The September 1st edition of The Voice, Britain’s only Black newspaper, was guest-edited by Prince Charles. None of the Voice’s readers wanted Charles to use their newspaper as a soft-focus advertisement for The Prince’s Trust. “I think it’s appalling that nobody has apologised for slavery.” Reparationist Esther Stanford-Xosei has called for The Voice to apologise for inviting Prince Charles to edit the paper. I think Charles is attempting – in his own fusty, colonizer way – to acknowledge the vibrant diversity in British society. The backlash was not only predictable but predicted and still Prince Charles went ahead with it.

Source: The Guardian September 07, 2022 13:23 UTC