Lady Susan’s Church has a predominantly black congregation
- Lady Susan is a devoted member of a church with a “90% black congregation”.
- She attends St. Agnes Church in Kennington, an ethnically diverse area of London
- She recently resigned after being accused of “interrogating” Ngozi Fulani
- Now the community rallied around her and dismissed the allegations of racial prejudice
The former Queen’s lady-in-waiting, who has been accused of racism, is a devoted member of a church with a “90 percent black congregation”.
The Mail on Sunday is able to reveal that Lady Susan Hussey is a long-time visitor to St Agnes Church in Kennington, an ethnically mixed area of south London.
Lady Susan, 83, resigned as one of the ladies of the household at Buckingham Palace after she was accused of “interrogating” Ngozi Fulani of domestic violence charity Sistah Space about her inheritance at an event on Tuesday.
The Queen’s former lady-in-waiting, who has been accused of racism, is a devoted member of a church with a “90 percent black congregation”.
Now the community at St Agnes has rallied around Lady Susan, rejecting claims that she was guilty of racial prejudice.
John Vaughan, a regular worshiper, told the MoS: “Susan doesn’t have a racist bone in her body. I would definitely insist on that.
“Everyone in the congregation, regardless of ethnic background, gets on very well with her. If you watch her drinking coffee after the service, you see her for who she really is – a nice, gentle, kind woman.”
Mr Vaughan said the speed with which the palace “thrown off” Lady Susan after her controversial conversation with Ms Fulani was “very disturbing”. “Susan had a lifelong friendship with Queen Elizabeth,” he added.
“Then suddenly, after a conversation that was obviously a misunderstanding, she was summarily left.”
Lady Susan, 83, resigned as one of the ladies of the household at Buckingham Palace after she was accused of “interrogating” Ngozi Fulani of domestic violence charity Sistah Space about her inheritance at an event on Tuesday
A black female worshiper at St Agnes, who preferred not to be named, said yesterday: “She is not a racist person, in any way. She is a lovely beautiful lady and everyone in this church will say the same.’ Another pro-church source described the congregation as “90 percent black” and insisted Lady Susan was “not racist”.
The revelations come as friends of the former lady-in-waiting suspect deafness may have played a role in the fateful exchange. “Like many people her age, Lady Susan is quite hard of hearing,” one told the Chron. “It is likely that her deafness contributed to the problems she was having that day.”
It was previously reported that Lady Susan, widow of former BBC chairman Marmaduke Hussey, has since offered to meet Ms Fulani in person and apologize to her.