monster – known locally as Paddler – might be something even stranger. Sightings of the prehistoric-looking thing date back to the 1940s and continue to the present day. Patrick Huyghe is someone who has undertaken extensive research into the saga of Paddler and he has noted something that be of deep and relevant significance: “The very first mention of Paddler came straight from the Navy’s own Farragut Naval Train
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