Queen Camilla Accused of Looking Uncomfortable 'Around Black People'—Clip

Video of Queen Camilla dancing with Kenyan women went viral after fans of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle said it showed they were the only royals "comfortable around black people."

King Charles III and Camilla visited the east African country to mark the 60th anniversary of its independence from British rule and the monarch used a speech to recognize the wrongs of the past.

However, the queen went viral after she looked awkward when she joined Masai women dancing and was presented with traditional regalia during a visit to the Brooke Donkey Sanctuary, in Nairobi, on November 1, 2023.

One user of X, formerly Twitter, posted the footage and wrote: "You can almost see the moment the spirit left Camilla's body. That family, sans Prince Harry & Meghan, aren't comfortable around black people."

The post was viewed 111k times and liked 1.6k times.

One Sussex fan wrote, "Look at her face, she's not happy to be there. Is time for Kenya to abolished them," while another said: "And the limp hand saying 'please don't touch me and I hope I can wash it off' is telling."

Another wrote: "That woman wanted the Earth to swallow her up. #PrincessDiana is soooooo missed!!!"

And one said: "Wow 😮. She gets to have the most wonderful experience and meet so many interesting people, why can't she even pretend to be grateful and polite 🤷🏻‍♀️
This woman is Shameful, Rude and an embarrassment ! Not My Queen"

This is not the first time Sussex fans have suggested Camilla appears uncomfortable around black people.

The queen consort visited a Barnardo's Nursery, in Bow, East London, to distribute Paddington Bear toys left in memory of Queen Elizabeth II in November 2022.

However, she was on the receiving end of a social media backlash after she appeared to pick up a Black girl's arm by her sleeve, rather than her hand or wrist.

At the time, Shola Mos-Shogbamimu, author of This Is Why I Resist, tweeted: "The way Camilla holds this child's hand is very disturbing. I've a strong itch to slap her hand right off. What the hell did she think she was doing to this Black child?"

Colonialism has been a backdrop to the couple's tour of Kenya, with Charles under pressure to apologize for the brutal suppression of the Mau Mau rebellion by the British in the 1950s.

Around 90,000 Kenyans were either executed, tortured or maimed while the official death toll stood at 10,000. The British government paid around $25 million in compensation and costs out of court to more than 5,000 survivors of the British camps in 2013 but declined to apologize or admit liability.

In a speech on October 31 in Nairobi, Charles said: "We must also acknowledge the most painful times of our long and complex relationship.

"The wrongdoings of the past are a cause of the greatest sorrow and the deepest regret. There were abhorrent and unjustifiable acts of violence committed against Kenyans as they waged, as you said at the United Nations, a painful struggle for independence and sovereignty—and for that, there can be no excuse.

"In coming back to Kenya, it matters greatly to me that I should deepen my own understanding of these wrongs, and that I meet some of those whose lives and communities were so grievously affected.

"None of this can change the past. But by addressing our history with honesty and openness we can, perhaps, demonstrate the strength of our friendship today. And, in so doing, we can, I hope, continue to build an ever-closer bond for the years ahead."

However, he swerved pressure to formally apologize.

Jack Royston is chief royal correspondent for Newsweek, based in London. You can find him on X, formerly Twitter, at @jack_royston and read his stories on Newsweek's The Royals Facebook page.

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