Prince Philip's Funeral - All The Guests Are White......

[mushroom25]

was Jeremy Vine right to make an issue of the un-diverse nature of the funeral guest list?
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/showbiz-tv/jeremy-vine-under-fire-viewers-20399015

[shoota]

No

[emmie]

no he was not, how many black family members are there in the royal family, there is Meghan and she is safely tucked up at home waiting for her next child.

[shoota]

Unnecessary, irrelevant and none of his dam business.

[emmie]

A third fumed: "A funeral with limited numbers of FAMILY members being allowed but the RF has to invite a token unrelated person in order to not offend the WOKE generation!"

exactly -

[Barmaid]

What a chump.

[andy-hughes]

I think - as observed - that is is race baiting, and I would have thought better of him.

Until the Duchess of Sussex, there has been no member of the Royal Family, immediate or distant, of colour, so with only thirty mourners, it is a bang on certainty that the attendees are all going to be white.

To comment is to imply that this is somehow wrong and deserves comment - in my view it is not, and it doesn't.

[Mozz71]

Does Mr Vine think that a few token dark faces should replace direct family members who have known the Duke all of their lives? If so, he's an idiot.

[emmie]

can't stand the man anyways, i always think he's talking out of his backside.

[andy-hughes]

I cross-posted with emmie, also pointing out the obvious facts involved, rather than supporting some ludicrous busywork nonsense designed to do nothing but create a pointless row.

[naomi24]

No, he was not right. 'Just shut up' is the most appropriate response to people who insist on finding racism where none exist. He should be ashamed of himself.

[Jackdaw33]

I am ashamed of myself for having graduated from the same college as him.

[andy-hughes]

naomi - //
No, he was not right. 'Just shut up' is the most appropriate response to people who insist on finding racism where none exist. He should be ashamed of himself. //

I think it is made worse by the fact that Mr Vine has constantly made efforts to cut through the sort of woke monsense that would see in this situation something significant, where nothing actually exists.

The fact that he would highlight something that would simply not occur to anyone who does not have a vivid imagnation and a desire to stir up animosity, makes him look like a petty woke troublemaker.

[Jackdaw33]

If it hadn't been for Covid there would have been about 800 guests, many representing the Commonwealth.

[eve1974]

He was wrong.

[emmie]

yes there would have been Jack, but these are exceptional times aren't they..

[vulcan42]

Jeremy Vine is wrong. He's also a self opinionated oaf.

[Sqad]

Racist? Nonsense, he was stating a fact.

[anneasquith]

On the same vein. How many of the 30 invited guests are NOT Church of England ?

[emmie]

Vine this week used his platform on his show to ask: "We are going to see a group of 30 people who are going to be at this very restricted funeral, and I'm imagining it will be 30 people who are white.

"I'm just trying to think whether there's anybody of colour in there and I don't think so. Do you think that's a problem?"

how is that stating a fact. he's asking whether its a problem?

[emmie]

Perhaps the Duke's long distant relations that have been invited.