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During this whole affair, I must say from my own personal viewpoint I found one of the enlightening features of the media coverage was an old photo of the Royal Family, the ER, Chookie Embro, Prince Charles, Harry and Meghan, Prince Andrew and all the other "hangers on" (I believe there are 42 of them who "cling to the public purse") standing on a balcony at Buckingham Palace on a nice sunny day, no doubt after some big royal event. What was so clear in this photo was the pomp, the huge display of wealth/affluence, the display of different military uniforms, the entitlement, a great display of Englishness, white England, the Empire etc - like walking back in time to another period when they did "rule the roost", slavery was gone by then but racism was still rife when colonial mixed race kids with say 80% white ethnicity were still classified as "non white" in a legitimate imperial ruling that ensured that true white Englishness was not tainted in any way. That was the type of primitive ruling applied for King and country and the population were happy to see it and accept it - days of Empire eh!! Is there inherent racism within this great institution? I don't know TBH. But it definitely has the "ingredients" that probably "fuel" the kinda stuff that Meghan was only "touching the surface of". If one really started to scrutinise the whole Royal Dynasty operation in which I suspect the proportion of people within their whole infrastructure is predominantly white and particularly if one checks the middle to upper echelons of people who make up this intricate infrastructure of associates, class, close associations and working relationships etc. I don't know for certain if that is the case but I base that perception on the observations of Royal family activities down the years. Also lets face it - would they ever admit there is widespread racism, unconscious or otherwise, within their anachronistic institution? Most certainly not even though the official statement from the Royal Family used the word "saddened" but didn't dismiss the issue out of hand. Lastly, I think this issue is a lesser one one compared with the bigger issue of radically reforming the Royal family and downgrading their whole status of wealth and entitlement to one that is far more acceptable and civilised in a true modern society moving positively in the 21st century. IMO by all means keep them comfortable by their standards but radical reform is long overdue in this regard and particularly at this time when observing the extensive hardship experienced by millions n millions of citizens up n down the country.