After The Buckingham Palace Adjutant Controversy, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak Calls Racism Must Be Faced

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. (Wikimedia Commons/Presidentt.gov.ua)

JAKARTA - British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said the country had made progress in overcoming racism, but it was " never over" and still had to be faced, following a controversy involving Prince William's cable mother.

A member of the British royal family left the palace on Wednesday, after making "unacceptable and regrettable" comments about race and nationality, to a woman at a grand reception at Buckingham Palace, a spokesman said.

Ngozi Fulani, who was born in England and works for a charity writing on Twitter, the royal aide has repeatedly asked her: "Where did you come from from Africa?" when she attended an event hosted by King Charles III's wife, Camilla's widow on Tuesday.

British media identified the royal aide as Lady Susan Hussey, Prince William's baikatory mother.

Speaking to Sky News, Sunak declined to comment on the incident in person, but said he had experienced racism growing up in England.

"I don't think the racism I've experienced as a child and a teenager will happen today, because our country is making tremendous progress in overcoming racism," said PM Sunak.

"But the job is never finished and that's why every time we see it, we have to deal with it and it's true we continue to learn, moving towards a better future," he said.