The Prince and Princess of Wales arrived in Boston on a commercial jet, which is probably to be expected, given that they are in the United States to hand out a major environmental prize.
that threatens to overshadow their trip, which is seen as their effort to present a socially and environmentally enlightened image of the British royal family.
Despite this statement, there was an uncomfortable reminder of the monarchy’s history of racism and colonialism in a comment made by a speaker at Wednesday’s launch event for the Earthshot Prize,. As the Prince and Princess Wales watched from the wings, Mariama White-Hammond, a Black minister who serves as Boston’s Chief of Environment, Energy, and Open Space, said, “On this day, I invite us all to consider the legacy of colonialism and racism,” as it relates to climate change.
Kerry Kennedy, president of Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, a nonprofit named in honor of her late father, said in an interview earlier this month that the Sussexes will receive the nonprofit’s annual Ripple of Hope award at a gala in New York because they had the courage to challenge the royal family’s “power structure.”
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